One and Only Palmilla Golf Club

Jack Nicklaus unveiled his first golf course in Latin America in 1992 at the One & Only Palmilla in San Jose del Cabo, 30 minutes from the airport. The resort sit on Pelican Beach and features 27 holes of championship golf. The courses are aptly named Mountain, Ocean and Arroyo after the intense changes in terrain, featuring diverse fauna, dramatic elevation changes and breathtaking views of the Sea of Cortez. The Arroyo course is known for the long par-5 seventh with a steep boulder-filled canyon running the entire length of the hole and offering views of the bay below. Elsewhere on the property, rocky hills covered in dense cacti frame the sweeping fairways of the Mountain Course, highlighted by the par-4 fifth running alongside a vast arroyo, forcing players to carry hazards off the tee and into the green. Finished in 1999, the Ocean course forces players to contend with 600 feet of elevation change in their first six holes while also playing within a few footsteps of the crashing sea on holes three through seven. The course and facilities at the One & Only were completely renovated in 2014 following Hurricane Odile.