Nature is indeed the best accessory any golf course will ever have. 
Whilst many golf vacation destinations have resorted to moving the earth and creating a new “face” to a property, others have had better sense. But then again, if the property in question is the island park of Key Biscane, the piece of paradise ten minutes off downtown Miami, it would be hard to ignore and alter Mother Nature’s work here. The Crandon Park Golf Club has been the prime centerpiece of Key Biscayne, and it will be this way for a very, very long time.
The original Bruce Devlin/Robert Von Hagge have been partly recreated – the greens mostly, but the project was more a restoration than a renovation. And it has never been any better. The Crandon Park Golf Club features a layout measuring more than 7,300 yards from the back tees, par 72, all set amidst and through mangrove thickets, saltwater lakes and some of the most challenging sand traps in Miami. Many of the holes are overlooking the beautiful Biscayne Bay. If that is not enough a distraction to any game, then nature will take its course and make a mark on anybody’s golf vacation.
And by anybody, it means anybody including the big names in golf like Ray Floyd, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, and Arnold Palmer. They have all fallen prey to, if not the views, nature in its many forms in the Crandon Park Golf Club. They may be the alligators, the iguanas roaming freely about, or the many different species of birds that are as common here as the holes themselves. That, or the wind. Either way, nature and man will live harmoniously on this golf trip haven, and it will be this way for a very, very long time.
Robert Trent Jones Sr creation and went through an extensive overhaul in 2007 under the genius of renowned contemporary designer Raymond Floyd. What was once a typical Florida course of flat, watery layout was transformed into one of very impressive and exciting movements on the elevation. The water remains a traditional Florida layout – plenty, but now with more work done on the landscaping to make it even more beautiful that it already is. The best thing about this 
always, always be a delightful company and a reason why vacations are happy. This golf vacation destination is short and is probably the simplest of the courses, measuring only a short 6,146 yards from the tips, par 70, with 5 sets of tees for every golfer. What is most appreciated about this course is the fact that its holes are well balanced – sprinkled equally on the both sides of the course. And these holes are strategically guarded by any of the course’s 68 sand bunkers and water hazards. Most of them are, in fact, playing with water – 14 of the 18 holes to be exact. This 
That is until one actually plays the course, and only then will things escalate into the best golf experience yet. While this has none of the intimidation of PGA favorite Blue Monster, or the length of the Great White, the 
at the Doral Resort. While the Blue Monster is the most well-known of the five for the PGA Tour stint, the Great White is not on the least list either. It is actually known for being the most beautiful and most unique being the only one that uses coquina shells for bunkers on every hole. The course was already known for being tough on the toughies and a fun experience for the high-handicaps. This feature was retained, and the rest made even better. Today, this 
Dick Wilson design did not fit the requirements? The most apparent and famous feature of the course are the 8 mini-lakes that are sprinkled all over the course to make for really, really daunting water hazards. These water features are also credited for the course’s first name, ‘Blue’; the rest of the courses gave the second. The ‘rest’ of the course includes strategically placed bunkers and undulating fairways that make the course a truly challenging one – the kind that challenges even the best of the sport. How is that for a 
golf courses in the Central Florida area. Not to mention, it is also one the most beautiful. While unlike the others that are either too “man-made”, and some are too “natural”, this golf vacation destination is that one course that perfectly balances it. It is a 50-50 share of nature, with its wide selection of native Florida vegetation of queen palms, oaks, sand pines and beautiful jasmines and azaleas among others. The other 50 of human genius, is the magnanimous Orlando World Center Marriott Resort that is at the forefront of this exquisite facility. This is one course that perfectly suits what a ‘
Surprisingly, though, when the games are on, the hotel just sits at the background, that is so easily ignored. The beautiful features and the fun play are a golfer’s best distraction here. 
Renovations are meant to improve what is already there. But how does one improve something that has since been known as excellent? How does an artist create a new level of ‘excellent’ to top that which is already loved for so long? This has been the burden that golf course architect Mike Dasher had to face when he recreated 
memorable, and most exciting 
other natural features are too diverse, too interesting, and too beautiful to simply be interrupted without restrain. The designer must know how to blend well with whatever there is; a Floridan golf course that looks like a masterpiece both by nature and man is the mark of a true genius. One perfect example of this is the 
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conveniently located just a short ten-minute drive from the Orlando International Airport, making it a great option for 
classic Florida design. The joint creation of Karl Litten and Gary Player has become such a hit that it is hard not to stop by for a round here when on an Orlando 
the longest tees and plays for a par of 72. Apart from the obvious presence of oaks growing liberally about the course– which are more than a hundred years old, by the way – the 
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