Las Parotas - Mexico

Las Parotas Club de Golf changed ownership in 2012 and the new proprietors quickly appointed Agustin Pizá to upgrade the old course. The architect introduced a number of new holes so golfers now play to two greens and use two tees set close to the Pacific Ocean.

Located in the beautiful white sandy beach area of Tangolunda Bay, the course is laid out in two returning 9-hole circuits – both of which start with a testing par five hole – with an overall length of just over 6,600 yards from the back markers.

Feature holes on the layout include the par three 6th, played over a small pond to a boomerang-shaped green, and the par three 17th, with a larger body of water protecting the front and left of a heavily sand-protected peninsula green.

The signature hole is undoubtedly the right doglegging par four 13th, where the fairway swings right from the tee, narrowing considerably as it heads towards an Oceanside green which lies right next to the beach.