Indura Beach

Indura Beach and Golf Resort is situated on the northern shore of Honduras located just outside the town of Tela located on a sandy peninsula that divides Laguna de Los Micos from the Caribbean Sea. Two national parks surround the property. One of the largest coral reefs is located just off shore within Tela Bay.

A multi-million-dollar development that is funded through the Honduran government as well as private equity partners. the development is located on a vast 1,800-acre property comprising an 18-hole Gary Player-designed golf course. It also includes the development includes 83 residences as well as a beachfront hotel that has 60 units and spa.

It is run by Troon Golf and Troon Golf, the course hosted it's first Honduras Open on the PGA Tour Latino America circuit last year after it was opened to play in the year 2015. Felipe Valazquez won the inaugural event with an overall score of 21. Sam Fidone became the 2016 champion the following year with a one-stroke victory against his closest rival.

The course spans 7,331 yards starting from the back tees. It is set up as two nines returning. The water is present on half of the holes on the course, mostly in the first nine with only three holes completely free of challenge from the water. The inner half of the card is close to the shoreline, with four holes located in prominent coastal areas.

Large areas of sand have been included in the layout along the fairways on holes 11-13, highlighting their closeness to the beach. The hole in the middle of this trio, the par 3 short three 12th hole, is known as the most distinctive hole on the property, and golfers enjoying breathtaking views of the beach.

The final words on Indura Beach's layout Indura Beach layout is from the architect Gary Player: "we sought to create a beautiful golf course with championship quality which would let guests enjoy the best of Honduras such as beach, jungle along with the lagoons. The most important thing was to design a course which will be enjoyable for anyone of any level playing."

Jeff Lawrence, senior designer at Gary Player Design, kindly gave the following information:

An easy approach to selection of grass was used to create an environment that is sustainable and sustainable in the parameters technical of soils and the water. So, 75 acres of play areas are carpeted with pamplum.

The equivalent of 1.2 million cubic meters of material were transported during construction. More than half of the area was previously below the water's level and we had to fill the majority areas of golf courses in order to ensure it was hydraulically sound.

The entire area was sand and sand-based, which is why we built new lagoons to make the fill needed to raise fairways. The cut material and fill was weighed and sorted to ensure maximum efficiency and cost savings.

We incorporated all the natural elements of the property (beach/dune, lagoon & jungle) to give a diversity and demonstrate how golf and nature can coexist positively to enhance the overall ecosystem.

The most important design elements are large fairways that have receptive contours huge bunkers that frame, define and highlight and a widened lagoon that encourages wildlife, and broad buffer zones between jungle and golf courses that protect wildlife.