I just wrote a long response to this thread before my connection died and I lost it- UGH! oh well....I played the course Monday and had the good fortune to meet Greg and famed golf photographer, and fellow Kingsley member, Larry Lambrecht, who I believe was in the process of taking these wonderful shots. First off both the course and Greg's operation are first class from the moment you roll in through the excellent tacos at the turn (I recommend the Tacos Camarones) to the perfectly humidified Cohibas at the 19th hole. This course is Exhibit A in Matt Ward's "folks dismiss Nicklaus' GCA without having played a representative sampling of his best work" argument. I had high expectations and they were exceeded and my Nicklaus design worldview has been officially rocked. We played in a solid 2-3 club wind and the course would have given any scratcher with attitude all he could handle from the tips yet was enjoyable for us mortals from 1 or 2 boxes up, a good sign. The short par 4s in particular were very good (3, 11 & 14). The conditioning was excellent as you'd expect at this price point. The greens were fast and true and I particularly liked the quality of the sand which allowed for all sorts of shots to be played (large grain?). My only quibble is with the rough. Due to the warm weather grass necessity balls would stick and/or sink in the rough. This left several decent approaches with a hack and hope situation and eliminated some ground game recovery options on occasion. But anyone who goes to Cabo and doesn't play this track had best finesse the Tequila Volleyball. It's well deserving of it's spot on all the lists.
As for the new holes-as Greg said the new 6th wasn't quite ready to go yet, but it looks really good up close. It's on a fantastic spit of land. I did play the new 7th with the front pin shown above and miraculously knocked it to a foot. There's a small sideboard on the right hand side of the small front section of the green. However, more often in the breeze balls will either come up short and left, leaving a difficult up and down proposition or on the rear section of the green leaving an even more difficult 2 putt. Mind you the hole only played about 125 yards from the blues but this could be anything from a sand wedge to a 6 iron depending on the breeze which really blows on the exposed piece of land these holes are on. Not to mention that this is some of the most scenic golf you're going to see anywhere. Hell, on number 7 you're basically playing on the beach!!
Consider me officially converted Matt. And thanks again for all the hospitality Greg, keep up the good work!