Costa Rica is not yet a world-class golf destination, but this is changing rapidly. The Melia hotel chain offers two courses, one near the San Jose airport at the Melia Cariari ($40 greens fees), the other on the beach at the Paradisus (Melia) Playa Conchal ($100, includes cart). You have to be a member or a guest of their hotel to play the Cariari course. Also close to the airport is the Parque Valle del Sol 18-hole course. The newest major golf resort is the Los Suenos Marriott in Playa Herradura (near Jaco). Greens fees run around $100 for guests and $150 for the general public. Royal Pacific Golf & Country Club, a Ron Garl designed course, is a short drive from the Melia Conchal is an 18-hole course. Hacienda Pinilla, located on Costa Rica's North Pacific Coast is just a short drive from Paradisus (Melia) Playa Conchal's Garra de Leon Golf Course. This newly created 18-hole championship links style layout was completed in February of 2001. Mike Young designed the course on what used to be a working cattle ranch and is now part of a 5,000 acre mega-development. The entire project is still in the early stages of development, but the course already boasts the finest greens in Costa Rica.

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