The Nicklaus Design Course at Vidanta Puerto Penasco

Great place to have a round and replay holes if needed because the course is not ever busy. Loved the ocean holes.

The course is challenging and can be cruel if the wind is strong.

Loved it.

Typical difficult early Jack Nicklaus design with long carries, contoured fast greens, false fronts, heavily bunkered. Beautiful well maintained layout along the ocean. Very light play. Clubhouse closed. Proshop in the Mayan Palace about a mile away. Four hour drive from Phoenix. No border issues. Heavy security with police and national guard check points along main road. Private security along the beach housing area. 30 minute drive to Puerto Penasco with some sand roads.

Incredible golf course, amazing staff, and views that take your breath away.

Charlie, Randy, Humberto, and Sergio are so quick to welcome you and provide great service.

Jesse was on the beverage cart and was super friendly and happy to help.

Angelica and Melissa in the Pro shop were incredibly friendly and always so pleasant.

I can’t wait to come back and see all my friends here siding soon!!⛳️🇲🇽🍻☀️

We had a great time at vidanta Carlos, Yessenia, and the staff were super helpful. The course is immaculate and extremely difficult. But the views are so fantastic you don't care how many balls you lose.

3rd time playing this course. 1st time that I have not been satisfied. I'll break it down. Check in is cumbersome since a hurricane destroyed the clubhouse that is on-site, and you have to go to the hotel to check in a golf shop. I've done this during a previous visit but figured that for the price to play the clubhouse would be repaired. The Clubhouse was a shining star when I played it the first time in 2019/2020. Once arrived the team at the course could not "find" a LH set of clubs for my playing partner, eventually they did and we were off. We had an 1110am T-time, and were sent off at about 1125. This turned out to be ok because on hole 2 we got backed up with a large group of 20 (5 4somes) that were there to "have a good time". We purchased drinks on hole 2 and played the next 9 holes in about 2.5 hours. We did not see the drink cart for food or drinks again until hole 12 where we decided to try to skip ahead. the last 6 holes were played in another 2.5 hours. Wish the team on the ground would have warned of the very slow conditions as the app only gave us a "Hot Deal" for a discounted price, now I know why it was discounted!! I would call this course directly to find out amount of golf being played that day to ensure that you can enjoy the views and course!

You won’t be disappointed that’s for sure. Course conditions were excellent. Even got to see some dolphins while playing holes along the ocean. Only thing that could add to the experience would be a functional club house at the course location. The cold towel when dropping off the golf cart was awesome!!

Gorgeous course with many challenges. Staff was efficient and extremely helpful at all times. All in all a great experience - will be back!

Course was damp the ball did not roll in fairways other than that it was perfect

The golf course was well maintained, tremendous views. The staff was very attentive .

I’ve played Islas Del Mar (only had nine holes open at the time and I think that’s still the case) and las Palomas, and Vidanta was the best of the three here in puerto peñasco. The tee boxes, fairways, greens, and bunkers were all very well kept, and the are incredible views of the ocean on several holes.

Free range balls and a great range/chipping/putting setup were a nice surprise.

I also had to rent clubs this time around and was impressed by the nearly-new set of titleist woods/irons(t350)/wedges and Scotty Cameron putter.

Highly recommend this course!

Gorgeous course with lots of challenges! Staff was fabulously helpful and friendly! Highly recommend!

Beautiful condition it was over 100 degrees,so no players pushing you

The course is in great shape. Fairways are absolutely awesome and greens are super. Loved the layout. Will definitely play this course again.

Couldn’t have been in a more perfect condition, views were impeccable!

This course has a really nice layout.. multiple tears allow for players of any skill level to enjoy the course. The lady sees were a bit long for shorter hitters. Course was an excellent condition from tee to green.

If you come to Puerto Penasco and don't play this course, you have missed out.

I played in the early afternoon, August 12th, and while it was hot, the wind blew steadily off the Sea of Cortes making the round very enjoyable. I played the front nine twice because the back nine was closed for aeration. But since I hadn't played this course before, the second time around felt like I knew the layout. It's in very good condition, although the greens had been punched and sanded just a week ago. Still, they putted satisfactorily, no complaints. The driving range includes a chipping area and practice putting green as well as full-length range, no extra charge. A friendly guy drove the refreshment cart with ice and beverages and when I finished, I played in about three-and-a-half hours, another attendant was there with a cold scented towel -- it doesn't get any better. I couldn't decide which was my favorite between two "signature" holes, number 4, the beachside par three with elevated green, or number 3, the par four requiring an approach between two small hills in front of the green with the sea in the immediate background, see photograph. With a steady 15- to 20-mile an hour wind off the sea, the seventh, eighth and ninth holes are very challenging. Driving to the course from Puerto Penasco takes about a half hour. The roads aren't bad -- GPS and road signs are accurate. The only minor inconvenience came when I found that I had to backtrack a mile or so from the golf course to the lobby of the Mayan Palace hotel, the location of the pro shop, to obtain proof of payment.