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Challenging layout. Love the fact that it is NOT wide open but has tree lined fairways. Greens are in great shape. Highly recommend!

Love the course, good layout, challenging but fair. Wonderful practice facilities. I played here (Panther) several years ago and liked it then and my opinion hasn’t changed. If you’re in Orlando, I would highly recommend it. The only drawback was pace of play. We teed off at about 12:30 and our round took about 5:15 to play, which is unacceptable. AND, we never saw a ranger! Apparently, there was some type of tournament occurring but that’s no excuse. Hopefully this was an anomaly. I will be back!

Los Puerto de Cabo is a must play course Beautiful vistas, sea of Cortez, mountains. Course is in perfect shape and this was November. It’s a bit pricey but use Golf Now and you may get lucky.

The Cabo area is blessed to have several beautiful courses. Puerto Los Cabo’s is a beautiful layout overlooking the Sea of Cortez to the east and mountains to the west. The views are spectacular.
The course is in perfect condition (fairways, greens, bunkers).

The course has comfort stations, which are terrific!!!!! The tacos, chips, margaritas, are wonderful, all for the price of a tip.

A bonus is that it is not on the Pacific side where it is usually more windy. Also, there is great practice area so you can practice every club ion your bag.

I’ve played courses all over the U. S., Mexico and Europe and this course is high on my list of courses you don’t want to miss.

Just played Puerto Los Cabos (11/12/22). I was a single and was paired with another gentleman from San Francisco. If you're in Cabo, you MUST play this course (particularly if you can score a hot deal). It was in perfect shape--greens, fairways, traps could not have been any better (even though it was November). The views of the Sea of Cortez and mountains were spectacular. Unbelievable. There are also some incredible houses overlooking the course (maybe too many for some). And, the comfort stations complete with tacos, margaritas, chips and more were fabulous. There is a tee box for every level. Pace of play was fine. To get there be sure you add some time because the traffic in San Jose can be heavy. Nearby Flora Farms is a must see attraction. I It is on my must play list for Cabo courses (along with Cabo Real).

Cabo San Lucas and San Jose Del Cabo have many courses available to the public (e.g., Cabo Real, Puerto Los Cabos, Palmilla, Cabo Del Sol Desert course) but I would rate Cabo Real as the best. The course has beautiful views of the ocean and the mountains. Moreover, there are very few homes on the course (none on the back nine). (Note, you cannot play Quivera unless you are an owner or guest at Pueblo Bonito or Monte Cristo properties; similarly, you cannot play Diamante and its two courses unless you are an owner or guest.) It is also very convenient, about half way between Cabo and San Jose.

A couple of other notes: Cabo Real has a nice practice area for warming up! It is on the Sea of Cortez and, consequently, is not windy like the courses on the Pacific.

It does not have the comfort stations of Puerto Los Cabos, but it does it does offer great food at its grill. The staff are friendly and courteous.

While Cabo Real and Puertos Los Cabos are both terrific courses, I would give the edge to Cabo Real (but if you're in Cabo, I would play them both)!

Four of us just came down from playing Whistling Straits (Straits, Irish, Meadows, Blackwolf Run) to play Erin Hills to get a view of the site for next year's U.S. Open. We all carry indexes of 10 or less so we were excited to play what the pros would play. It is a beautiful layout but there are few things you should understand before you go.

When we booked our tee time, our very friendly agent emphasized that it is a walking-only facility. This was fine with us. Although we're all 60+, we are in good shape and walk and carry at our home courses. That said, when we made our reservation, we explained that 1 person would carry and the other 3 would need caddies. When we arrived, an error had been made so two of us ended up carrying and we got a caddie who double bagged the other two. We've all played in Ireland and Scotland and are familiar with most of the well-know venues where you also must walk Moreover, we had just finished walking the Straits so we felt like we were adequately prepared. Not!

Erin Hills is NOT a walking facility but rather a HIKING facility. True to its name it was extremely hilly and all must walk. There are no carts. None. Didn't see a one the entire day. Th'at was to be understood but the long-long treks were not.

Our hiking began at the parking lot where you walk a quarter of mile, if not more, up a long hill to the pro shop. But the real fun began 2-3 holes into the round. Going from a green to the next tee was a chore. You would walk down one hill--often a severe slope for our caddie who was double bagging and two of our party who were carrying--only to walk back up another hill before you reached the next tee. And the distances from greens to tees were ridiculous. Really! It reminded me of a resort course where you must have to have a cart to motor through the development to get from one tee box to another. But there were no carts at Erin Hills. Just long, long walks up and down and up and down. from one hill to another. They did provide water on about every 4th hole. The water was free. But we didn't know that when we bought some the beverage cart.

The course is beautiful and lush with heather that is knee to waste high. Gorgeous to look at but a great hiding place for golf balls. If you hit your ball in the heather, there was a 98% chance that it was lost. The fairways are generous enough that we didn't find the heather often--just one person every hole! They did have several fore caddies located at strategic locations to help you find an errant shot but they couldn't find several of our balls.

Of course, they did have U.S. open rough but that was to be expected. We wanted to see what it was like and we did!

Between the hills and the heather, we played 5 1/2 - 6 hour round. Play was terribly slow and we never saw a ranger.

As a testimonial to hiking, we had our iPhone app on which counted steps, miles and flights (of stairs). We walked close to 9 miles, over 20,000 steps and the equivalent of 30 flights of stairs. Our caddie was Joe and he did a nice job but you could tell he was gassed from double bagging up the hills.

Erin Hills is a beautiful and challenging course and I would recommend it for low handicap player and certainly not the casual golfer. However, the recommendation would come with a caveat. You should be forewarned that walking it is as much a challenge as the golf. I would definitely avoid it playing in the heat of the day.