Three spectacular courses in Los Cabos, Mexico’s foremost golf destination, have been selected by Golf Digest’s panelists for inclusion on the 
magazine’s biennial edition of the “World’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses” list.
“The 350 panelists who live beyond the U.S. borders bring a truly international perspective to the list, as courses from 25 different countries made this year’s rankings,” the editors reported. While designs from the UK and Ireland feature prominently, Mexico, China, South Africa, and South Korea each charted three entries. All three Mexican courses on the list are in Los Cabos.
Recognized for excellence by the sport’s leading print and digital outlet, Los Cabos continues to reaffirm its position as the reigning ‘Golf Capital of Latin America.’
Diamante Golf Club (Dunes), centerpiece of a resort community nestled on 1.5 miles of stunning coastline, sits at No. 50 on Golf Digest’s roster. “Mexico’s first true links (was) fashioned by Davis Love III and his design team (which included his brother Mark Love and designer Paul Cowley) from a fantastic set of white sand dunes along the Pacific Ocean, huge portions of which are without vegetation and seem like enormous snow drifts,” the publication’s digital edition stated. “Holes hug the flowing terrain with little artificiality. Two holes on the back nine once played past a long lagoon but have been replaced by new 12th and 13th holes on the beach. Now all of the second nine is adjacent to the ocean, amidst the tallest dunes. No other links in the world sports cactus.”
Moving up 20 places to No. 73 on the list is Querencia Golf Club, its scenic, challenging layout, set within a private 1,800-acre golf community, recently treated to a major makeover. “The routing of this Tom Fazio design, one of only two in Mexico, wanders the rugged terrain and low-growth vegetation of a high desert plateau above the Sea of Cortez,” the publication reported. “Holes jump across or sidle up to the edges of rocky canyons and arroyos, with rippling, humpbacked fairways and a number of greens tucked behind stone outcroppings. The club recently brought Fazio back to design three new holes on land it had acquired to the west of the existing course. Those holes, the current 13th through 15th, replace the old ninth and 10th holes. The fairway of the par-4 seventh was also shifted, and the former 11th and 12th have been combined into the new par-5 ninth.”
Debuting at No. 87 on Golf Digest’s roster is Quivira Golf Club., an aesthetic triumph and engineering marvel by Jack Nicklaus. “Quivira questions a foundational premise in golf architecture: that golf courses can only be as good as their routings,” the editors said. “To be more exact, can a course be considered great if it possesses sensational individual holes but a layout that’s disjointed or lacks rhythm and continuity? The holes at Quivira are strung out across extreme lengths over Cabo’s stark high desert landscape requiring lengthy cart rides to access the disparate sections. But holes like the short par-4 fifth and the jaw dropping par 3s at six and 13 that plummet sharply from rocky headlands down to greens notched onto the edges of cliffs 80 feet above the Pacific Ocean make the extended journeys worthwhile. When it comes to the importance of cohesive routings, enough of our panelists have determined there are exceptions to every rule.”
In addition to the “World’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses” feature, Golf Digest also identified “The Best Golf Courses in 206 Countries.” To do so, the magazine’s editors “surveyed our 1,900+ Golf Digest panelists from North America, who are as well-traveled a bunch as you’ll find in the industry, in addition to a panel of 500 golf enthusiasts from around the globe to help us with coverage on more remote parts of the world.”
Predictably, Los Cabos dominates the Mexico entry. Ten courses on the 15-course list, including six of the top seven venues, are located in Los Cabos, the hemisphere’s most celebrated golf getaway. Diamante (Dunes), Querencia, Quivira, Chileno Bay, Cabo Del Sol (Cove Club) and El Dorado command the top six slots, followed by Diamante (El Cardonal) at No. 9, the first completed 18-hole course by Tiger Woods. Rounding out the Best in Mexico roster are Palmilla (No. 11), Cabo Del Sol (Desert – No. 12), and Cabo Real (No. 13).
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Photo credit: Diamante Cabo San Lucas
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July
Boogie Nights 4th of July at Rooftop 360 – Jul. 4
East Cape Dorado Shoot Out – Jul. 16
Ladies Only Fishing Tournament – Jul. 20 – 24
Todos Santos Mango Festival – July 24
August
Los Cabos Open of Tennis – Aug. 1 – 6
Bisbee’s East Cape Offshore – Aug. 2 – 6
East Cape Gold Cup Wahoo Jackpot – Aug. 20
September
Mexican Independence Day – Sep. 16
East Cape Tuna Shootout Tournament – Sep. 24
October
Marlini Fishing Tournament – Oct. 2 – 3
Sammy Hagar Birthday Bashes at Cabo Wabo Cantina – Oct. 9 – 13
Cabo San Lucas Traditional Fiestas – Oct. 14 – 18
Los Cabos Billfish Tournament – Oct. 16 – 20
Bisbee’s Los Cabos Offshore – Oct. 20 – 23
Bisbee’s Black & Blue – Oct. 25 – 29
Baja Ha-Ha Cruisers Rally – Oct. 31 to Nov. 12
November
Baja Ha-Ha Cruisers Rally – Oct. 31 to Nov. 12
Day of the Dead – Nov. 2
WON Tuna Jackpot – Nov. 2 – 5
Life Luxe Jazz in Los Cabos – Nov. 3 – 7
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24
Todos Santos Film Festival – Nov. 3 – 8
IRONMAN Los Cabos 70.3 – Nov. 6
Los Cabos Film Festival – Nov. 9 – 13
Gastrovino Festival in Todos Santos – Nov. 11 – 13
Los Cabos VIP Summit 2022 – Nov. 14 – 16
SCORE Baja 1000 – Nov. 15 – 20
Revolution Day – Nov. 20
December
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Paws ‘n Claws Open Golf Tournament – Dec. 4
Virgin of Guadalupe Day – Dec. 12
Start of Whale Watching Season – Dec. 15
Las Posadas – Dec. 16 – 24
Nochebuena – Dec. 24
Navidad – Dec. 25
Nochevieja – Dec. 31
January 2023
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26
Los Cabos Pro-Am Golf – Jan. 8 – 12
Tropic of Cancer Concert Series – January 11 – 16
Todos Santos Writers Workshop – Jan. 28 – Feb. 4
February 2023
Todos Santos Writers Workshop – Jan. 28 – Feb. 4
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23
Valentine’s Day – Feb. 14
Carnaval La Paz – Feb. 16 – 21
March 2023
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Cabo Collegiate Golf Tournament – Mar. 5 – 7
East Cape Arts Festival – Mar. 19
April 2023
Semana Santa – Apr. 2 – 8
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27
End of Whale Watching Season – Apr. 15
May 2023
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – May 4, 11, 18, 25
Cinco de Mayo – May 5
Dia de la Madre – May 10
June 2023
Pelagic Triple Crown of Fishing – Jun. 8 – 11
October 2023
Warren Hill’s Los Cabos Jazz Festival – Oct. 8 – 10
