[Steve_ Shaffer]

McArthur GC




South Florida is loaded with exclusive golf clubs that are high on any serious golfer’s to-do list, from all-time greats like Seminole Golf Club to demanding tests like Jupiter Hills Club to modern classics like the Bear’s Club. While playing any of these checklist courses, the local caddies inevitably will mention another purist’s delight, the area’s ultimate hidden gem.
So it is that golf aficionados find their way to an entrance off Route 1 marked by a nondescript wrought-iron gate and enter the grounds of McArthur Golf Club in Hobe Sound. During the mile-long drive to the clubhouse, suburban sprawl gives way to tranquil old Florida, and glimpses of fairways bordered by sugary dunes raise expectations for the promise of a memorable round.
Designed by Nick Price and Tom Fazio, the 7,205-yard layout doesn’t disappoint. Sitting at the northern edge of a sand ridge that runs for 20 miles parallel to the Atlantic Ocean (Seminole lies at the opposite end), the McArthur course presents a visually stunning landscape, with emerald carpets laid quietly over the white sand


https://www.linksmagazine.com/mcarthur_golf_club/


https://www.mcarthurgolf.com/

[Tom_Doak]

Well, none of those photos in the LINKS article would ever be mistaken for Pine Valley.  But it would be very hard to create a course like Pine Valley from a flat site.  The topography is pretty important to a lot of the holes there.


I did have the opportunity to play golf with Nick Price last weekend, though - and sat with him at dinner, afterward.  Very nice guy.

[Steve_ Shaffer]

From the article:


Although the design team created landforms that seem completely natural, they achieved the look by moving a million cubic yards of sand—partly to dig ponds for irrigation, partly to create the dunes that give the course much of its character.

[Rees Milikin]

Would nominate World Woods for that title. 

[Tom_Doak]

From the article:


Although the design team created landforms that seem completely natural, they achieved the look by moving a million cubic yards of sand—partly to dig ponds for irrigation, partly to create the dunes that give the course much of its character.

Which, apparently, was not enough to make it look like Pine Valley   

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Upon reviewing the article again, the course at McArthur was not built to duplicate Pine Valley but


"The goal of the club’s original investors, a group that included Price and former Miami Dolphins great Dan Marino, was to build a golf sanctuary celebrating the game’s timeless appeal. They met this vision with a walkable course that sits unobtrusively on native terrain and is free of the man-made frills like concrete paths and houses that intrude on many modern golf clubs. At McArthur, the emphasis is on pure golf and on the camaraderie fostered among those who play the course. "

There are some other " modern" versions of the Pine Valley model in Florida-  Old Memorial& Pablo Creek,  come to mind.

http://www.rightonpar.com/2015/03/30/pablo-creek-golf-club-a-course-created-with-a-broad-vision/

http://www.oldmemorialgolfclub.com/

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Besides Old Memorial & Pablo Creek, Florida has other modern exclusive non-residential courses that encourage walking with " an emphasis on pure golf and on the camaraderie fostered among those who play the course." Among those are:


Adios GC- http://www.adiosgolfclub.org/  Palmer design


Calusa Pines GC- www.calusapinesgolfclub.com   https://www.naplesgolfguy.com/calusa-pines-golf-club/  Hurdzan/Fry design


Old Collier GC- https://www.linksmagazine.com/old_collier_golf_club-2/ T. Fazio design


Hole-in- the Wall GC- https://www.naplesgolfguy.com/hole-in-the-wall-golf-club/ Dick Wilson design


Dye Preserve GC- http://www.thedyepreserve.com/general-info/membership/ Pete Dye design


Medalist GC- https://www.golfdigest.com/story/redesigned-medalist-golf-club-to-feature-new-tiger-tees  Pete Dye/Greg Norman/ Bobby Weed

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