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Greg Norman Golf Course Design announced the grand opening of Rancho San Lucas Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Inspired by the native terrain and featuring numerous panoramic views, Rancho San Lucas Golf Club is a 7,210-yard, par-72, championship-caliber course backdropped by the rolling waves of the Pacific Ocean. Spanning three different ecosystems, the golf course meanders through a thick cactus forest creased by winding arroyos before descending to enormous windswept dunes. The layout features five holes on the beach, notably the par-3 third, which parallels the sea and has views of breaching whales during the winter months.

Norman attended the grand opening celebration Thursday, joined by the developer, Solmar Group chairman Francisco Bulnes, and other guests and dignitaries.

“Rancho San Lucas is the most spectacular piece of oceanfront property I’ve seen in a long time, so to have the opportunity to build a course on this site was truly once in a lifetime,” Norman said. “My goal was to keep it as natural as possible, using my ‘least-disturbance’ approach, while showcasing the property’s three unique ecosystems: the ocean, the sand dunes and the arroyos. We wanted to build a sustainable course that is playable from all perspectives, including the forward tees. GNGCD is committed to making a global impact by creating courses that withstand the test of time, and I truly believe this golf course is one of the best we’ve ever built.”

Grassed from tee-to-green in SeaDwarf Seashore Paspalum, a disease-resistant, drought-tolerant varietal, the course features a unique revetted bunkering design unlike anything else in the region. Specifically tailored to Cabo’s terrain and locale, GNGCD integrated indigenous landscapes and grass varietals that use the least amount of water, creating a sustainable golf experience that flows naturally with the dune and desert landscape.

Bulnes, the developer, related a story about how the course was built. “In the beginning, Greg told me, ‘It’s such an amazing piece of property, we’re only going to clear the fairway corridors 10 meters at a time.’ Most designers mass clear a site and then attempt to re-vegetate it later. Not Greg. He was very careful to remove specimen trees and plants and shelter them in a nursery. He wanted to work at a very slow rate, so he could evaluate the site’s contours and build the course in an environmentally responsible way. This took several months, but that’s what his ‘least-disturbance’ design philosophy is all about: keep earthmoving to a minimum, and step as lightly as possible on nature’s toes.”

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