Punta Brava Golf Club

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Punta Brava Golf Club is a private golf and surf club currently under development in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico at the tip of the Punta Banda Peninsula. The site is framed by the Pacific Ocean on one side and the Bay of Todos Santos on the other. Golf course architect Tom Doak announced he will lead the project design on The Fried Egg podcast in 2022. [1]

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History

In 2006, former Charles Schwab executive, Brian Tucker, set out to develop a world-class golf course after discovering a plot of land at the tip of the Punta Banda peninsula, which extends seven miles into the Pacific Ocean. [2]

The project was officially announced at a press conference at the Hotel Bel Air in Los Angeles in October 2008 with capital support from Red McCombs [3]

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References

  1. "Tom Doak project in Mexico". The Fried Egg. 18 November 2022.
  2. Leung, Wendy (16 October 2008). "The brains behind Punta Brava". Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  3. Bastaple, Alan (8 October 2008). "Tiger Woods announces next course-design project". Golf.Com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2011.