Mike Warren, who lives in Port St. Lucie, said he plays the
course three or four times a month. “They added trees, mostly
palms, changed some bunkers, and when they rebuilt the
greens they took some of the undulations out of them.”
He shot a 38 on the back nine holes, he said. “It was my
career best.”
Joe DelPivo, who acts as a host on the Ryder course, said the
third and ninth greens were lowered, the seventh green was
made a little smaller, and the eighth green was moved back 50
yards to make the hole longer.
On the Wanamaker course, the second hole green was
expanded from about 3,000 square feet to about 7,000 square
feet.
“It was hard to hit the green on such a long hole,” Kevin
Stanton said. “Now it’s a lot easier.”
The playability of the fifth hole was increased by removing a
large slope in the middle of the green.
Mike Caputo of Stuart, playing on the Wanamaker, said he
was finding the greens to be “hard, real fast and true. They
made subtle changes on the greens, and made the approaches
a little friendlier.”
The links-style Dye Course, named for course designer Pete
Dye, will undergo renovation next summer, Bud Taylor said.
The Short Course, six holes played by families, children,
those unable to play the longer courses and beginners, has
already had some improvements to the greens and its first irrigation
system installed.
Landscape enhancements are ongoing, Taylor said, and clubhouse
improvements will follow. While the changes to the
courses are making players happy, they are also making the
PGA happy.
GOLF
PHOTO BY SU ANDERSON
“We are very much looking forward to positioning the PGA
Golf Club as one of the premier public golf facilities in
America,” Taylor said.
PHOTO BY GREG GARDNER
An aerial
view shows
some of the
challenging
water and
sand features
of the courses,
left.
Above, the
Wanamaker
putting and
chipping
green underwent
refurbishment.
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