No Baja Humbug

LOS CABOS, Mexico — Considering Hernán Cortés’ first sighting of what is today the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula took place three decades after James IV lifted the ban on playing golf imposed by his grandfather in 1457, it’s quite possible the Spanish explorer turned to his first officer and exclaimed, “now that would be a great place for a golf course!”
Okay, perhaps but unlikely, given the conquistador’s fixation with toppling t