Gorgeous Designs You’ve Gotta See: Streamsong Resort
American golfers no longer have to travel to Scotland or Ireland to play authentic link style golf surrounded by naturally shaped Dunes as far as the eye can see they simply have to make their way to Central Florida streamsong Resort has been dropped into a truly unique landscape it’s basically a massive sandbox that was once a site for a phosphate mining the byproduct of phosphate mining is purified sand and the streamsong property has piles that reach 75 ft into the air the Resort’s triple header of world-class courses were designed by three separate high-profile design firms Tom do created the blue course and Bill C and Ben crenchaw did the red course both of which opened in 2012 in 2017 we’ll see the premiere of The New Black course designed by Olympic course architect Gil H the first two courses feature holes that weave through Mammoth dunes and surprising valleys players have to maneuver around lagoons and sand pits and at some points along savanas and swamps the new stream song Black is located a bit south of the original 36 on gentler land and has its own Clubhouse so how do the courses measure up against each other the blue course has the boldest green Contours and more gambling water carries off the tea the red has subtle knobs and Hollows around the greens and all its water hazards are confined into par 3s the black has the deepest traps and the least water but its 18th green is protected by a pond all three have Bermuda Turf tightly moan everywhere to produce the best bounce and roll golf in Florida which courses the best that’s up to you to decide we suggest playing them all [Music]
The Streamsong Resort is home to both a Red and Blue course, with a Black course opening in 2017.
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Gorgeous Designs You’ve Gotta See: Streamsong Resort
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