Grupo Mayan Golf Lovers

Golf destinations are the leader in first class vacation resorts and Grupo Mayan Resorts have created a slice of utopia in select Mexico hot spots.

The Grupo Mayan Resorts are proud to offer the best in golf design coupled with environmental preservation. Visitors are enchanted with the tropical surroundings and lush botanicals that make Mexico a favorite tropical playground.

The Nicklaus Design team developed the Grupo Mayan’s Puerto Penasco Peninsula de Cortes in perfect harmony with the warmth of the desert, the splendor of the mountains and the mesmerizing blue of the ocean. Golfers of all levels will find their perfect ‘lie’ among the manicured greens and ocean swept views. Puerto Penasco is located on the beautiful Sea of Cortez. Americans call this sleepy fishing village Rocky Point.

Located approximately 60 miles from the United States border, Puerto Penasco is a quick and easy destination and is rapidly becoming one of the most popular resort areas of Mexico. The resort is only a three or four hour drive from either Phoenix or Tucson but feels a world away as cares are dissolved with the fresh breezes that greet visitors.

The Grupo Mayan’s Resort in Puerto Penasco has developed five star accommodations in conjunction with an outstanding golf course to satisfy the most discernable traveler and golf enthusiast. From the moment you arrive at the Grupo Mayan property, guests are transfixed with the luxury and richness of the accommodations. Visitors are able to arrange tee times, golf instruction, spa treatments and exquisite cuisine through the exceptional staff of the Grupo Mayan Resort.

Whether you hit a hole in one or end up in the sand trap, the memories of the Grupo Mayan Resort will be one of harmony and exuberance as you indulge in the exotic beauty of Mexico and all that the Grupo Mayan Resorts have to offer.

There are so many ways you can give yourself a history lesson on golf these days, with magazines and a cable channel that is nothing but golf, all day and all night.  This is just a brief history about the game and some of the more historical highlights, provided by the Golf experts within the Grupo Mayan Resorts.

The history of golf has been dated back all the way to the Scottish land as far back as the 15th century when King James II declared the game a national pastime.  There is no doubt that the Scottish people created this game and established the history of this game.

The game was banned by King James III and in 1502, his son King James IV being the avid golfer that he was, say the Grupo Mayan experts, decided to lift that ban and he was later going to be the first man ever to purchase an entire set of clubs as well as be the first man to ever play an actual game documented in 1504 against the Earl of Bothwell.

Eventually, say the Grupo Mayan experts, the game of golf swept across Britain but with the low wages of the earners back then, most men spent all of their time working with no leisure and the game almost completely disappeared and if it had not been for the Freemasons, it would have.  One of the first golfing associations was the St. Andrews Golf Club that was established in 1754.  We can attribute most of the way this game is played to that club as they are the ones that established the 18-hole course and some of the first initial rules of the game.

In the early 1800ís, the odd part of golf history is that, not many men made money from playing the game as they do today.  The actual people who made money back then were the caddys, say the Grupo Mayan experts, who were actually considered the experts of the game who just played it for hobby.  They were the ones who knew the best strategies and best equipment to use, as well as most of the developed courses.

There was a famous caddy, his name was David Robertson and he had a son that developed their own golf balls which were made of soft leather on the outside and feathers on the inside so that the ball would be lighter and go further.

By the 19th century, say the Grupo Mayan experts, the game took on full force in America and became very popular.  Starting from immigrants from Scotland who made their way to New York, the game courses were starting to pop up everywhere and Chicago is home to the very first 18-hole course.  After the game caught on real well in America, the PGA was formed in 1916, which was to be the governing body of the game.