Vidanta Puerto Peñasco

Overview: Vidanta Puerto Peñasco is the Nicklaus Legacy Design Course in Mexico. Vidanta Puerto Peñasco occupies a peninsula surrounded by an estuary, inlet and the Sea of Cortés. The course was carved through massive sand dunes, with desert vegetation along the holes and water on three sides, allowing the natural coastline to determine the shape and visual scale of the round. The design credit at Vidanta Puerto Peñasco goes to Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus II. The published profile for Vidanta Puerto Peñasco records an official 18-hole, par-72, 7,210-yard resort course with paspalum surfaces and a distinctly coastal-desert identity.

History: Vidanta identifies the course as a collaboration between Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus II. The accessible operator profile does not state a dependable opening year, so the history is grounded in the design partnership, the peninsula setting and the course’s current role within the Puerto Peñasco resort.

Did You Know? Golfweek named the course among the best in Mexico and the Caribbean in 2016. The distinction is less important than the reason it earned attention: a full-length par-72 route that preserves dune land and exposes golfers to the sea on three sides.