Vista Vallarta Golf Club - The Nicklaus Course

This is a Jack Nicholas design so it is well laid out with plenty of challenges over gorges, uphill to greens and lots of bunkers. The driving range and practice area is good. The golf cart was good with a cooler and club/ball washer, GPS, but for $200 plus uSD you would expect some water in the cooler. The fairways were mowed short, and the sand traps had numerous pebbles in them. There was hardly anyone on the course as it is so badly overpriced and therefore 18 holes was less than 2-1/2 hours. I certainly was sadly disappointed expecting nice tee boxes, lush fairways and sand not gravel in the bunkers. Signage on the course was lacking and numerous times the cart shut off and had to be reversed.

No beach views despite the description on their website

Water hazards were almost all dry

I generally play the Weiskopf course at Vista Vallarta, having played Nicklaus 3-4 years ago and not enjoying it because of so many forced carries over arroyos. That criticism is still fair, but the course is nevertheless a fun challenge and very well designed. I will be back.

Amazing layout and pace of play was perfect. Overall great value!

This course was really fun and challenging. Water bottles were included, so that's nice. The staff were amazing- tip!

Played the Nicklaus course yesterday.

Quite a fair test of golf with wide fairways and protected greens. Good conditions with nice green surfaces. Club staff was great.

Enjoyed our round but must say it’s an overpriced experience at VV.

But to be fair, that’s just the way it is during high season in PV.

You’ve got to pay to play anywhere !

I went to Scotland and played at Carnoustie. It had lot of history but I didn't enjoy it as it was long and straight and deep bunkers might challenge you sometimes. But this course in Puerto Vallarta was excellent. Very well designed by Jack, challenging but fair and above all it was maintained so well - immaculate. Only criticism I had was that bunkers need more sand. Overall loved it . Paid much less - US$169 due to discount from the resort I was staying in. I thoroughly enjoyed it, so much that I played two days in a row and third day I played Tom Weiskopf course which was also nice!

I had a hard time distinguishing the gullies on the gps system in the cart. This lead me to loose three balls because I through my shot would roll towards the green. When in fact there was a deep gully in front of the green

Great layout in the mountains overlooking Puerto Vallarta. We played in December, early in the golf season. The course was nearly empty allowing us to play in less than 4 hours. The greens were in very good condition.

My first and maybe my only time playing on this course. Good location and i am glad I booked it thru GP. Staff offered discount off the bat for my companion. Not a busy

day so I played less than 4 hours. Elevation and layout is great. I broke 80 for the first time and in a great course.

The Nicklaus course is a bear! :) The greens were excellent, difficult but fair. The rough is intense!I should have moved up a set of tees.

Everything was excellent, only that we have to play the back 9 without flags since the staff withdraws them at 4:30, even though the course close at 7:00 pm

The course is in need of some TLC. The fairways were brown and the rough was completely unmowed. A ball that rolled just off the fairway could only be found if you were standing on top of it. In general, it he course appeared unkept. Were told later that a mower needed to be repaired.

Nicklaus had slightly more character than weiskoff but both course are excellent

With the local rain rough had not been maintained and high than it should’ve been

Pace of greens could have been a bit faster similar to weiskoff but still rolled well

This golf complex and the two courses are the best in the area.