The Club at Renaissance’s “Hidden Secret” for Creating New Golf Excitement

Short courses have grown in popularity in recent years, as busy golfers are finding it increasingly difficult to carve out time for a regulation round. But how can a club introduce this option within its existing footprint, and without disrupting play, on a championship course? The answer for The Club at Renaissance in Fort Myers, Fla. was to “hide” new tee boxes in the rough and other off-fairway locations on its existing par 4s and 5s and combine play from those tees with the existing par 3s, to create its new “54” course that provides an entertaining, less-intimidating option for many golfers while also offering new short-game challenges for top players. In this episode of The Road Back, Principal Owner Brian Rigsby, PGA, discusses how the concept was conceived and executed, and how the new course is helping The Club at Renaissance “get in line with what we need to be current.”