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GOLF MAGAZINE NAMES DIAMANTE (DUNES) TO ‘TOP 100’ LIST


SPECTACULAR VENUE RETAINS ITS PLACE ON ELITE “TOP 100 COURSES IN THE WORLD”
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Dec 02, 2021
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LOS CABOS, Mexico (Dec. 2, 2021) – GOLF Magazine has selected Diamante (Dunes)
for inclusion on its prestigious ‘Top 100 Courses in the World’ 2021-22 list as
featured in the publication’s November / December issue.

Chosen from a ballot of nearly 500 golf courses worldwide, the Dunes Course at
Diamante, which landed on GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 list shortly after its debut
in 2010, now stands at No. 98, an indication of how competitive the
international category has become.



“It’s quite an honor,” said Diamante developer Ken Jowdy. “To be ranked on GOLF
Magazine’s list is a validation of everything we do. We’re thrilled.” 

Designed by PGA Tour star and former Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III, with
assistance from his brother Mark Love and architect Paul Cowley, Diamante
(Dunes) is unlike any other venue in Los Cabos. Located 15 minutes north of
downtown Cabo San Lucas on the Baja Peninsula’s Pacific coast, the 7,022-yard,
par-71 Dunes Course, centerpiece of a 1,500-acre private resort community, is a
windswept, lay-of-the-land creation that rambles through 50-foot-high sand hills
and skirts huge blowout bunkers on its journey to and from the sea. Fairways,
tees and greens are carved into huge Sahara-like dunes set above the sea, where
breaching whales are a common sight during the winter months. Five sets of tees,
three of them rated for women, provide admirable versatility on the Dunes
Course, which is surfaced from tee to green in sustainable, salt-tolerant
paspalum grass.

“Diamante’s free-form architecture rests gently on the land, and the absence of
any hard lines let the golfer’s eye soak in the delightful contrast between the
dazzling Pacific Ocean, the dunescape and the emerald playing surfaces,” the
magazine reported. “The Dunes’ random green contours are noteworthy as is the
construction technique that left micro-undulations in the fairways. Spectacular
ocean views sometimes come with the price of cold and damp playing conditions
but not here.” A breezy, links-style layout, the Dunes Course resembles golf in
Ireland--only 30 degrees warmer.

Refinements and routing alterations have greatly improved the club’s golf
experience. For example, two seaside holes, the current 12th and 13th, each
sculpted from vast rolling dunes within earshot of the surf, were built to
replace inland predecessors. The mammoth 590-yard par-5 18th, previously the
17th, offers multiple landing areas and calls for a lofted approach to a
shelf-like green perched 50 feet above the fairway. It provides a memorable
finish to the round.

According to Ran Morrissett, the magazine’s architecture editor, “GOLF’s 107
raters, spread across the globe, dealt with Covid restrictions to deliver a
comprehensive review of the game’s elite venues. The result is what we feel is
the smartest vote on architecture among the myriad media outlets that also rate
courses…if you look closely at the list, you’ll notice that what was once
considered ‘great’ architecture is taking on a decidedly broader definition.”

Specifically, the panel, whose members include major championship winners,
architects, journalists and well-traveled golf aficionados, now places a higher
value on “width, strategy, playing angles, enjoyment (and) creativity stemming
from ‘bouncy-bounce’ golf.” Built entirely on sand, Diamante (Dunes) has firm,
fast-running conditions plus exceptional risk-reward variety.

It’s often said it takes great land to yield a great course. Diamante (Dunes) is
the only venue in Mexico on GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 Courses in the World list, a
tribute to the topographical uniqueness of the desert-meets-ocean environment in
Los Cabos.

Access to Diamante (Dunes) is granted to guests of the on-site Nobu Hotel Los
Cabos and Hard Rock Hotel Los Cabos, subject to availability.
https://golf.com/course/diamante-dunes/

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About Los Cabos:
Situated at the tip of the 1,000-mile long Baja Peninsula, Los Cabos is home to
award-winning hotels, resorts, championship golf courses, rejuvenating spas and
world-class sport fishing. With a unique landscape of dramatic desert and
dazzling beaches, Los Cabos is an exotic escape within easy reach of most U.S.
and Canadian cities. For more information, images and videos from Los Cabos,
visit www.visitloscabos.travel, follow us on Twitter @LOSCABOSTOURISM and
visit us on Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest and Instagram.

Contacts:
Media Golf Contact:
Brian McCallen
Golf Public Relations
Los Cabos Tourism Board
Tel: +1 860-514-5011
Email: rep.golf@visitloscabos.travel
www.visitloscabos.travel

Golf Contact
Cynthia Ontiveros
Special Segment Manager
Los Cabos Tourism Board
Tel: + (52) 624 144 4730
Email: contiveros@visitloscabos.travel
www.visitloscabos.travel

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