Palmilla Golf Club (Ocean/Arroyo)

Overview: Palmilla Golf Club ~ Ocean/Arroyo presents the Ocean/Arroyo layout in Mexico. Palmilla Golf Club ~ Ocean/Arroyo pairs the sea-facing Ocean nine with the original Arroyo nine. The result is a round that begins with Palmilla’s high-contrast coastal terrain and then returns to the canyon landscape, where rock, desert vegetation and sloping fairways demand different visual and strategic choices. The design credit at Palmilla Golf Club ~ Ocean/Arroyo goes to Jack Nicklaus. Palmilla Golf Club ~ Ocean/Arroyo offers a private-resort combination with a sourced par 72 and 6,771-yard black-tee specification.

History: Palmilla’s original 18 opened in 1992, and the Ocean nine was added in 1999. The three resulting combinations are still the club’s defining feature. For this directory entry, the official scorecard identifies Ocean/Arroyo as a separate par-72 routing with 6,771 yards from the black tees.

Did You Know? The nine names are geographical clues: Arroyo refers to the desert drainage features, while Ocean reflects the holes that move toward the water. Reading the names as a routing map helps explain why Palmilla can feel like several different courses within one club.