Vista Vallarta Club de Golf Review - Nicklaus Course - Puerto Vallarta Mexico
Our recent visit (2015) to the Vista Vallarta Club de Golf in Puerto Vallarta. This is the Nicklaus Course. The Weiskopf course is featured on a separate video.
Vista Vallarta Club de Golf Review - Weiskopf Course - Puerto Vallarta Mexico
Our recent visit (2015) to the Vista Vallarta Club de Golf in Puerto Vallarta. This is the Weiskopf Course. The Nicklaus course is featured on a separate video.
GOLF SMARTER TV - TeeTour of Vista Vallarta Club de Golf, Mexico
Golf Smarter Podcast host Fred Greene visits with KC Crandall, General Manager of Vista Vallarta Club de Golf in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Vista Vallarta boasts 2 beautiful signature courses designed Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf. These photos and video touring the courses are accompanied by audio that is excerpted from episode #337 of the GOLF SMARTER Podcast published on June 12, 2012.
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Golf Vista Vallarta Golf Club
Puerto Vallarta Golf
Puerto Vallarta Golf, The Marina course was the second to be built and it is situated in the heart of Marina Vallarta, near the Marriott hotel.
The course is well established and is a stiff challenge to all golfers. Most people would consider it to be the hardest course in the area. Many of the holes are long and ten of them have water (five are if you are not on the green, start swimming). It is not really a good course for hackers as the number of lost balls could destroy the confidence of all but the toughest. The greens are usually in good condition and are relatively small, making the course feel very much like target golf. Some of the garden areas could be spruced up and at times the bunkers seem to be compacted and lacking some sand. The enormous, deep waste bunker on the par 5, 14th hole, looks a mess, has lots of stones and doesn't really serve any purpose except cause a few curses when the ball lands in it.
With all the water on the course, it is worth noting that there are quite a few alligators and it is quite common to have to play your shot with a basking alligator not too far away. There have been no reports of anybody ever having been attacked but it is wise to take a free drop if you are in danger of hitting it on the head with your follow through. The course has quite a lot of trees and some very unforgiving palm trees. The ball never seems to fall out of them. The par 3, 13th hole is alongside the ocean and is a nice challenge. If there is any breeze you have to start the ball out over the beach to come in with the wind. In the rainy season, particularly in the morning, use plenty of mosquito repellent. The mosquitoes can be a bit of a nuisance but shouldn't detract from a good game of golf.
Prices tend to be on the high side and on course drinks aren't the cheapest in town. Caddies are available. Some are excellent, most are good but a couple could improve. There is a charge for storing clubs.
In summary, the Marina is a tough test, it is well established and is easily reached from all the Marina hotels. It is popular and can get busy in high season. It is in the top range of prices but many hotels have a discount deal.
Vista Vallarta, Nicklaus Course.
The Vista Vallarta golf club has two courses set on the hillside, overlooking Puerto Vallarta. The Nicklaus course was used for the 2002 PGA world cup tournament. It is about 5 Km. from the main hotels. The views from the course over the bay are quite spectacular and the mountains in the background certainly make the Vista courses the most pleasant in the area.
The Nicklaus course has been open for nearly three years and uses the natural lie of the land. It is not the longest course in the world and the fairways seem to be ample but strategic fairway bunkers make it risky to take the shortest route on several holes. It is certainly a course for smart golf. Several holes have small streams crossing the fairway and it frequently pays to play short rather than try to blast over them. The greens are big, some with big steps in them and they are usually fast. They can suffer a bit in the rainy season but quickly recover. The bunkers are now in good condition and some are not for the faint-hearted. The course has everything and is a very good all-around test of golf. It has some established trees, some jungle, some sloping fairways, some coarse grass around some greens where the ball will disappear, even when you know where it is. Being built on a hillside, there are nice changes in elevation and there is no feeling of playing on a golf course set out in a field. Only one hole (a par 3) has water and it shouldn't really cause problems unless you have a right-handed slice. Pin placements can change the course dramatically. The course is a picture and is well worth a visit.
In summary, the Nicklaus course is an excellent golf course and a joy to play. The main building, grounds etc. are fabulous and offset the feeling of it being a business rather than a golf club.
Marina Vallarta Club de Golf Iguanas a la Vista
Nos encontramos con esta bella Iguana dentro del Club de Golf en Marina Vallarta, Mexico. En temporada de lluvias el pasto es mas verde, palmas perfectas y brisa del mar.
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Puerto vallarta golf course
Crocodile playing golf!?
Marina Vallarta Golf House
Marina Vallarta Golf Course Frontage
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Golf Destination Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta, beautiful Mexican destination, offers exceptional golf courses in tropical landscapes in front of the Pacific Ocean. Book your Tee Times and Stays on golf-destination.com!
Puerto Vallarta, magnifique destination mexicaine, offre des golfs d'exception dans des paysages tropicaux face à l’océan pacifique. Réservez vos Tee Times et Séjours sur golf-destination.com!
Puerto Vallarta, espléndida destinación mexicana, propone excepcionales campos de golf en paisajes tropicales frente el océano pacífico. Reserve sus Tee Times y Estancias en golf-destination.com!
Punta Mita - Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses
The legendary Jack Nicklaus has designed two spectacular Jack Nicklaus Signature courses at Punta Mita that offer extraordinary ocean views and world-class play.
The Pacífico, with eight holes directly facing or playing alongside the Pacific Ocean, features the Tail of the Whale, an optional par-three hole with the largest natural island green in the world.
The Bahía, Nicklaus' second championship course in Punta Mita, has six ocean holes and opened in late 2008. Both courses provide tee times reserved exclusively for members and their guests.
Golfing at Marina Vallarta in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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Vista Vallarta Golf Club
This signature Designed by Tom Weiskopf provides Vista Vallarta with a dramatic contrast from its first course.Built on the properties lower west end, golfers won't believe they have simply taken a different turn the club house.
Here the terrain is extreme with dense jungles, deep ravines and swift creeks. Mr. Weiskopf has done a masterful job of blending the elevations and natural features into an incredibly playable experience from the first tee to the green of the driveable 18th.
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Marina Vallarta Golf Tour
Vista Vallarta Golf Club
The first course at Vista Vallarta is a Signature Design by Jack Nicklaus. Since this course is located on the properties highest elevation, golfers are treated not only to world class golf but will enjoy breathtaking views of Puerto Vallarta, the Marina and Banderas Bay as well.
Get to know Marina Vallarta in Puerto Vallarta Mexico
Marina Vallarta is like a resort within a resort with an exclusive Marina filled with yachts, boats, and charters, a championship 18-hole golf course designed by Joe Finger. Located just 15 minutes from downtown Puerto Vallarta and a few minutes away from the Puerto Vallarta International Airport, Lic. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz.
More information, maps, photos and more:
The Marina area is more exclusive and a bit more expensive than other areas in Puerto Vallarta. It was built during the golden years of the city in the 1980's, specifically in 1986, by the Güitrón brothers Jorge and José Martínez Güitrón, they took a leap of faith and planned big.
A sudden growth in tourism inspired the Güitrón Martinez brothers to start an important and visionary residential and business development, the one we now know as the Marina Vallarta, where you would be able to shop by the Marina and enjoy luxury hotels, condos, housing developments, private schools and top-level maritime amenities that could even welcome luxury yachts in what was at the time the largest marina in Mexico with 500 slips.
They also had excellent marketing sense and convinced the famous actress Elizabeth Taylor, that already owned property in the city and lived many years here, to buy one of the first available condos by the Marina, that helped give it all some extra appeal, for sure.
The Marina boardwalk offers lots of good shops, a great range from inexpensive restaurants to fancy elegant dining options, delis, a Starbucks, spas, cafés, bakeries, and ice-cream stores too, even a little supermarket.
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Paradise Village Nuevo Vallarta golf
This is the Paradise Village Nuevo Vallarta El Tigre Golf Course holds two courses, one designed by Jack Nickalaus, and another one designed by Tom Weiskoff. Great investment, Puerto Vallarta Real Estate in this course.
Villa Residencial Club de Golf en Puerto Vallarta
Esta propiedad se encuentra en el corazón del Campo de Golf en Marina Vallarta, ven a conocer un lugar con un toque a hacienda mexicana, disfruta de sus vistas al campo de Golf. El lugar mejor ubicado para llevar a tus hijos a las escuelas, cines, plazas comerciales, playas, aeropuerto.
VISTA VALLARTA Golf Coarse
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