mexico Hanse on Deck

The second golf course at Bahia del los Suenos will be designed by ... Gil Hanse.

It’s not a done deal yet and won’t be announced until later this summer, but the Malvern, Pennsylvania-based architect has been selected to design a walkable 18-hole track (not an executive-length course, as originally planned) at the 4,270-acre resort community on Baja California Sur.

Bahia del los Suenos, the home of Tom Doak’s first course in Mexico, is being developed by PCS Development, Inc., a residential developer based in Los Angeles, California.

"We were looking for an architect who respects the land and was interested in creating an enjoyable golf course," says Charles Freedman, the president of PCS. "It was important to us that people would look forward to playing the course again and again, and that it would be intellectually challenging."

At build-out, Bahia del los Suenos will have 818 single-family houses, 1,143 condos, eight hotels, a beach club, an equestrian center, a private airport, and a possible third golf course.

PCS hopes to break ground on Hanse’s course in late 2010 or early 2011.

BahiaSuenos.com