You will almost always know where your ball is off the tee, but where you put it will have a big impact on your ability to score well on any given hole. This is resort golf and getting players round in a reasonable time is really important for everyone's enjoyment.
He didn’t want to make this an punishing course and that really shows in what he achieved. One thing Doak talks about is that, before the course opened, he looked at where people hit the ball into trouble (like bushes) and just took the bushes out. I also listened to a Fried Egg podcast with Tom Doak talking about the course on the flight over which really added a lot of flavour to my round. Ran at Golf Club Atlas has done a fantastic job here and the Fried Egg here and I’d urge you to look there for a really good dissection of the course. I won’t attempt to do a hole by hole analysis of this course here - people with a far better appreciation of such things have done so before. He had played many of the top courses in the UK as an amateur, caddies in Cabot in the summer and has played some Challenge Tour golf in Europe, so he made for great conversation on the way round. My companions were quite high handicappers but the atmosphere was really relaxed and any advice offered was given in a really constructive and unobtrusive way.ĭavid was a particular asset. Of course, that is never a given with me (I have history with caddies which I have documented before!) They had a couple of caddies between them and, while I was happy to carry my own bag, they were good company. I was paired up with three friends from Chicago who had come down for some sunshine golf. It felt a little unnecessarily gimmicky to me, but I happy not to dwell on the situation! Its ‘thing’ though is there are no holes on the putting green, rather just pins to try and hit. The putting green ran very true, as, from what I heard, does every green on the complex. The range and short game area were very well laid out and it was lovely hitting balls into the rising sun. Again, the little things are done very well - there were plenty of members of staff around to make sure you didn’t have any annoying waits for transport. To get to the range you jump on a golf cart for a short drive. The Red and Blue courses both start near the clubhouse and share a range, short game area and putting green.
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The pro shop welcome was warm the bar and restaurant left me cold.Īnyway, I was off to the range. It reminded me in some ways of the Trump Dubai creation.
I don’t think it’s too harsh to say that the clubhouse was more on clinical than cosy. I still get a little thrill when people comment on my MacKenzie Bag and the first words that greeted me were ‘wow, is that a MacKenzie?’! This was a place that was used to getting large numbers of golfers through, with very high service levels, and there were a lot of competent staff. I had an 8am tee time and turned up at 7 to have a nosey round and hit a few balls. So, I settled on the Blue - I was ‘fresh’ off a flight from the UK and largely hadn't played for the weeks before so I didn’t want to be too beaten up. More playable than the Red but I was worried about the goofy greens I had read about. Fairways wider than you may have ever seen before.īlue. From my research, having had a quick look round and chatting to other players and the caddies here would be my uneducated summary (many would no doubt challenge): Have a look at this if you want to see some of the debates raging. There are more articles comparing the courses than you can shake a stick at. I only played the Blue course as I had to be in and out in a morning but I spent quite a lot of time agonising over which one to play. However, this is as far from the usual manicured and coiffured Florida golf you can imagine. It only took me an hour and a half to drive there from Orlando so a trip is very doable for those visiting the big theme parks.
This couldn’t be described as a remote golf course. Away from major conurbations, tick multiple courses designed by the world’s best architects, tick put walking at the heart of the experience, tick stay on the property and play whenever you want, tick. While not a Mike Keiser project, it encapsulates many of the same characteristics. The project at Streamsong is ambitious to take a barren expanse of mining land in the middle of Florida and turn it into a premier golf resort that is open to all.
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