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While Florida has over 1,400 golf courses
stretching from Pensacola to KeyWest, a must-
play Florida golf destination is the Pete Dye
Course at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie.
Owned and operated by the PGA of America,
the PGA Golf Club is ranked as one of
America’s top 75 golf resorts by Golf Digest
and has four golf courses open to the public.
Adriana Vizcaya, Director of Marketing for
PGA Golf Club, told us,
“Very few golf destinations in the world are the
home of four championship golf courses. In
essence, thePGAGolf Club is one-stop‘shopping’
for golfers. We are a pure golf destination with
two Tom Fazio, one Dye, and one Jim Fazio
course. We also have some great on-site stay-
and-play packages for visiting golfers.”
The PGA Golf Club also has a one-of-a-kind
35-acre practice facility, known at the PGA
Learning Center, which can be a destination
unto itself. It’s a ‘driving range on steroids’
and you have to see it to believe it.
While at the club visitors should make time
to visit the PGA Museum. It houses replicas
of the Wanamaker and
Ryder Cup Trophies, as
well as, pictures and artifacts of memorable
golf moments. It is also the home of volumes
of books complete with every word ever
written about the PGA and golf. It is a golf
historian’s, “Garden of Eden.”
The Dye Course, designed by legendary golf
course architect Pete Dye will deliver many
memory-making moments, from the opening
drive to your journey up the 18th fairway. With
five tees – Medal, Tournament, Standard, Middle,
and Forward – to choose from, the course can
range from 4,991 yards to 7,221 yards.
Course Superintendent, Dick Gray, a protégé’
of Pete Dye, said,
“Golfers can love the Dye and they can hate
the Dye on the same hole. The kid in you loves
the challenge of the Dye and the adult fears the
consequence. With the risky shot angles, bumps,
hollows and slick and subtle greens, the Dye
becomes a chemistry test. Your body chemistry
will change from shot to shot. The Dye will
challenge your endocrine system, your heart
rate, and your spinal fluid. It’s the ultimate risk
vs. reward. It brings out the kid in you. If you
If you leave your ego in the car, the Dye
course is more fun than the wildest of
roller-coaster rides.
PGA Golf Club’s Dye Course:
A Sunshine State
By
Mike May
NWO Golf Links