It's been a dream of mine to play here. Two of my buddies made a 40th trip and we made it happen 2 weeks ago. I did the 4 night all inclusive unlimited golf package. I played 121 holes in 3 days. ... Continue »

It's been a dream of mine to play here. Two of my buddies made a 40th trip and we made it happen 2 weeks ago. I did the 4 night all inclusive unlimited golf package. I played 121 holes in 3 days. If you love golf you have to visit. Mexico is trying to build up Lareto as a new vacation and they built TPC Danzante as the main draw. It's Cabo 25 years ago. It does not disappoint! Views: Unreal. The course is 3 courses in one. You begin going up into the mountain and it feels like you are in Jurassic Park. Lareto is still undisturbed wild untamed jungle and the plant and wildlife is insane. You'll see tarantulas, thousands of beetles, vultures etc. Many of the holes on the front 9 are isolated in canyons and bowls and it hard to describe. You then work your way down to the beach and the course turns into an desert course. Then after you play holes by it runs towards the beach and then up to the signature hole and the course has become an ocean course. The 17th hole is the Torrey Pines No 3 on HGH, steroids, and whatever else the Liver King takes. Pictures don't do the 17th justice. It's much easier than the photos make it seem as it plays downhill with ample bailout left. It's only a baby 9 or PW from the tips. The other best feature is there was little to no wind. Cabo howls in the afternoon and being as Lareto is on the Sea of Cortez side and protected by mountains. We either had no wind or a slight breeze. The Course: As a Reese Jones, what you see is what you get. However with all of the elevation changes, out of bounds, bunkers, thick rough, length it's a brute and a half. It's similar to Quintero with way more elevation changes and much more difficult hazards. While the holes are not overly tight there is no margin of error if playing further back. All of the fairways are lined with either boulder field, fluffy dune sand, thick brush, or crushed rocks so the ball Plinkos in there and you won't have a shot out even if you find your ball. I imagine the course would play differently during summer (The temp was between 60 and 70 the entire weekend) but the fairways were soft and lush so we had zero roll. Aside from the obvious length (7237 tips) the real challenge of the course is the rough. Similar to east coast courses every bunker is surrounded by fluffy, sticky, nasty rough. You're lucky to get it out if you find the greenside bunker rough. Many a shots go from in front of the bunker rough to on top of the bunker rough the ball won't release. You feel like a pro when you play because any off target shot you pray rolls into the bunker. The sand was more similar to CA sand. Consistent but a harder sand vs fluffy crushed granite for a TPC (Most likely due to wind blowing it away). Being from AZ we don't have rough. The rough here is very sticky. You can't advance it if you find it in the fairway. With the soft conditions any short shot will stick versus releasing up into the green further adding the necessity of a well placed shot. There are no divots and the fairways are carpet here. The greens are extremely large here with subtle breaks making for difficult putting. The greens rolled perfectly and were slightly shy of immaculate. There was some small damaged areas on a few greens showing punch marks. They may have aerated some patches a few weeks ago to help repair some dead spots (Nitpicking) My favorite part of the greens (All angled back to front) were the fact that they mowed down the back edges of the greens so deeper shots not hit too long would release off the hill and roll back and funnel to the back pins (Very Fun!) The only thing holding the course were the tee boxes. While level, they were very lush and a little over watered so they were spongy and lumpy on many holes (Nitpicking) Practice Facility: It's a resort course so the practice facilities were adequate but lacking. Great practice pitching area and practice green. The range was not good though. It's one of those ranges where you are hitting straight into a steep uphill, not allowing any type of distance calibration. The range grass is especially trash. Way too sandy with no roots so contact and divots were bizarre (The club would slide and act funny). Not a big deal for a resort course but as a TPC you couldn't seriously practice or dial your game in there. Pace of Play: The course was wide open most days. We would only run into a few groups. I was finishing rounds solo in 1:40. My buddies wanted to play as a 6/7 some (Not my thing but they allow it if that's your thing on a buddy golf trip) I also played a round with no shoes or shirt so that was really fun. Service: The service and food on the course is unbelievable. In fact the best food at the resort is the golf course grill. I highly recommend it you will not be disappointed.