Featured Golf Trip: Quivira

A golf course benefits from a good place to ponder. A wooden bench off a tee box. A quiet stroll through the woods from green to tee. A perch at the peak of the property.

At Quivira Golf Club in Cabo, there are plenty of opportunities. Say, looking out to the ocean on the famous-ish par 3 6th, where you’re hitting a golf shot from a tee box carved into an oceanside cliff to a green also carved into that cliff. Or the hole before, a short 4 that, well, looks like the photo above.

Or you could let the mind wander on the cart excursions between holes—lengthy, by the sounds of this Golf Digest ​blurb​: “Can a course be considered great if it possesses sensational individual holes but a layout that’s disjointed or lacks rhythm and continuity?” ponders GD, before answering its own question: “When it comes to the importance of cohesive routings, enough of our panelists have determined there are exceptions to every rule.” Those panelists rank the Jack Nicklaus-designed Quivira the ​6th-best​ golf course in Mexico. The drives are long, but the panoramic views of ocean and desert alike are remarkable.

Of course, if you’re headed to Cabo, in all likelihood, you’re not doing so just for Jack. (There’s a country ballad in there somewhere about how you’re also doing it for Jim and Johnnie and José.) You’re in it for the unwind of it all. Quivira has that, too—elevated comfort stations around the course serve fresh tacos and cocktails and barbecue. There’s really no reason to rush.

The course is accessible only to guests of the Quivira Los Cabos ​collection of resorts​—Pueblo Bonito Pacifica, Sunset Beach, Montecristo Estates, The Towers, and the forthcoming St. Regis. Each of them come with their own level of relaxation and vibes, and a touch of exclusivity keeps the tee sheet manageable.

Cliffside golf by morning. Poolside margs by afternoon. If it the recipe ain’t broke, people, don’t go fixin’ it.