Punta Mita is proud to wel­come back golf leg­end and course designer Jack Nick­laus to inau­gu­rate the Punta Mita Bahía Jack Nick­laus Sig­na­ture Design golf course. The two-day cel­e­bra­tion of Punta Mita’s new crown jewel will take place Novem­ber 15 and 16, 2009, and will include a Member-Guest Tour­na­ment on Sun­day the 15th, fol­lowed by the inau­gural activ­i­ties fea­tur­ing Jack Nick­laus on the 16th. The day will kick off at 11am, when Jack Nick­laus hits the “offi­cial” inau­gural drive from the first tee, fol­lowed by play on the courses’ 17th and 18th holes. A cham­pagne toast will fol­low, and all Club Punta Mita Mem­bers are invited to wit­ness this mem­o­rable event.

This is the sec­ond course Nick­laus has designed for Punta Mita, the first being Punta Mita Pací­fico, which opened in 1999 and boasts the only nat­ural ocean island par-3 hole in the world. Both courses are part of the pri­vate Punta Mita Club de Golf, with play reserved exclu­sively for Punta Mita home­own­ers, those rent­ing a Punta Mita res­i­dence and guests of Four Sea­sons and St. Regis Punta Mita Resorts.

The new 18-hole cham­pi­onship course fea­tures breath­tak­ing views of the blue-green sea made even more spec­tac­u­lar from Decem­ber to April when migrat­ing hump­back whales can eas­ily be spot­ted from shore. In all, it boasts five holes that play along the ocean and an addi­tional two with ocean views.

Undu­lat­ing greens and fair­ways make Bahía chal­leng­ing but fun to play. Stretch­ing 7,035 yards, this par-72 course fea­tures Miniverde greens con­structed to USGA stan­dards, Bermuda fair­ways and lush trop­i­cal land­scap­ing. Its lay­out includes five par 3s, eight par 4s and five par 5s. Fair­ways wind around Punta Mita’s beau­ti­ful res­i­den­tial com­mu­ni­ties and the ele­gant St. Regis Punta Mita Resort.

Two of the most mem­o­rable holes of this new course are Nos. 15 and 17. The approach shot of the 462-yard, par-4 15th hole affords full views of the Ban­deras Bay and the Puerto Val­larta sky­line. Its green has a tricky drop off with a deep bunker on the left side. Hole 17, a 387-yard par-4, is a short dog­leg left, which fol­lows the con­tour of a cove and requires a carry over rocks and sand to a small water­front green.

Mem­bers and their invited guests are eli­gi­ble to play in the Inau­gural Tour­na­ment on Novem­ber 15th. To reserve your space, please con­tact the Punta Mita Golf Club­house at tel: +52 329/291‑6265, or email: phillip.ferrari@fourseasons.com. Par­tic­i­pa­tion space is lim­ited, so those inter­ested are encour­aged to reserve early. All Mem­bers are invited to the Inau­gu­ra­tion Cer­e­mony on Novem­ber 16th, and invi­ta­tions will be sent via email, with the full agenda. We look for­ward to see­ing you at this spe­cial cel­e­bra­tion in Punta Mita!

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What makes these home sites so unique is the value-oriented price point, expected to begin around $300,000 USD—making them an incred­i­ble value for cus­tom home own­er­ship in Mexico’s most rec­og­nized resort and res­i­den­tial com­mu­nity. This acces­si­ble price point, com­bined with the abil­ity for own­ers to design and build their home, is an oppor­tu­nity not avail­able within Punta Mita for many years.

Located along the 7th and 8th fair­ways of the new Bahía and the 5th hole of the Pacifíco Punta Mita Jack Nick­laus Sig­na­ture golf courses, the home sites offer exquis­ite pri­vacy and lush land­scap­ing, in the heart of Punta Mita—conveniently close to the Res­i­dents’ Beach Club. The word Iyari means “heart” in the Hui­chol lan­guage, and speaks to the loca­tion of this new com­mu­nity at the cen­ter of Punta Mita’s ameni­ties and recre­ational offerings.

Over­look­ing the stun­ning golf land­scape, views from these res­i­dences will be high­lighted by the course’s lakes, green set­tings and abun­dant native veg­e­ta­tion. Lot sizes range from just under one-quarter acre to nearly one-half an acre in size, with a vari­ety of lot dimen­sions. Addi­tion­ally, the com­mu­nity has been designed to have low annual HOA assess­ments, with min­i­mal com­mon com­mu­nity ameni­ties to main­tain. While the con­struc­tion guide­lines are still being final­ized, res­i­dences within Iyari will be allowed to have palapa-style roofs inte­grated into their designs.

“We antic­i­pate a strong demand for these home sites, as this is a prod­uct oppor­tu­nity con­ceived to address the con­cerns and buy­ing pref­er­ences preva­lent in our cur­rent mar­ket place,” states Gary Pepin, Vice Pres­i­dent of Sales and Mar­ket­ing for Punta Mita. “We encour­age you to con­tact your Punta Mita spe­cial­ist to be placed on our list for con­tin­u­ing com­mu­ni­ca­tions about this release.”

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Clin­ics are sched­uled through­out the week are cur­rently include the following:

• Mon­day & Fri­day 10:30–11:30am: Adult Ten­nis Clinic. Enjoy live ball drills and games coor­di­nated by the Ten­nis Cen­ter Pro. The clinic will be designed specif­i­cally for those in atten­dance. All lev­els wel­come. $35++/person.

• Tues­day 2:30–3:00pm: Kids Clinic. A fun intro­duc­tion to a life-long sport. Ages 4–7. $20++/child.

• Tues­day 3:00–4:00pm: Kids Clinic. An hour of fun involv­ing basic fun­da­men­tals of the game. Ages 8–11, $35++/child.

• Tues­day 4:00–5:00pm: Never Held a Racket Adult Ten­nis Clinic. This clinic will focus on the base fun­da­men­tals of the game for those who are new to the game or would like a review of the basics. $35++/person.

• Wednes­day 3:00–4:30pm: Adult Drill and Play Ses­sion. Com­pet­i­tive games and strate­gic devel­op­ment, includ­ing dou­bles and sin­gles play. Rec­om­mended for inter­me­di­ate and advanced players. $45++/person.

• Wednes­day 10:30–11:30am: Car­dio ten­nis! A favorite among work­out enthu­si­asts, Car­dio ten­nis is a com­bi­na­tion of Car­dio, ply­o­met­rics (jump­ing) and hav­ing a blast crunch­ing a whole lot of ten­nis balls. $45++/person.

The Ten­nis Cen­ter pro­vides rack­ets and shoes, so there’s no “excuse” not to give Club Punta Mita ten­nis a try, and have some fun! For those just begin­ning their game, or want­ing to pol­ish up their strokes, Pri­vate, Semi-Private and Group lessons are also available.

Please reserve in advance for all clin­ics. Clin­ics may be can­celled if no reser­va­tions are received, but will never be can­celled if at least one par­tic­i­pant is signed up. All ten­nis reser­va­tions require a 24-hour can­cel­la­tion notice to avoid charges. To reserve, call the Punta Mita Ten­nis Cen­ter at: (+52) 329–291-3825 or 291‑3875. Open daily 7am to 8pm.

This post-rainy sea­son main­te­nance plan includes: main­te­nance and repairs for lights and signs along the roads, main­te­nance of con­crete roads, con­crete repairs and replace­ment of any dam­aged areas, paint­ing of the guard houses, wood treat­ment for out­door infra­struc­tures, fumi­ga­tion, plant replace­ment and gen­eral clean­ing of gar­den and land­scaped areas, and gen­eral main­te­nance and treat­ment of pala­pas. Punta Mita home­own­ers should know that the HOA is hard at work in per­fect­ing Punta Mita as the pre­mier resort and res­i­den­tial com­mu­nity in Mexico.

HOA Goes “Social” on Face­book and Twit­ter! In an effort to stay in closer con­tact with Punta Mita’s res­i­dents, the HOA has joined the explo­sive move­ment of social media and has estab­lished com­mu­nity sites on both Face­book and Twit­ter. These social net­work­ing sites pro­vide more ways to stay in touch with all that’s going on in our com­mu­nity, as well as facil­i­tate a forum for our own­ers to con­nect with one another. Own­ers may sign up at www.puntamitahoa.com, where you’ll find news, upcom­ing events, restau­rant guides, photo gallery, blogs, com­mu­nity direc­tory, Punta Mita phone­book, HOA doc­u­ment library, ameni­ties sched­ule and much more.

The HOA sites on Twit­ter & Face­book are addi­tional ways in which the HOA will be shar­ing infor­ma­tion, while own­ers, mem­bers and fans of Punta Mita may also con­tribute, to build a greater sense of com­mu­nity and encour­age inter­ac­tion. We invite you to fol­low your HOA at: https://twitter.com/PuntaMitaHOA, or find us in http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Punta-Mita-Homeowners-Association/117232004209?ref=ts, as Punta Mita Home­own­ers Asso­ci­a­tion. All res­i­dents are encour­aged to upload your Punta Mita vaca­tion pic­tures to our Face­book Fans Photo Album.

We encour­age every­one to join in the Punta Mita conversation!

Guests board the yacht just out­side the Resort in the adja­cent har­bor on the Bay of Ban­deras. Cruis­ing and activ­ity options include snor­kel­ing and div­ing along the pris­tine coast or along the pro­tected Mari­etas Islands (which boast a thriv­ing bird and fish pop­u­la­tion), whale watch­ing dur­ing the months of Decem­ber through March, and fish­ing in the boun­ti­ful waters sur­round­ing the Punta Mita penin­sula. Sim­ply loung­ing on the yacht while soak­ing up the sun and breath­tak­ing scenery is also a pop­u­lar option. The ship also sports a Wave Run­ner for guests to ride when the yacht is anchored.

The spa­cious yacht fea­tures a liv­ing room and din­ing area, a sep­a­rate shaded relax­ation area on the upper deck and sun­ning areas on the bow, stern and rear upper deck.  The yacht’s inte­rior is fully air-conditioned and offers all the com­fort and ameni­ties one would expect from Four Sea­sons Resort Punta Mita. An onboard stereo sys­tem fea­tures satel­lite radio and an impres­sive selec­tion of music on an I-Pod. DVDs are avail­able for play­ing on the yacht’s tele­vi­sion, and table games are on board for leisurely pass­ing the time while cruis­ing the scenic Pacific coastline.

Guests may char­ter the boat for six hours dur­ing the day, or for sun­set cruises. Each char­ter may com­prise up to ten guests and includes an elab­o­rately catered assort­ment of snacks and drinks.

Reser­va­tions may be made through the hotel’s Concierge and are sub­ject to avail­abil­ity.
Day Rates: (6 hours, sug­gested depar­ture time 9:00 am from the boat) US $3,000.00 + 10% ser­vice charge + 15% taxes

Sun­set Rates (3 hours, sug­gested depar­ture time 4:00pm) US$1,750.00 + 10% ser­vice charge + 15% taxes.

* Addi­tional charges apply for extra hours, at the rate of US $700.00 for each addi­tional hour.

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