How's the golf in and around Los Cabos - La Paz, Mexico?

For many years, La Paz didn’t have a golf course. Now they have two. The most recent is the first Gary Player-designed golf course in this hemisphere. Gary Player is quite an individual. When they opened that course, he stood on a tee, driving golf balls out in the ocean. He had a microphone and he was describing what it was like growing up as a white person in South Africa. He is a golf legend and such a gentleman. The golf course he designed is located in Costa Baja. It has two...

For many years, La Paz didn’t have a golf course. Now they have two. The most recent is the first Gary Player-designed golf course in this hemisphere. Gary Player is quite an individual. When they opened that course, he stood on a tee, driving golf balls out in the ocean. He had a microphone and he was describing what it was like growing up as a white person in South Africa. He is a golf legend and such a gentleman. The golf course he designed is located in Costa Baja. It has two marinas right there. It has one marina for 50 feet and under and the other one is for over 100 feet. People come here from all over. 
 
I’ve lost track of the number of golf courses in Los Cabos, but I think they have about 15 golf courses.  One of the latest is the Tiger Woods-designed course, which is the first one that he’s done in Mexico. Jack Nicklaus must have designed five or six golf courses in Los Cabos. He just designed a course when he was also building a home in Los Cabos.

 

 
When I moved here in 1991, I think there were only three golf courses, which are a big driver for the economy. You would be amazed at the size of some of the yachts that are coming into both Los Cabos and La Paz but they are more noticeable here in La Paz. Bill Gates spent a holiday season here before this one, had his yacht here on the La Paz harbor when his children took tennis lessons from the pro in La Paz. I’d say sports fishing and golf are two of the major things that are driving the boom in Los Cabos.

 

(Costa Baja Golf, La Paz, Mexico, pictured.)