Cabo Golf is all that I remember - and more!

Well, the week in Cabo San Lucas is over and I'm back in the tundra! (81 degrees at the time of boarding our flight home; -12 degrees upon deplaning 4 hours later!) This place has really "grown up" since my last trip 9 years ago. Oddly enough, the greens fees hadn't gone up very much in that space of time... but the service sure has!!! Back then, largely due to the prices, you could tell the golf concierge at your hotel at 8:00 am that you wanted to play a specific course around 9:30 and you were in. You got a tee time within 20 minutes of the requested time. And when you arrived at the course you would find that there were many open times on the tee sheet. It was great to have a couple open holes in front and behind you.

Now, the courses are very busy. Still, with 10 minute intervals, we never had to wait for the group in front of us and were never pushed from behind. Truly awesome!

There were two other areas of great change from 9 years ago... back then, there was no friendly, fuzzy service and it was hard to find anyone in the clubhouse (sometimes just a trailer) that spoke much English. And, what you got for your $200 was simply a round of golf on a beautifully manicured course.

Now, the clubhouses are the equal of any upscale course at home and the staffs speak English and are extremely friendly and accommodating. Starters & Rangers (non-existent and totally unneeded back then) were as welcoming as can be - and were largely "gringos". A starter at Cabo del Sol noticed my TPC Twin Cities shirt and introduced himself. He is an assistant pro at Hazeltine National just a few miles from my home.

And, unlike the past, it became clear that you were paying for an "experience". The fee included amenities such as complimentary Course Guide books, an attractive suede "goody bag" with logo tees, markers and repair tool (at Cabo Real), rangers that would stop and help you find your errant drive, cold towels upon the completion of the round, and more.

The only downside was that my Two Amigos took me to the cleaners! (Nothing new, here!) I'll describe the courses we played later in the week.

Cheers,

Dick

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