He was a kid from Rhode Island, the son of a career Navy man, and had never been to a tropical locale in his life. Vacations consisted of loading up the family station wagon for a trip to grandma’s ...

Loreto Bay, a planned eco-friendly community in the Baja Sur California peninsula about 750 miles south of San Diego whose owners had visions of becoming a rival to Los Cabos, has hit a speed bump.

In a world where great golf courses are increasingly judged by the sum of their parts, the idea of having a “signature hole” has gone slightly out of fashion. But TPC Danzante Bay in Mexico boasts a ...