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GREENS & BLUES A burgeoning hotbed of world-class courses, Mexico has become a golfing

destination pulled straight from links lovers’ wildest dreams. With luxury resorts, lavish spas and global VIPs lining

their seaside fairways, the country’s legend-designed courses sit amongst more than just palm trees and offer far

more than just golf.

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Any Mexico golf adventure must begin where the pros do, at El Camaleón, the PGA Tour’s first and only stop south of the border.

The host of the OHL Classic at Mayakoba weaves along stands of mangrove trees and crystalline Caribbean oceanfront before arriving at the

AAA Five Diamond-certified Fairmont Mayakoba, Riviera Maya, where players can prep for the next round beneath the jungle canopy ceilings

of the Willow Stream Spa (www.fairmontgolf.com/mayakoba).

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WILLOW STREAM SPA / FAIRMONT MAYAKOBA

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Just up Mexico’s Cancun-to-Chetumal highway is Playa Mujeres Golf Club, an eco-conscious course that, although

only built in 2006, has already joined the ranks of Mexico’s ten best. Spanning the tip of Yucatan, the genius of Greg Norman’s layout lies in its

strategic back and forth design that bounces from the Caribbean to the Chacmochuc Lagoon and back, keeping players on their toes as they take

on changing wind conditions and a myriad of distinct water hazards. Afterward, trade bragging rights at the clubhouse’s Laguna Grill, offering

19th-hole cuisine to rival any Michelin-star restaurant, before retiring to the Excellence Playa Mujeres’s two-story, ocean-side Imperial Suite

(www.playamujeresgolf.com.mx; www.excellence-resorts.com).

EXCELLENCE PLAYA MUJERES / CANCUN

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Set on an entirely different but equally stunning strip of coastline, the Four Seasons Punta Mita’s Pacifico Golf

Course brings Mexico’s golf expertise to Riviera Nayarit’s Pacific paradise. Though the resort is known for its five-star accommodations and

unrivaled discretion (which has attracted the likes of Jennifer Aniston and John Travolta), it is the Jack Nicklaus-designed course’s “Tail of

the Whale” third hole—boasting the world’s only natural island green—that makes it truly one of a kind (www.fourseasons.com/puntamita).

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In the evening take a break from the scorecard at Punta Mita’s Café des Artistes Del Mar, the brainchild of French chef Thierry Boulet. While

the al fresco, seaside dining room and a la carte menu are sure to impress, it is the newly debuted Cocina de Autor that offers the most

exclusive experience. Tucked inside Café des Artistes Del Mar, this intimate, 40-seat space, which also includes a demonstration kitchen,

has one nightly seating at which Boulet serves a pre-fixe chef’s menu, replete with signature wine pairings. After the gastronomic adventure,

Cocina de Autor patrons are invited into a private cognac and cigar bar for a fitting cap to an unforgettable night.

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LITIBU GOLF COURSE / RIVIERA NAYARIT

No matter the spoils at hand, try not to over-indulge as a sublime afternoon 18 awaits, at nearby Litibu Golf Course. Like

Playa Mujeres in the east, Litibu—built in 2010 and thus one of the newest top-tier courses along the pacific coastline—lays claim to another

ingenious Greg Norman design. As a two-time major champion, Norman didn’t earn the nickname “The Shark” for nothing and Litibu

captures the Aussie legend’s marauding spirit with one of the most diverse layouts in all of Mexico, if not the world. Blending seven holes of

old world links golf, eight modern designs tucked into the surrounding jungle and a closing three-tee stretch that runs right along the Pacific

Ocean, Litibu offers an array of experiences and challenges for practically every golfer. (www.rivieranayarit.com)

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TIGER WOODS / DIAMANTE CABO SAN LUCAS

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Located just five miles from the A-list bustle of downtown Cabo, is the $200 million private resort community

Diamante Cabo San Lucas and on it—wrapping amongst the 40 beach estates, a natural hot-spring spa and, soon, Tiger Woods’ very first

course design, El Cardonal—the Dunes Course. Designed by former PGA Championship winner Davis Love III, the number one-rated course

in all of Mexico combines the rolling dunes and devouring bunkers of links golf with balmy Baja breezes and ocean views sure to stop even

the most focused player mid-backswing (www.diamantecabosanlucas.com).

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Further north, 60 miles from the Arizona border, the Peninsula De Cortes Golf Club, though boasting unrivaled

accessibility, is a golf experience worth traveling the continent for. The north-most course on Mexico’s world class list, Peninsula De Cortes

Golf Club lies in Puerto Peñasco, a tranquil resort town perched between the Gulf of California to the south and Sonoran high country to the

north, and winds along the Sea of Cortez with another awe-inspiring Jack Nicklaus design. Adopting the links course “Redan” concept—a

hole protected from the wind on three sides—the course is sheltered by the tidal estuary to its north, the inlet to its south and the Sea of

Cortez to its seaside, which allows the for the course’s 7,100 yards to unfold as if they’ve been there for thousands of years. Skeptical? Well,

when the son of arguably the greatest golfer in the history of the game and the course’s co-designer, Jack Nicklaus II, says “the site for The

Peninsula is one of the better natural pieces of property we have had the opportunity to work with” you better believe him. After the round,

enjoy a cocktail on one of Mayan Palace Puerto Peñasco’s Master Suite’s three sea-facing terraces, located just next door.

(www.nicklaus.com/design; www.mayanpalace.com)

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Los Cabos is not only home to luxurious hotels and spectacular scenery, but also to world-renowned golf courses designed by the best

players and experts in the world. Two new projects, in addition to the 11 existing courses, show the importance that the golf industry

represents for Los Cabos.

The new courses are a venture from two of the most important figures in the history of the sport: Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Nicklaus,

in his most recent visit, confessed that ”when surrounded by entrepreneurial and straightforward people, work becomes much easier.” After he

had visited nine of the course’s 18 holes, he called the Quivira Los Cabos course “spectacular,” owing to the combination of the ocean, desert and

winds unique to Cabo San Lucas, factors which are being incorporated into the strategic layout of the holes. Cabo del Sol Golf Course, one of the

five courses in Los Cabos designed by the former world champion, has been ranked among the 100 best golf courses in the world. Construction

of the Quivira course comes with a total investment of 40 million dollars and, as of today, has advanced halfway, indicating that the project will

be completed according to plans. While playing on the Dunes Course, Tiger Woods said: “I want to design a golf course right here and I want it

to be even better.”

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Construction of the course has already begun. TWD (Tiger Woods Design) is in charge of the layout of the new course, which is scheduled to

be completed in approximately 18 months, making it the 13th golf course in Los Cabos. The famous player already has a house in Diamante

Cabo San Lucas, where the great Jack Nicklaus course is located, and where more stars such as George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cindy

Crawford, Sylvester Stallone and others have homes.

Finally, the Secretary of Tourism has announced the upcoming visit to Los Cabos by Esteban Toledo, the first Mexican to participate in the

PGA, the world’s ultimate professional golf circuit. Esteban will also be the image of and spokesperson for golf in this alluring tourist destination.

Without a doubt, Los Cabos is a hole in one, offering a distinguished selection of hotels, restaurants and nightlife, as well as ecotourism, the best

activities on land and sea, and impressive golf courses among many other attractive services and amenities. For more information, please contact

Los Cabos Tourism Board  at info@fiturca.com.

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