Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita - Mexico

The Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita is a shining example of Jack Nicklaus's flair for designing Edenic courses in tropical settings. The resort is spread out over nearly 1,500 acres on a peninsula between the Pacific and the Sierra Madre foothills some 45 minutes north of Puerto Vallerta. The course is routed around a narrow point, with five holes flirting with the Pacific, and three more wrapping around Banderas Bay. Some 1,800 palm trees frame the fairways, with waste bunkers of soft white sand. The showstopper at Punta Mita, or "Tip of the Arrow," is an optional 194-yard par-three hole, No. 3B, that plays across the ocean to a featherbed of green on a small rocky island. Golfers are ferried to the island by an amphibious golf cart.