The legendary Jack Nicklaus has designed two spectacular Signature courses at Punta Mita that offer extraordinary ocean views and world-class play. Pacifico, with seven holes directly facing or playing alongside the Pacific Ocean, features spacious fairways and greens and the “Tail of the Whale”, the world’s only natural island golf green. Bahía, Nicklaus’ second championship course in Punta Mita, has five oceanview holes andprovides a perfect complement to its sister course Pacifico by virtue of undulating fairways and greens protected by deep greenside bunkers.
Highly praised by golfers and golfing magazines, this unique championship course was named the #1 Golf Resort in North America and the U.K. by readers of Condé Nast Traveler in June 2008. The course is set amid vistas of white-sand beaches and the Sierra Madre Mountains on the Eastern horizon. Spread over 200 acres, the course takes full advantage of its seaside location. Seven holes border either the Pacific Ocean or Banderas Bay, and offer views of whales during seasonal migration. Its “Tail of the Whale,” an optional par-3 that plays 180 yards to a natural island green situated in the Pacific Ocean and is the world’s only natural ocean island hole.
The newest addition to Punta Mita’s golfing achievement, this second Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course opened in late 2008 and is as stunning as its sister course. Featuring five ocean holes and playing between 5,180 and 7,030 yards, this championship course rolls through the property of The St. Regis Resort, and among the communities of El Encanto, Porta Fortuna, and La Punta Estates. The challenging and undulating fairway and green complexes offer a wonderful counterpart to Pacifico for golf aficionados.
Played over 2 days on the 2 Jack Nicklaus Designed Championship courses of Punta Mita – Pacifico & Bahia. Taylormade, TrackMan and Peter Millar Welcoming Gift. In the spirit of the Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf live food and beverage stations will be strategically positioned throughout the course. The Punta Mita Cup promises to be a fun and delicious event.
With circa 160 participants in this 3rd Edition we will be playing both Pacifico & Bahia Course simultaneously with a fixed format on each course as explained below. The Punta Mita Cup promises to be yet another fun, competitive and delicious event.
Pacifico: 1-Best Ball Net
Format 2 Ball Best Ball. Lower of the two net scores recorded. 75% of handicap applied. A maximum handicap of 30 is allowed and should a player not have an official handicap a handicap using the casual handicap system should be considered.
Bahia: Scramble Net
Format 2 Person Scramble. After each shot, the best of the two shots is selected and both players play from that spot, until the ball is holed. One team score is recorded. Handicap – 75% of the total handicap of the 2 players divided by 2. Each player must have a Minimum of 4 drives selected. A maximum handicap of 30 is allowed and should a player not have an official handicap a handicap using the casual handicap system should be considered. The maximum difference permitted or to be applied between 2 players handicaps is 10. Should the difference be superior the 10 difference rule is to be applied.
Day 1 Special Prizes
Long Drive Mens
Long Drive Ladies
Closest to The Pin Mens
Closest to the pin Ladies
Hole in One
Saturday 14th April Day 2 – Format 2 – Person Best Ball. Each team has the same two members. Lower of the two net scores recorded. 75% of handicap applied. A maximum handicap of 30 is allowed and should a player not have an official handicap a handicap using the casual handicap system should be considered. Tees: Men Blues 1-12 handicap White 13 and up, Women Red tees.
Day 2 Special Prizes
Long Drive Mens
Long Drive Ladies
Closest to The Pin Mens
Closest to the pin Ladies
Hole in One
Winners of The Punta Mita Cup will the pair with the lowest total score of the 2 days in 2 Categories Men Division and Mixed Division.
*In case of a Draw the winner will be decided by retrogression. You work backwards starting from the last hole to see which person/team played better up to the last hole that was not tied. If holes 18 & 17 were tied you would continue to the score on hole 16. The team with the highest score on 16 would win by retrogression. This is because that team had played better for 15 holes. Because they scored higher on hole #16, their score up to that hole was lower. A lot of people think the lower score wins but that is not correct because they would have had a higher score up to that point in order to finish with a tie.
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