Courtesy of Cardon Adventure Resort
Golf course developer and construction company Landscapes Unlimited is planning and constructing a new golf course at Reserva Cardon by Cardon Adventure Resort in Sinaloa on Mexico’s gold coast, 45 miles north of Mazatlán.
Landscapes Unlimited’s Project Development Group will oversee aspects of design and engineering, permitting, contractor selection, project administration and budget planning, and will also build the 18-hole championship golf course, aptly named El Ebano.
Construction is scheduled to start the first quarter of 2026 with play on at least nine holes scheduled for 2027 and full course completion by the last quarter of 2028.
Designed by Mike Nuzzo and constructed with utmost sustainability practices, El Ebano’s 6,900-yard, par-72 layout will be routed through mountains with Pacific Ocean views from 12 holes. Nuzzo is coming off award-winning work at Cabot Citrus Farms north of Tampa, Florida.
The golf course will be part of a low-density residential master plan.
“Landscapes Unlimited is proven as the best in the business when it comes to soup-to-nuts planning and construction of golf courses on-time, on-budget and of the highest quality,” said Sergio Castro, co-founder of Cardon Adventure Resort and a second-generation real estate developer. “We didn’t even look at other companies for the role.”
The course “will be built on one of Mexico’s most amazing sites,” said Marvin Cruz, who directs Landscapes Unlimited operations in Mexico and the Caribbean. “The dichotomy of dramatic mountains converging with sounds of crashing waves provides golfers and resort guests with the best of both worlds.”
Landscapes Unlimited is overseeing several projects in Mexico. Cruz assumed his position in mid-2024 with a pedigree of field work and in-office strategy and planning alongside Tom Fazio, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Greg Norman, Jack Nicklaus and other top course designers. He is credited for work at Abaco Club, Aviara, Liberty National, Rancho La Quinta, Traditions and many other properties in Mexico, the Caribbean, South America and the United States.
