Golf in Panama
Panama's top 10 golf courses, featuring two Jack Nicklaus designs and courses with views of the Canal, rainforest, and ocean
#1 Pacific Coast Buenaventura Golf Club
Designer: Jack Nicklaus
Panama's most awarded golf course, designed by Jack Nicklaus with 18 championship holes surrounded by 11 lakes and ancient Corotu trees. Pacific Ocean breezes and white-sand bunker...
1.5 hours from Panama City
#2 Panama City Santa Maria Golf & Country Club
Designer: Jack Nicklaus
Panama's most prestigious urban golf course, designed by Jack Nicklaus and managed by Troon. Located within Panama City with skyline views, it features wide fairways with water haz...
Within the city
#3 Panama City Club de Golf de Panamá
Designer: Riviere & Schaeffer (renovado por Ray Hearn, 2014)
Founded in 1922 by Panama Canal workers, it is the most historic golf club in all of Central America. Legends like Sam Snead and Arnold Palmer walked its fairways. A private club r...
Within the city
#4 Highlands Lucero Golf & Country Club
Designer: J. Michael Poellot
Panama's most spectacular golf course, at 3,600 feet elevation in the Boquete mountains with 360° views of mountains and the Pacific. The country's only bent grass course with the ...
~6 hours by car or 45 min flight to David + 30 min drive
#5 Pacific Coast Coronado Golf & Beach Resort
Designer: George & Tom Fazio
A design by the legendary Fazio family, considered one of Panama's most technically difficult courses. Just one hour from the city, it combines palm-lined fairways, elevated greens...
~1 hour from Panama City
#6 Pacific Coast Mantarraya Golf Club
Designer: Randall Thompson
The best value in Panamanian golf, with water on 14 of 18 holes and located in Panama's "dry arc" for more playable days per year. The 465-yard hole 16 with two water carries is th...
~1.5 hours from Panama City
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#7 Pacific Coast Vista Mar Golf & Beach Resort
Designer: J. Michael Poellot
By the same architect as Lucero, Vista Mar offers the best combination of ocean and mountain views on the Pacific coast. Paspalum fairways, strategic bunkers, and a private beach c...
~1 hour from Panama City
#8 Panama City Summit Golf Club
Designer: Jeffrey Myers
Panama's most unique golf experience: play surrounded by tropical rainforest with howler monkeys and toucans, while watching ships transit the Panama Canal from the fairway. Locate...
Within Panama City
#9 Panama City Tucan Country Club & Resort
Designer: Jeffrey Myers
The most convenient course for city visitors, just 15 minutes from downtown. Dual personality: 9 holes bordering the Panama Forest Reserve and 9 holes with panoramic Canal and skyl...
~15 minutes from downtown
#10 Pacific Coast Bijao Beach Club & Golf Resort
Designer: Ron Garl
While only 9 holes (playable as 18 from different tees), Bijao rounds out the top 10 thanks to its award-winning design, advanced drainage technology, and beach resort setting. Ide...
~1.5 hours from Panama City
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