The championship

Vista Vallarta - Nicklaus

The higher and harder of Vista Vallarta's two eighteens. Jack Nicklaus routed it along the ridge, and the 2002 World Cup was played here. Jungle, arroyos, and the Sierra Madre on every horizon.

Par: 72
Yards: 7,074
Designer: Jack Nicklaus
Destination: Puerto Vallarta

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The photography

Vista Vallarta - Nicklaus, as you’ll see it

A fairway on the Jack Nicklaus course at Vista Vallarta at sunset, with sand bunkers cut into rolling turf and dense jungle behind. — Nicklaus cut his eighteen into the jungle foothills — bold bunkering, and fairways that fall away toward the treeline.

A rolling fairway and bunkers on the Jack Nicklaus course at Vista Vallarta in low afternoon light, with palms and a jungle ridge behind. — Wide off the tee — then the sand starts making the decisions for you.

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