Los Cabos offers world-class conditions for just about every outdoor sport imaginable, whether on air,
land or sea. But in terms of popularity among the area’s millions of annual vacationers, two stand head and shoulders above the rest: golf and fishing.
Fishing is the traditionally the biggest draw, but since the recent WON Tuna Jackpot was the last major fishing tournament until June 2020, this is the time of year when the attention shifts primarily to the local golf scene, with the focus on updates about new courses and the latest information on upcoming tournaments.
Luckily for destination duffers, there’s big news on both fronts.
Golf Comes to the East Cape
Los Cabos currently has 17 operating golf courses, four of which have been or still are ranked among the 100 best in the world. It’s a staggering portfolio for a resort destination on the southernmost rim of the Baja California peninsula, and the most remarkable aspect may be that it continues to grow at rapid rate.
The latest addition is Robert Trent Jones II designed Costa Palmas Golf Club, the first course to open on the Los Cabos municipality’s beautiful and still largely undeveloped East Cape. Built in conjunction with a private resort community centered around the new Four Seasons Los Cabos at Costa Palmas, the first-ever Baja foray for the distinguished luxury brand, Costa Palmas Golf Club is a “symphony is three parts” according to its creator, or should we say composer.
The 7,221-yard loop is scenically set between the Sierra de la Laguna mountain range and the Sea of Cortez, with the first six holes threading through links-style dunes, the middle six offering panoramic mountain vistas, and the final six showing off the gorgeous coves and harbors of La Ribera, where the resort community and golf course is located. The new yacht club is also on picturesque display.
In addition to its 18 memorable holes, the new Costa Palmas Golf Club also boasts a host of luxury amenities, including a six-hole par-3 course for families, a 30,000 square foot practice putting green that’s illuminated at night, and a “19th hole” style café called Bouchi’s.
Costa Palmas is actually Robert Trent Jones II’s second design in Los Cabos. The first was Cabo Real, which opened in 1996 and helped put Los Cabos on the golfing map after television cameras broadcast whales breaching near a seaside green during a Senior Slam event.
The Los Cabos Pro-Am Has a Brand New Look
There are three golf tournaments of note held in Los Cabos each year: the Adidas Invitational (formerly known as the Jim Flick Invitational and the Taylor Made Invitational), the Los Cabos Pro-Am and the Cabo Collegiate. The latter is held at the very private Querencia Golf Club, a Tom Fazio design currently ranked among the world’s 100 best. The first two have traditionally been held at the Cabo del Sol Ocean Course, a Jack Nicklaus designed masterpiece that has been ranked among the world’s 100 best for over a decade and a half. All three take place in the Los Cabos Tourist Corridor, the 20-mile coastal stretch that connects cape cities Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo.
The Adidas Invitational was relocated to Puerto Vallarta in 2019 due to a six-month redesign of Nicklaus’ majestic Ocean Course, done with Nicklaus’ assistance to help accommodate a luxurious new residential community. In addition, a second Four Seasons resort and residences project will open at Cabo del Sol in 2022. But even the Four Seasons residents won’t have access to the Ocean Course, which after years of public access is going to become as private and exclusive as Querencia.
For those who still want to enjoy the inimitable seaside grandeur of the Ocean Course we recommend entrance into the Los Cabos Pro-Am. The long-time local tournament will take place as expected January 12th to 16th, 2020 at the new look Ocean Course, as well as at the neighboring Tom Weiskopf designed Cabo del Sol Desert Course.
In other golf news, the new Greg Norman designed Rancho San Lucas course on the Pacific Coast of Cabo San Lucas is expected to open for play by the end of 2019.
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Photo credit: Costa Palmas Golf Club/Evan Schiller Photography
Upcoming Events Calendar
November
Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) – Nov. 1 – 2
Pelagic Rock Star Tuna Tournament – Nov. 1 – 3
Ironman Los Cabos 70.3 Half-Triathlon – Nov. 3
Baja Ha-Ha Cruisers Rally – Nov. 3 – 16
21st WON Tuna Jackpot – Nov. 6 – 9
Luxe Life Los Cabos Jazz Experience – Nov. 7 – 11
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28
Los Cabos Film Festival – Nov. 13 – 17
52nd Annual Baja 1000 – Nov. 19 – 24
Sabor a Cabo International Food & Wine Festival – Nov. 30
December
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – Dec. 5, 12, 19, 26
Sabor a Cabo Rural Tasting – Dec. 8
Feast Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe – Dec. 12
Official Start of Whale Watching Season – Dec. 15
Nochebuena (Christmas Eve) – Dec. 24
Navidad (Christmas) – Dec. 25
Nochevieja (New Year’s Eve) – Dec. 31
January
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Los Cabos Pro-Am Golf Tournament at Cabo del Sol – Jan. 12 – 16
Tropic of Cancer Concert Series in Todos Santos – Jan. 15 – 19
La Ventana Classic – Jan 16 – 20
February
Todos Santos Writers Workshop – Feb. 1 – 8
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27
Todos Santos Artists’ Open Studios Tour – Feb. 7 – 9
San Jose del Cabo Jazz Weekend – Dates Not Yet Announced
Rock Fest in Cabo San Lucas – Feb. 15
20th Annual Baja Hog Rally – Feb. 20 – 24
Carnaval in La Paz – Feb. 20 – 25
March
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26
Baja Shakespeare Festival – Mar. 6 – 8, 11 – 14
East Cape Arts Festival – Mar. 15
Todos Santos Film Festival – Dates Not Yet Announced
El Triunfo Arts & Crafts Festival – Dates Not Yet Announced
Sabores de Baja in Miraflores – Dates Not Yet Announced
April
Art Walk in San Jose del Cabo – Apr. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Semana Santa – Apr. 5 – 11
NORRA Mexican 1000 – Apr. 17 – 24
Gala de Danza at Viceroy Los Cabos – Dates Not Yet Announced
