The designers were so integral to the project that the courses simply bare their names as identification. The end result is a fascinating example of conflicting styles and attitudes about golf course design. Dye's course, which will be private and only open to guests of the lodge being built nearby, is thoroughly modern, with large waste bunker areas and his traditionally difficult and sloping greens. Throughout the course, Dye gives players risk-reward scenarios which make it a continual challenge for the player willing to gamble in order to grab another 35 yards off the tee. The 475-yard 7th hole at the Dye course is indicative of this scenario.
Golfers face an intimidating tee shot over a long waste bunker.
Cut too much and there's the possibility of ending up in the deep white sand that surrounds the fairway. Don't cut enough and you'll face a 220-yard shot uphill to an elevated green. Stretching to 7,343 yards from the tips, Dye's course will prove a tough test for recreational players. And it's not even as difficult as Dye is used to creating. Norman, who appears to have been rewarded with the most picturesque land, used wide fairways and took advantage of the natural rolling terrain that flows along the Intercoastal Waterway.