I just returned from Los Cabos, having attended a wonderfully organized golf tournament featuring one of Mexico's living treasures Lorena Ochoa.  The event hosted by the Los Cabos Convention & Visitors Bureau under Director, Alberto Trevino and President, Ganzalo Franyutti was held the world class Cabo Real Golf Course.  Tournament director, Carlos Fernandez, President of Hot Marketing, had all of the details under control including some heavenly oversight on the weather. Luis Quintero, President of Mundomex brought his corporate travel expertise in play as well.

Lorena Ochoa is one of the most charming, unassuming, friendly and positive persons in today’s game of golf.  She personally greeted everyone that was near and far, signed an unlimited, over the top number of autographs, posed in group and one on one photos, all the time with a genuine graciousness that would have wilted the vast majority of other world class golf elite celebrity status males or females.  In her book there is no level of unimportant persons or fans.   Come one…come all being equal.   From the maids to the CEOs, from the caddies to the Chairman of the Board, all are equal and each person are given her warm, Mona Lisa smile and direct eye contact.   

Lorena Ochoa is a winner on and off el Campo. She even took time for a little practice secession with Rafael Alarcon, her coach, teacher, mentor and respected golf architect.

This event highlights the BEST in Los Cabos.  Event planning can be difficult under the best of circumstances.  Throw in an end of summer, three day typical tropical storm (Julio) with 12 inches of Mother Nature' downpour,  high winds thrown in, less then 24 hours before 150 high profile VIPs from various business and social networks throughout Mexico all VIPs of sponsor AEROMEXICO and you have a potential disaster. 

An army of 100 Cabo Real grounds crew from the Questro Golf command center went into break of dawn clean up and bail out action. Every sand trap was hand excavated of accumulated water by bucket, hose and squeegees.  The greens were mopped up and mowed for the first time in three soggy days.  Second generation Federico Vaughan, director of golf for Questro Golf,  orchestrated a remarkable recovery from this storm, just in time so that the tournament player could actual drive their carts at 90 degrees on the fairway during play and enjoy this championship Robert Trent Jones, Jr. golf course.

Thursday morning's golf event was spared additional rains, although gray skies and massive cloud cover gave concern to the 10am shotgun start.  The Questro golf team pulled all the big guns from their impressive collection of world class golf in Los Cabo.  Rodrigo Uribe, Head Golf Professional for the Cabo Real Golf was in charge of on-course logistics, Fernando Ortiz, Head Golf Professional at sister course, Club Campestre San Jose, rated top new resort course in Mexico, coordinated the check in and directed the flow of traffic at the start.   Sergio Castillo, Head PGA Golf Professional of Questro’s brand new Puerto Los Cabos, a unique collection of two start-up nines one by Jack Nicklaus and the other by Greg Norman set for fall grand opening, helped cover all the bases.   Alejandra Fernandez, Sales Manager Questro Golf, like always, filled in the gaps and helped make this event very special and successful.

Victor Mena, director of CTA, a destination management company made all the VIP amateur players feel like PROs with all their transportation needs and golf club coordination.

The Marquis Resort was the safe and dry haven for the Wednesday night press conference, cocktail party and delightful food feast.  Lorena Ochoa, of course was the star of the show again being her trademark hostess with the mostess.

The tournament luncheon, catered by the ME resort, was a gourmet buffet enjoyed by all and then topped by the same group at the evenings award ceremony onsite at the famous, dance until dawn,  NIKKI BEACH.

Charming Lorena posed again at this award ceremony while she presented a wonderfully crafted video highlighting her passion for children and her philanthropic work with her La Fundación Lorena Ochoa organization.