GOLF
in Los Cabos, an overview.
Golf this great can only be found in Cabo
San Lucas and the Los
Cabos area in general. In
the span of only two decades, Los Cabos
has become one of North America’s
hottest golf destinations…and
it’s no wonder.
The
Tom Weiskopf designed eighteen-hole Desert
Course at Cabo del Sol, marked the sixth
championship golf course to open in the
Cabo San Lucas area. Golf in the region
began with very humble beginnings, opening
a nine-hole
golf course in San Jose del Cabo currently owned and operated by Mayan
Resorts. In
the last decade alone, golf has grown to
become the number two attraction in Los
Cabos.
The
municipality of Los Cabos, an area comprising
of about roughly half of the Baja California
Sur peninsula below the capital city of
La Paz, includes Cabo San Lucas, San Jose
del Cabo, The Tourist Corridor and Todos
Santos. In 1990, it was Don Koll, a dedicated
golfer and successful California developer
who commissioned Hall of Fame great, Jack
Nicklaus, to design twenty-seven holes
of golf at the Palmilla (now One&Only Palmilla)
resort. The impact on Cabo San Lucas and
the Los Cabos area has been phenomenal.
Koll
envisioned this area as a world-class resort
vacation center, and today there are three
Nicklaus designed golf courses in Los Cabos:
twenty-seven holes at Palmilla, eighteen
holes at the El
Dorado Golf Club at Cabo Real, and eighteen
holes at Cabo del Sol.
To round things out, there are the Robert
Trent Jones II designed Cabo
Real Golf Club, Dye Corporation designed Raven
Golf Club at Cabo San Lucas and the Tom Weiskopf
designed eighteen-hole
Desert Course at Cabo del Sol along the Tourist Corridor
between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San
Lucas. Los Cabos has been the site of the
PGA Senior Slam Tournament since 1995,
attracting golf greats such as Raymond
Floyd, Dave Stockman and Hale Irwin.
Though
considered by some as intimidating, the
six signature championship golf courses
are pricey to play but worth every penny.
Low handicappers will find them challenging
and will appreciate the genius and skill
that went into their designs, while less
experienced players will be rewarded with
a good day’s combat. The magnificent
terrain is comparable to that found in
Arizonan and Californian desert golf courses. What
sets Los Cabos apart is the presence of
the Sea of Cortez, a sparkling water-wonderland
of incredible hues reaching as far south
as the eye can see. Golfers here in Cabo
San Lucas Mexico have an added bonus… eleven
months without any rain.
Los
Cabos is the ultimate golf travel destination. The
collection of golf courses are some of
the top in the world such as: Cabo Real,
El Dorado, Cabo del Sol Ocean Course and
Palmilla, designed by Jack Nicklaus, Cabo
Real designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr.,
the Cabo del Sol Desert Course designed
by Tom Weiskopf, and the Raven Cabo San
Lucas Country Club designed by Pete
Dye.
We
are also excited to announce Greg Norman’s first 18 hole, signature
course located in San Jose del Cabo at
the Puerto Los Cabos Marina and multi-million
dollar community, due to open for play
in 2007. Two
more Jack Nicklaus designed golf courses
will be opening for play in 2008 along
the Pacific Ocean, within the master planned
community of Cabo Pacifica. |
