New courses in Puerto Vallarta

[Miker20890]

Plan on playing both of them in 2 weeks. Any suggestions/recommendations?

[Socrates]

Their website is useless for hole by hole. They don’t have GPS on carts so either have a good laser or your own gps. Know how far you really hit your driver in the air at sea level so you can either stay short of the ravines or carry them. Same for traps. They sell a little yardage pamphlet of the holes in the pro shop that would have been useful to have. Didn’t see them until I had played both rounds.

On the Nicklaus course, the greens have some serious slope on some. I hit one chip that I thought was perfect and it kept on going until it was 10 yds off the green

Caddy is $25 US per rnd.

[Socrates]

Vista Vallarta - Weiskopf

 

#16 Par 4 - 457 yds Put your big boy pants on.

#15 Had to wait while the cut the green. Knuckled a 5 iron to left center and missed the putt.

 

#13 Just barely got it on front edge. Par

#12 300 yrd carry. Laid up beside bunker.

[Socrates]

Vista Vallarta - Nicklaus

 

18 Green

18 Tee

16 Tee

15 Green - Had a number of tucked flags

9 Tee - Nothing good short, long or right. Up and down from far left bunker for Par.

#8 Par 5 - 2nd shot. Made it thru all that to about 90 yards in front.

6 Tee - 435 yards. Ravines and uphill 2nd shot. Chickened out and hooked it to left safe area. Tried to hit it to right to give me an angle. Made Par!!

Approach to #3 120 yards up hill and blind. Pin is somewhere to right of 3rd palm tree. Bogey.

#3 Tee Par 5. 2 ravines and then uphill.

1st Tee Ravine 250 out

[Miker20890]

Thanks for all that. Didn't realize they did caddies, are they required? Great pictures by the way!

[Socrates]

Caddies are optional. No idea if they are competent or just someone that might ride in the cart with you and tell you not to hit it over there. Starter said to not go into the ravines without a rake in case you run into a snake. That was good enough for me. Fortunately, I never hit it into a ravine. Kept it in the short grass.

[Miker20890]

Back from my trip. Was able to play Norman, Weiskoff and Nicklaus Would rank them in that order too.