Jupiter, Florida
The Loxahatchee Club delivers a classic Jack Nicklaus experience with emphasis on strategy, precision, and bold greens. Long respected among Florida’s top private courses, its distinctive mounding and polished conditioning make it a favorite for locals and members seeking genuine shotmaking tests.
Take a moment to study the subtle breaks on the Bahia Grass practice green before your round—it’s a member favorite for sharpening touch.
The Loxahatchee Club is a quintessential 1980s Jack Nicklaus design, featuring audacious mounding, bold green complexes, and a routing that prizes strategy and thought over brawn. Signature ‘chocolate-drop’ contours around greens and fairways echo the Scottish influences Nicklaus admired, but are filtered through the lens of South Florida’s lush landscape. The design encourages shot shaping, calculated layups, and precision iron play—essential traits given the movement and protection around most greens. Every hole is crafted with deliberate strategic incentives, rewarding brains and discipline over adrenaline rushes.
Jack Nicklaus brought his tour-tested eye and passion for shotmaking to Loxahatchee, blending strategic variety with memorable shaping for his longtime home club.
A par 5 that twists and tempts from tee to green, demanding thoughtful shot placement and nerve. Bold contouring frames each landing zone, rewarding those who pick smart angles and penalizing forced carries or casual layups.
Resist the urge to go for broke on the second shot; set up your final approach with strategic positioning rather than maximum distance.
Greenside bunkers and steep mounding await the overambitious, while missing on the wrong side leaves a tough up-and-down.
First-rate conditioning with firm, fast Bahia Grass greens and consistently lush fairways.
Expect brisk play befitting a private member environment; rarely crowded or slow.
Traditional, polished, and classically private—focused on golf and camaraderie, not flash.
Standard private-club attire is required—collared shirts and tailored shorts or slacks.
Precision approaches are vital—practice your wedge control for scoring on small, contoured greens.
Deep, strategically placed bunkers await around many greens—arrive confident in your sand game.
Variable breezes and mounding influence shot shape—prepare to adjust clubs, especially on par 3s.
The Loxahatchee Club officially opens with Jack Nicklaus’s original design.
Receives 'Best New Course' in Golf Digest’s national awards.
Ranked #81 in Golf Digest’s America’s 100 Greatest
Hosts the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship.
Full renovation completed by National Golf.
Current #39 in Golf Digest’s Florida rankings.
For years, The Loxahatchee Club was Jack Nicklaus's home course, with his signature style visible in every contour and challenge. The club’s close relationship with its designer gives insider stories an extra sparkle when walking the pristine fairways.
Nicklaus mimicked the famous Pete Dye “chocolate-drop” mounding throughout the design, giving Loxahatchee a Scottish accent that makes each approach memorable and demands creative shotmaking from every angle.
Hosting the 1992 U.S. Senior Amateur, Loxahatchee challenged the nation's best senior competitors and cemented its status as a top-tier private club steeped in Florida amateur golf tradition.
Shortly after opening, The Loxahatchee Club was named Golf Digest’s Best New Course, an early milestone that set the tone for its lasting reputation as a premier members’ club.
Jack Nicklaus chose Loxahatchee as his longtime Florida home base.
The club’s ‘chocolate-drop’ mounding is a direct nod to Pete Dye’s iconic shaping.
Loxahatchee claimed Golf Digest’s Best New Course honor soon after opening.
Bahia Grass greens offer a unique putting feel uncommon for championship Florida tracks.
The club has hosted both USGA and state-level amateur championships.
Host of the PGA Tour and iconic Honda Classic; public booking for a tournament-level test.
A fun, relaxed par-3 by the coast—perfect for loosening up or on a non-Loxahatchee day.
Another Jack Nicklaus signature course and one of Jupiter’s most exclusive rounds.
Good-value public course for filling out a multi-round trip.
Stay in Jupiter or northern Palm Beach County to put yourself closest to Loxahatchee, the area’s elite private clubs, and premier public options like PGA National.
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