The First Golf Strokes in Los Cabos

A bit of early history of Golf in Los Cabos. This information was gathered from the sources listed at the end of this page. The early black and white images from Los Cabos are very interesting.

The practice of golf in Los Cabos began long before the tourist development. In the middle of the last century, a boy named Parna Ceseña arrived from the United States to spend vacations with his relatives in San José del Cabo.

San Jose del Cabo early image – Embarcadeo

However, the game of golf was played here long before the development of tourism. In the middle of the last century, a young boy from the United States named Parna Ceseña came to spend his vacations with his relatives in San Jose del Cabo.

Parna began to inspect the ground. After a few paces he stopped and said, “It will be here.” He extracted a golf club from one bag and something that looked like a turtle egg from a smaller bag. He squatted, swept the ground with his hand and placed the ball. He stood up, took a stance and hit the ball with the club sending it far away.

Mr. Hector Green Miranda, mayor of San Jose del Cabo, recalled that golf was also played at the beach on a piece of land called “El Salitral,” where the first airplane had landed, and where today, the Puerto Los Cabos marina is located.

Sources listed below. More images available to view:

medium.com/art-films/los-primeros-bastonazos-de-los-cabos-6974a2839092

tendenciaelartedeviajar.com/en/2016/02/history/the-first-caning-in-los-cabos/

connieandrichardmeyerhoff.point2agent.com/blogs/connie_meyerhoff/archive/2015/04/02/the-history-of-golf-in-cabo.aspx