Streamsong Resort

Streamsong rose from an unlikely site: reclaimed phosphate mining land in central Florida whose spoil piles left behind dunes, sandy ridges and lakes ideally suited to links-style golf. Developed by the mining company Mosaic into a destination resort, it opened two courses in 2012, the Red by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw and the Blue by Tom Doak, routed over the same rugged ground and immediately ranked among America's best modern courses. A third 18, the Black, designed by Gil Hanse, followed in 2017 on more open, expansive terrain with enormous greens. All three emphasize firm, walkable, ground-game golf with minimal housing or cart-path clutter, a rarity in Florida. The resort has since added a short course, The Chain, from Coore and Crenshaw. Streamsong is widely credited with proving that a remote, design-first, multi-architect golf destination could thrive in Florida's interior.