Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico

Palmilla Golf Club brought Jack Nicklaus Signature design to Cabo. Make that to Latin America: This is the first Nicklaus Signature golf course in the entire region. It opened in 1992 and still carries plenty of scoreboard bite.

There are three nines at Palmilla Golf Club -- Arroyo, Mountain and Ocean -- that you can play in various combinations of 18. The Arroyo and Mountain feature plenty of cacti and desert clear areas. The Mountain has a fifth hole that forces a golfer to clear not one but two canyons.

Palmilla Golf Club - Los Cabos, Mexico - Jack Nicklaus three nines - photo gallery

Even the practice pitching green at Palmilla Golf Club carries some Jack Nicklaus bite.

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Palmilla Golf Club - driving range

The practice range at Palmilla Golf Club offers a glimpse of the desert rumble to come.

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Palmilla Golf Club - Los Cabos, Mexico

Spray the ball at Palmilla Golf Club and you'll be introducing yourself to the cacti.

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Palmilla Golf Club - Arroyo course - hole 1

Many of the greens at Palmilla Golf Club are bunker shadowed, like No. 1 on the Arroyo nine.

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Palmilla Golf Club - Arroyo course

Just off the fairways of the Arroyo nine at Palmilla Golf Club are huge desert bushes and ball-swallowing trees.

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Palmilla Golf Club - Los Cabos

It's clear the desert or watch the scorecard turn ugly at Nicklaus' Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla Golf Club - water

Water only comes into play on a few holes at Palmilla Golf Club.

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Palmilla G.C. - Los Cabos, Mexico

With the mountains and an artificial lake, this is Jack Nicklaus' crack at creating his own scenery at Palmilla Golf Club.

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Palmilla Golf Club - fairways

Sometimes the fairways are wide open at Palmilla Golf Club. Call it a break from the desert.

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Palmilla Golf Club - Los Cabos, Mex.

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla GC - Los Cabos

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla GC - Los Cabos, Mexico

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mex.

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla G.C. in Los Cabos, Mexico

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla G.C. in Los Cabos, Mexico

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla G.C. in Los Cabos

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla GC in Los Cabos, Mexico

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla GC in Los Cabos, Mex.

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla GC in Los Cabos

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla golf course in Los Cabos, Mexico

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla golf course in Los Cabos, Mex.

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Palmilla golf course in Los Cabos

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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The course at Palmilla Golf Club - Los Cabos, Mexico

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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The course at Palmilla Golf Club - Los Cabos, Mex.

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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The course at Palmilla Golf Club - Los Cabos

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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The course at Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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The course at Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mex.

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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The course at Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Los Cabos, Mexico's Palmilla Golf Club

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Los Cabos, Mexico's Palmilla G.C.

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Los Cabos, Mexico's Palmilla GC

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Los Cabos, Mexico's Palmilla golf course

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Los Cabos, Mexico's Palmilla golf course

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Los Cabos, Mexico's Palmilla golf course

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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Los Cabos, Mexico's Palmilla golf course

A view of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Palmilla Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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