Querencia GC- hole 4 green
Querencia GC is a private golf club in the Los Cabos area of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico.
It was designed by Tom Fazio and opened for play in 2000
It is whispered that a second course designed by Gil Hanse is on the cards, and that will certainly lift the profile of the club.
Set back from the Sea of Cortez in the desert-like mountain terrain the course is basically routed along ridges and around, and over gullies.
The routing is a little awkward in that it doubles back on itself at times.
It is certainly a cart course because of the distance between green and tee, and some of the elevation changes in those commutes...
Querencia is a typical Fazio design in that the course is pretty- and the visuals appear a priority.
Bouganvilleas add colour to the variety of brush and cactus, and with white sand bunkers a feature throughout, it really is built for the camera
But the substance is there as well with well constructed golf holes and strategy rather than power required to record a score.
The front nine predominantly heads down off elevated tees towards the sea, while the back nine returns back up to the clubhouse.
For me the par 5’s were a highlight as they wove their way along the ridges to some pretty decent green complexes sited in dramatic spots.
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The par 3’s definitely demand your attention as well, with deep arroyos (gullies) inevitably needing to be carried.
A couple of nifty short dogleg par 4’s added to the variety, and round off the course nicely.
Notable holes were:
- the short dog leg par 4 third hole
Querencia GC- hole 3
- the dramatic par 5 fourth hole with peninsula green
- the all carry par 3 eighth hole
Querencia GC- hole 8
- the longer par 3 fourteeenth hole
Querencia GC- hole 14
- the rolling par 5 fifteenth hole
- the short tricky par 4 seventeenth hole
Querencia GC- hole 17
Querencia is a really nice course in a beautiful setting
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