Joy. That?s what Golf Professional Joseba Romero exudes when he?s asked about his job teaching golfers from around the world at the Riviera Maya Golf Course in Akumal, Mexico.
During his first eight years teaching in his native country of Spain, Romero had a chance to play with and learn from the best of the best. Romero?s early years, rubbing elbows with PGA Tour stars like Sergio Garcia and John Rahm, helped him develop the teaching foundation he shares today. When offered the lead instructor reins at the Riviera Maya Golf Course, Romero leapt at the chance to work at a course that is the centerpiece to the luxurious Bahia Principe Resort, located 70-miles south of the Cancun International Airport.
This same sense of happiness and wonderment struck renowned golf architect Robert Trent Jones Junior when he took on the task of designing this 7,300-yard championship layout that overflows with amazing birdlife, wildlife, and Mayan history. What especially struck Trent Jones Jr. were the surprises he found murmuring below the surface of this land carved from deep within the Yucatan jungle.
Cenotes, Mayan Walls, and Golf-Loving Iguanas | During the building of the course in 2009, the construction crew heard water running beneath the property?s limestone surface. To their delight, multiple subterranean water bodies were uncovered in the form of rivers, springs, and open water pools. In the Mayan culture, these open pools or ?cenotes? are considered sacred.

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