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A lone spreading tree over a rolling Vista Vallarta fairway at dusk, palms to one side and the Sierra Madre ridgeline rising behind the hole.

The championship

Vista Vallarta · Nicklaus

Designed by Jack Nicklaus.

Host of the 2002 EMC World Cup of Golf.

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
Year opened
2001
Holes
18
Style
Nicklaus Signature foothills
Destination
Puerto Vallarta

Facts from our verified course library. We plan trips around this course. We don’t own or operate it, and your itinerary confirms the exact rotation for your dates.

Recognition

Vista Vallarta · Nicklaus on the record

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.

On the calendar

Trips that play Vista Vallarta · Nicklaus

Vista Vallarta · Nicklaus is in the curated lineup for these trips. On a Signature Hosted Experience your rounds are arranged for you; on a Curated Stay & Play escape you pick your course for each day after you book. Either way your concierge secures every tee time.

Play Vista Vallarta · Nicklaus on a week we handle end to end.