Sport Fishing, Golfing & Fun in Los Cabos

In the middle of October Los Cabos hosted a new great high end sport fishing & golf tournament “Puerto Los Cabos World Cup and Celebrity Golf Tournament“. ESCAPES received the results and coverage, and we’d like to share it with you. Seems like lots of fun, great world sport, some records and entertainment with golf pros, sportsmen and celebrities we were glad to host in this beautiful place in Baja. Here goes the report:

The Puerto Los Cabos World Cup 2009 brought together some diehard golfers and Celebrities, from near and far, for the inaugural tournament event, Sunday October 11th.

Local business man, John Pentz and fishing legend, Harvey Hunnicutt had the vision of a mini week of high end sports fishing and Celebrity golf with an All Star Rock and Roll concert finale.

The three day golf program for the golf part consisted of two days of TEAM competition with individual scores used to determine the winner between the USA and Mexico Players. Four and five man/woman teams consisted of amateurs and Golf Professionals. A Best Ball format was the order of the day allowing only 3 person’s score for each team to count in the overall TEAM contest. Ten teams of equal divide (5 USA and 5 Mexico) set off to find the best TEAMS and the Best 8 players on both sides mano a mano for the two days. The result was in favor of the guest players from the USA as they won the top three TEAM trophy spots and the USA versus Mexico match.

First day leaders with 212, The Markers, with Michael Broussard, Vince Goett, John Gregerson, Melinda Pentz, and local El Dorado Golf Professional Jaime Diaque couldn’t hold their lead as the team from Turtle Ridge, in California with Richard Vella, Dave Clark, Dave Doyle and former Cabo Real Golf Professional Rob Gutierrez won the Team title with a two day score of 418. Third place went to the colorful guys from AZ Radio in Phoenix, including Danny Schott, the DOG, Joe Freiberg, Dan Wach and the TOP DOG, Uncle Buck, who was also our tournament MC throughout the week.

On the USA vs. MEXICO match, the top 8 best Mexico individual scores turned in by Ryan Hyland, Andy Lemke, Richard Wood, Ramon Garcia, Jorge Wolburg, Francisco Silva, Tad Snell Alex Gonzalez and Chris Snell were out manned by the US team 1139 to 1182. All the Mexico team members insisted on a rematch for next year.

Wednesday AM Celebrity Shotgun start was greeted by the passing of tropical storm Patricia who gave one last outburst before she left…afterwards, sunshine and sunburns followed and ended with a perfect day for golf, included with the arrivals of the CELEBIRITES. Phillip Winchester Hollywood star of Fly Boys, and CSI played the part of Robinson Crusoe in the movie joined drummer Billy Shaw, National Car Director Luis Tirado, long ball hitter, Jaime Vega and Alexandro Garza for a great day of golf.

Ted Tryba, PGA Golf Professional and former Golf Channel analysis, shot a course record 65 at Club Campestre San Jose to the delight of his playing partners from Snell Real Estate group.

Gregory Harrison, Hollywood star of Man Eaters and One Tree Hill had the guys from Turtle Ridge in awe of his putting and warm personality. Willie Gault, former Chicago Bear’s great running back and Olympic hurdler and bobsledder, showed up each day for practice and helped his team from Bahia de los Sueños; Scot Conley, Ryan Hyland, Tad Snell and Local Golf Professional Brad Wheatly.

Legendary Surfer Mike Doyle showed his skill with “long drive” winner Adrian Schjetnan and his team from Crown Plaza, along with Francisco Silva, Cyrus Chex and Trina Brown, US Counsel for the Baja, winner of the women’s long drive contest.

Baseball‘s Hall of Fame and former Atlanta Braves sport star David Justice gave a great showing with his powerful, wayward shot to our Media team consisting of Ramon Garcia, Jorge Wolburg, Hermes Martinez, and Querencia Club Golf Professional Mario Navarro.

Hollywood star, Thomas Howell from the Outsiders and Southland entertained his team from Napa Valley. This group consisting of Mitch Berger, Ron Ewing, Lynne Whipple and Husband Duff had just finished the harvest of fall grapes getting ready for bottling of Cabernets and Chardonnay for future wine tasting holes for next year’s event.

San Francisco 49’ers great Kermit Alexander lead his team AZ Radio team to third place in the Celebrity event. Second place went to incoming President of the SCPGA, Jason Taylor teamed up with local Golf Professional from Palmilla, Jason Ballog, Cary Sowers and Mike Miller who enjoyed some great Boston Hot Dogs. First place winners the Markers Club with PGA Golf Professional Dan Pohl from Detroit, Michigan who promised to tell all his golfing buddies in Michigan that Los Cabos is 80 degrees warmer in December through March and to invite them all to enjoy the best golf in Mexico here in Los Cabos.

The Questro team, starting at the Top with Federico Vaughan and the three directors of Golf, Rodrigo Uribe at Cabo Real, Fernando Ortiz at Club Campestre and Sergio Castillo at Puerto Los Cabos, along with so many more, all were friendly and super accommodating.

Special thanks to Ali Ordoñez from Lifestyle Villas, AVIS, Diamonds International and Aeromexico, for their support in being sponsors of this new exciting Los Cabos tournament.

The Puerto Los Cabos World Cup and Celebrity Golf Tournament will be back next year, bigger and better…

For more details or information on the Puerto Los Cabos World Cup 2009 event, scores, and social events contact Patty Soto at patty.soto@theshoppes.com.mx