Jack Nicklaus talks about the most challenging courses and why he likes them
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus talks about the most challenging courses and why he likes them. He spoke June 4, 2024 at his Memorial Tournament in Dublin
The 124th U.S. Open golf championship is being played in Pinehurst, North Carolina this week on the famed Pinehurst No. 2 layout. Pinehurst No. 2 was designed by architect Donald Ross. Ross designed hundreds of golf courses around the world and more than 50 in Florida.
Florida golf courses designed by Donald Ross
This a list of the courses that he designed in the Sunshine State that still exist and no longer exist, according to the Donald Ross Society:
Belleair Country Club, No. 1 West
- Location: Belleair
- Year opened: 1915
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Belleair Country Club, No. 2 East
- Location: Belleair
- Year opened: 1915
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Biltmore Golf Club
- Location: Coral Gables
- Year opened: 1922
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Bobby Jones Golf Course
- Location: Sarasota
- Year opened: 1927
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Boca Raton (Cloisters)
- Location: Boca Raton
- Year opened: 1925
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Daytona Beach Golf Club – South
- Location: Daytona Beach
- Year opened: 1921
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Delray Beach Golf Club
- Location: Delray Beach
- Year opened: 1925
- Holes: 9
- More: Website
Dunedin Golf Club
- Location: Dunedin
- Year opened: 1926
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Fort Myers County Club
- Location: Fort Myers
- Year opened: 1916
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Gulf Stream Golf Club
- Location: Delray Beach
- Year opened: 1923
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Hyde Park Golf Club
- Location: Jacksonville
- Year opened: 1925
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Keystone Golf & Country Club
- Location: Keystone Heights
- Year opened: 1928
- Holes: 9
- More: Website
Lake Wales Country Club
- Location: Lake Wales
- Year opened: 1925
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Mark Bostick Golf Course
Melbourne Golf Course
- Location: Melbourne
- Year opened: 1926
- Holes: 18
- More: Wesbite
New Smyrna Golf Club
- Location: New Smyrna Beach
- Year opened: 1947
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Country Club of Orlando
- Location: Orlando
- Year opened: 1918
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Palatka Municipal Golf Course
- Location: Palatka
- Year opened: 1925
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Palm Beach Country Club
- Location: Palm Beach
- Year opened: 1917
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Palma Ceia Golf Course
- Location: Tampa
- Year opened: 1923
- Holes: x18
- More: Wessbite
Panama Country Club
- Location: Lynn Haven
- Year opened: 1927
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Pinecrest Country Club
- Location: Avon Park
- Year opened: 1926
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Riviera Country Club
- Location: Coral Gable
- Year opened: 1922
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
San Jose Country Club
- Location: Jacksonville
- Year opened: 1925
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Sara Bay Country Club
- Location: Sarasota
- Year opened: 1925
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Seminole Golf Club
- Location: North Palm Beach
- Year opened: 1929
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Timuquana Country Club
- Location: Jacksonville
- Year opened: 1923
- Holes: 18
- More: Website
Florida golf courses designed by Donald Ross no longer in existence
- Bradenton Country Club – Bradenton (1924)
- Belleview Biltmore – Belleair (1925)
- Brentwood Golf Club – Jacksonville (1923)
- E.F. Hutton – Miniature Course – Palm Beach (1929)
- Florida Country Club – Jacksonville (1922)
- Fort George Island Golf Club – Jacksonville (1927)
- Handley Park Golf Club – New Smyrna Beach (1922)
- Longboat Key Club – Sarasota (1924)
- Miami Country Club – Miami (1919)
- Miami Shores Country Club – North Miami (1925)
- Pinellas Country Club – Belleair (1925)
- Ponce de Leon Resort & Country Club – St. Augustine (1916)
- Punta Gorda Country Club – Punta Gorda (1927)
- Sarasota Golf & Country Club – Sarasota (1920s)
- St. Augustine Links – South – St. Augustine (1916)
- Venetia Country Club – Jacksonville (1925)
2024 U.S. Open golf championship: Pinehurst No. 2
From the Pinehurst No. 2 website:
COURSE DESIGNERS
REDESIGNS & RESTORATIONS
- 1974: R.T. Jones
- 2010: Bill Coore and Ben Crensshaw
TOURNAMENTS
- 2014: U.S. Open & U.S. Women’s Open Championships
- 1999, 2005: U.S. Open Championship
- 1951: Ryder Cup Matches
- 1936: PGA Championship
- 1991, 1992: PGA TOUR Championship
- 1994: U.S. Senior Open
- 1962, 2008, 2019: U.S. Amateur
- 1989: U.S. Women’s Amateur
- 1973-1982 : Hall of Fame Classic/World Open
- 1901-present : North and South Men’s Amateur Championship
- 1903-present : North and South Women’s Amateur Championship
- 1902-1951 : North and South Open Championship