Only a few golf courses have earned a 5-star rating from "Golf Digest's Places to Play". The Ocean course joined the club in 2004. Every hole has a view of the ocean. The main difficulties are in the high number of dunes, marshes, and sand bunkers throughout the course. At least 16 water hazards are also in play.
$$$$ (Very Expensive)Golf Course Statistics: 7,296 yards, par 72, slope 152 - designed by Pete Dye (1991). This is a resort course.
Designed by Pete Dye and opened in 1991 before the Ryder Cup Matches, The Ocean Course gained instant notoriety as the of the most dramatic "War by the Shore," a battle decided literally by the final putt of Sunday's final match. In 1997, The Ocean Course hosted the World Cup of Golf, with the world's finest golfers from 32 countries competing in the stroke play tournament. According to Pete Dye, "There's no other golf course in the Northern Hemisphere that has as many seaside holes".