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<\/a>Pueblo Bonita Resort’s Sunset Beach “Sky Pool” overlooks the Pacific and Nicklaus’ new Quivira Golf Club in Cabo del Sol.<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cI think from one standpoint what we did was really introduce the game of golf to Cabo,\u201d said the 74-year old champion-turned-architect known as the \u201cGolden Bear.\u201d Nicklaus was referring to the six high profile golf courses he\u2019s designed to anchor high end resorts and real estate developments over decades in the Mexican vacation region at the very bottom of Mexico\u2019s Baja Peninsula. \u201cWe used to be able to come down here in the 1960\u2019s in a tee-shirt, a swim suit, and a pair of sandals with 20 bucks and stay for a week. Now you might not get out of the airport for that. So my friends joke that I\u2019m the guy who ruined Cabo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nicklaus\u2019 first visit to Cabo, in 1963, was almost his last.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was flying in for a landing on my Aero Commander with a co-pilot and I was getting ready to start throttling back on the runway and all of a sudden I felt a hand on my hand push my hand forward,\u201d Nicklaus recalled. \u201cThe runway sits at an angle and I was lining it up like it was a flat runway. It was below the hillside, and we would have gone right into the face of the hill. The little push said, \u2018we need more gas here.\u2019 I\u2019ll never forget \u2013 it\u2019s like it was yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
His newest course, Quivira Golf Club, in Los Cabos, is also unforgettable. \u201cIt\u2019s got some very unusual, spectacular golf shots on it over obviously great terrain,\u201d said Nicklaus, who has designed 290 courses in 36 countries with his trademark wink and smile intact after all those years, major championships, and miles. \u201cMost of all it\u2019s got some absolutely unbelievable vistas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Developer Jose Luis Mogollon hired the legendary Nicklaus and surveyed the course with him as it was taking shape. Mogollon laughed when he recalled once daring to question the wisdom of one aspect of Nicklaus\u2019 routing plan. \u201cJack looked at me and asked, \u2018Okay, \u201cMr. Golf Course Architect,\u201d remind me exactly how many courses you have designed?\u2019 He made his point.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now finished, every hole presents stunningly stark, natural, bird\u2019s-eye views from hundreds of feet above the all-inclusive Pueblo Bonito Pacifica Resort and Spa\u2019s unique ocean-desert-mountain setting at land\u2019s end \u2013 where the Pacific and Sea of Cortez meet. The expansive beach, sheer granite cliffs, and huge dunes are also visible from three complimentary \u201ccomfort stations\u201d built into the cliffs along the way. Tequila sunrise? Si, amigo! Siesta or fiesta as long as you wish and sample the Baja culinary talents of the resort chef\u2019s regional dishes \u2013 tuna sliders, fish tacos, breakfast burritos, and more, ready to go or prepared on the spot to preference. Ah if only you could watch sunset from up here! But the beach is better for that, with its\u2019 fire pit and private cabana beds; or from the soaring \u201csky pool\u201d at Pueblo Bonito\u2019s neighboring Sunset Beach resort.<\/p>\n
Visit www.PuebloBonito.com<\/a> or www.QuiviraGolfClub.com<\/a> or call 800-990-8250<\/a><\/p>\n Michigan-based travel writer Michael Patrick Shiels may be contacted at InviteYourself@aol.com<\/a> or via www.TravelTattler.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 His talk show may be heard weekday mornings in Lansing on 92.1 FM and seen on Fox 47 TV.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"