At Diamante, a Non-Member Owner's Golf Week Now Starts at Noon

Last high season, the first owner tee time on Diamante's Owner Course went off at 6:30 a.m. After that a group went off every 10 minutes, and no one but owners could book there until noon. That went for every owner, member or not.

As of this Tuesday, November 10, those mornings belong to golf members. That was the week after the World Wide Technology Championship left El Cardonal. Diamante's 2026-27 Golf Tee Time Policy gives golf members and their guests priority on both the homeowner course and the residence club course. Owners who have not joined Diamante Golf Club now book the homeowner course from 12 p.m. and pay MXN 10,500 a round.

The noon start comes with a 12-round annual cap on the homeowner course. The residence club course now costs half as much per round, so a non-member owner's winter golf will mostly be played there.

What changed on November 10

The new rules make more sense when you set them next to last high season and the low season that just ended. All figures below come from Diamante's published policies for 2025-26 and 2026-27.

The afternoon price is the easiest change to overlook. Until November 9, a non-member owner paid MXN 5,250 for a homeowner-course tee time after 10 a.m. Today the earliest available slot is noon, and it costs MXN 10,500. The same afternoon round on the same course now costs twice as much.

Diamante explains the change plainly in the policy: "In the past, we have been very flexible with homeowners who have not yet joined the Diamante Golf Club. As we continue to grow, we also want to ensure we are respecting the experience of our committed golf members."

Twelve rounds is the real limit

The 12-round cap covers every round on the homeowner course, not only the ones a non-member owner books for themselves. The policy says the limit applies "either as an accompanied or unaccompanied guest." A round you play as a golf member's guest also counts toward your 12.

This high season runs from November 10 to May 1, about 25 weeks. Spread across that stretch, 12 rounds works out to roughly one homeowner-course round every two weeks. And the cap is annual, so rounds used this winter come out of the same allowance as any played in the 2027 low season.

So a non-member owner who plays twice a week in high season will play most of those rounds somewhere other than the homeowner course. Diamante's own rules point to that somewhere.

The residence club course carries the season

Non-member owners can book "any available tee time on the residence club course for $5,250 MXN." That is half the homeowner-course price, and the 12-round cap does not apply.

Availability on that course follows a set pattern. Under the 2025-26 policy, it ran as block tee times from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and again from 12 to 2 p.m., going off holes 1 and 10 at 8-minute intervals. No play was allowed before the 7:30 block, which gave the maintenance crew an extra hour to prepare the course. The 2026-27 policy says all other tee time booking rules "will remain the same as this past year."

Put the two together and a non-member owner's best chance at a morning round this winter is the 7:30 to 9:30 block on the residence club course, for MXN 5,250. The policy gives golf members priority on that course too, so the morning blocks are not guaranteed.

Diamante's two 18-hole courses are El Cardonal, designed by Tiger Woods, and The Dunes, designed by Davis Love III. The tee time policies use the labels "homeowner course" and "residence club course" and work from a daily schedule. The tee sheet on the day you book tells you which layout you are playing.

Inside the gate there is also Oasis, a 12-hole par-3 course by Tiger Woods with its own practice green. It opened in December 2016. Before booking short-course rounds for a houseguest who doesn't play full rounds, check Oasis access with the golf shop, since the tee time policy does not cover it.

A new course next door with different rules

The closest new option lies just up the Pacific coast. Mexico News Daily places Oleada, an 860-acre resort and residential development, "between Diamante and Rancho San Lucas." Its centerpiece is Oleada Golf Links, a links-style course designed by Ernie Els.

On its official course page, Oleada says the course "is open to the public, subject to availability and advance reservations." Green fees start at $299 per player plus 16% tax and vary by season, time of day and availability. Players book through an online calendar that shows the rate for each tee time.

Public access there is not meant to last. Mexico News Daily reported in October that the course is scheduled for limited public play in November and will later become a private course for members, with access kept for guests at on-site resorts such as Grand Hyatt Los Cabos and Conrad Los Cabos. For a Diamante owner who has used up homeowner-course rounds, Oleada is a nearby course to play this winter while it still takes public bookings.

The resort expected to anchor that guest access is Grand Hyatt Los Cabos Resort, Golf & Spa. Hyatt's page lists a December 2026 opening, with 301 rooms and 11 culinary venues.

Where this goes in spring

The new policy runs through May 1, 2027. A third Woods design should be near opening by then. Mexico News Daily, citing Golf Digest, reports that The Legacy Course at The Legacy Club is expected to open by spring 2027. Membership there is capped at 250 families, and like all Woods designs at Diamante, it will be private.

The policy itself sends owners who want to look at membership to Diamante's Member Experience team at [email protected]. Membership terms and costs come from that team, not from the tee time policy.

Each of Diamante's last two high-season policies took effect in mid-November, on November 11, 2025, and November 10, 2026, and each was announced months ahead. The 2025-26 changes were first shared with owners by email on May 5, 2025, and the 2026-27 policy was posted in May 2026.

All of this is general information based on Diamante's published policies, not legal or financial advice. Confirm your own access, fees and membership terms directly with Diamante before planning your season around them.

If you are weighing golf access as part of owning at Diamante, or comparing it with how Querencia, Palmilla and Cabo del Sol handle tee times, Goldsmith Group can go through the details with you. Schedule Your Private Los Cabos Consultation, and we'll walk you through how each community's golf rules fit the way you actually play.