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Cabo Real is one of the stars of the San Jose del Cabo – Cabo San Lucas corridor. As Trent Jones Jr. remarked, “I attempted to create a high-quality course to look as though it had been entirely designed by the landscape itself, in which each hole provides an ocean view”. This process resulted in a layout that blends into the environment, so that desert hues, fairways and greens, hills, mountains and the ocean all form a harmonious pattern. It might be fair to say that the architect has more discovered the course that designed it.
Cabo Real offers a rich blend of golfing excitement; in fact, its front nine is arguably the best course in Mexico. Players head towards the mountains during the first six holes, testing their skills on a course that is difficult, but adheres to the notion of risk and reward. The first and third holes are both par five and require two good strokes to reach the green, although failed attempts are heavily penalized. The fifth, a long par four, offers a tempting view of the left-hand side of the fairway, but demands a perfect tee shot to the right over a ravine to stay out of trouble.
While all three have interesting features, the ninth is a par four of respectable length and an extensive 51 by 125 yard green protected by a lake that is home to regional marine birdlife.
The less complicated back nine runs down to the ocean on the fourteenth and continues on parallel with the coastline through the fifteenth before returning to the clubhouse at of the sixteenth. Note the twelfth in this sequence, a descending par three with a high mountain teeing ground, offering a wonderful view of the fairways, the Sea of Cortés and an invariably cloudless sky. The fifteenth, a short and apparently innocent par three aligned with the beach, suddenly becomes implacable once the wind begins to blow.
After reaching the course’s most pintoresc holes, the final three holes return us to the club house.
YEAR BUILT: 1993
DESIGNER: Robert Trent Jones Jr.
HOLES: 18 holes
CLUB TYPE: Public
SEASON: 365 days
DRESS CODE: (players and riders): Appropriate golf attire is required. No swimwear, cut-offs, halter tops or tank tops, blue or denim jeans. Collared is required, pants or bermuda.
METAL SPIKES: Not allowed
FIVESOMES: Not Allowed
RATES: June 01 - December 25, 2011
18 HOLES $180
TWILIGHT $140
*twilight time vary by season
FACTS AND FIGURES
#16 Golf Course in Mexico – Golf Digest, Considered the most spectacular front nine in Los Cabos
Ocean views from every hole on the golf course
RESERVATIONS
reservations1@questrogolf.com
TOLL FREE USA: 1 877 795 8727
TOLL FREE CANADA: 1 800 418 8573
TOLL FREE MEXICO: 01 800 543 2044
LOCAL NUMBER: (624) 173 9400
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