Vista Vallarta Golf Club - The Nicklaus Course

I had a 3:00 tee time and had the course pretty much to myself. It was a challenging course for me with the amount of sand traps and the undulating greens. The fairway and greens were in good shape even though it was dry. Expensive to rent clubs but other than that I was happy with my experience.

Vista Vallarta may not have the sweeping ocean views of the some of the other PV area courses like Vidanta and Litibu, but the greens are unquestionably the best in the region ! Firm, smooth, virtually perfect rolls . .

The fairways are in decent shape; I haven't played in course in the PV area that has excellent fairways . . the bunkers, due to the Covid no rakes in or near the bunker policy, are often times not smooth or raked. .

The course itself is a mix of relatively easy holes with incredibly demanding ones . . it's a very stimulating, fun, enjoyable track . .

Carts are required, unless you are up for massive long walks to get to the 1st tee, and between many holes . . the views, albeit not on the water, are amazing . .

This is my favorite course in all of the extended Puerto Vallarta golf world :)

Played at 2:10 , had the whole course to ourselves.

Awesome layout never a boring hole.. definitely going back later this week…played the blue tees which was a good challenge..

Great day with perfect weather. The biggest problem was the condition of the roadway accessing the course. It was in a word “HORRIBLE. It is a shame because when the Senior’s Championship tournament was held there for 10 years, roads were great. Now it is like driving an obstacle course!!

Great value if you T off at 2:30 pm lots of time to finish.

Vista Vallarta is a gorgeous facility,. Great practice facilities, club house, pro-shop, staff, and the courses. Both courses are wonderful, I think the Nicklaus course is slightly more difficult. Do yourself a favor and get a caddy especially if it’s your first visit. They are invaluable and most really know the course. They will observe you on the range and quickly be able to recommend clubs on the course. The greens have significant grain and they read them well.

Played after 2:30. Pace was good, 3:50. Loved the layout and scenery. A fair challenge. Would play again.

Beautiful course in the mountains. Watch the deep gorges...gotta play Smart

We got to the course over an hour before our tee time. Ate a quick breakfast and went out to hit some balls and putt to get warmed up. We were scheduled to go out at 10:10. We got to the range and it was completely full with golfers warming up for a tournament that was starting very close to our tee time. The starter asked us to forego warming up and go out early. Felt VERY rushed. Then a marshal followed us for the first hole, I hate that, we are not slow players. Anyway we really feel as though for the price this was very poorly handled as we really lost the first few holes because we couldn't relax and play. Felt like we had to get out of the way.

Great course, but to difficult for me. Played from the white tees, should have played the red tees.

Have played course several times in the past five years but not since 2018. Biggest complaint is I booked tee time at 12:30pm. Arrived early around 11am checked in paid green fee and without any communication from staff who booked me in my tee time had been changed to 1:55pm Apparently there was a tournament occupying all tee times until 1:55pm. I went down to the putting green still unaware my tee time had been changed and finally around 12:15 talked with a staff member and was then informed that my tee time was 1:55pm. I asked to talk with his supervisor who indicated they would find my a time. Supervisor the vanished and had the original staff member inform nothing could be done. No offer for compensation. I had taken a 50mn cab ride. I decided to make the best of it a take the 1:55 tee time. Was paired with a couple gentleman from Canada. Are t time was delayed another 10mns as they were the last group in the tournament and one of there group hadn’t showed yet. Pace of play was poor gentleman from Canada ended up missing his scheduled Uber ride. It is apparent since I last played there has been a lot of growth around the course. Suggest this course go private rather then offer itself as public then treat the public player poorly

Course was very beautiful and in good shape. Very unique layout with a lot of forced carries and elevation changes. What made the course play very difficult was the speed and undulation of the greens. Have played courses all over Mexico and the US and they were some of the toughest greens I have ever played. Can also be a little difficult to get to but once there it is worth it.