Gary Player, along with Mexican golf legend Lorena Ochoa, opened the CostaBaja golf course at La Paz in the north of the country yesterday.

It is the first signature course designed by Player’s firm in Mexico.

The CostaBaja resort, which opened last month, has been developed by US firm Grand Heritage Hotels.

Player’s Scottish design associate Steven McFarlane was the lead architect on the course, while Mexican designer Jose Agustin Piza served as the project manager during the build and grow-in.