mexico A First for Gary Player

Gary Player has designed hundreds of golf courses in 35 countries, but none of them are in Mexico. That will change this summer, when Player opens a “world-class” course at CostaBaja Resort & Marina, a 550-acre resort community that’s taking shape along the Sea of Cortez just north of La Paz, the capital of Baja Sur.

CostaBaja is already home to a few dozen houses, a 120-room hotel, a marina with slips for 250 boats, and a marina village. At build-out, it’ll have up to 1,800 housing units, a private beach club, and as many as three other 18-hole courses.

Grupo Concord, the community’s developer, says that Player’s 6,800-yard track will be “the first golf course of its kind in Mexico,” although it doesn't explain what makes it so special.

For his part, Player said in a press statement, “I look forward to experiencing the well-known Mexican hospitality during my visits to CostaBaja.”

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