Myakka City, Florida
Soleta GC is Florida’s newest destination for precision, strategy, and serious practice, thanks to Nick Price’s open, sand-rich routing and world-class training complex. While not yet tournament-tested or nationally ranked, Soleta’s architecture and ambition offer a taste of what the next wave of private golf clubs could become.
Soleta Golf Club’s architecture puts a premium on width, angles, and strategic challenge while avoiding the usual Florida overwatered target-golf trap. Nick Price’s design uses native white sand, open fairways, and a handful of ponds to create a fast-and-firm experience that rewards intent, with big, interesting putting surfaces providing major variety. The routing successfully incorporates the natural features of Myakka’s ranch landscape—expanses of indigenous sand, wetlands left untouched, and old oaks—while avoiding any feeling of a housing-development course. Its blend of playability and penal risk for wild tee shots (expect gnarly grass clumps if you miss your line) makes Soleta stand out among modern private clubs.
Nick Price delivers a true player’s course: thinking, placement, and recovery all matter more than power alone.
The longest par 5 at Soleta tempts big hitters with reachable options in two for the risk-taker, especially with the distinct 'Fish Camp' area just beyond the green and the murmuring Myakka River nearby. The hole’s wide fairway narrows on the second shot, with bold sand and clumpy native grass ready to punish offline plays.
Play smart off the tee for position, favoring the left for best angle on layup. Second shot must avoid sandy clusters creeping in right and short.
Miss your target and you’ll find yourself in deep sandy waste or ugly grass clumps—par can quickly slip away.
Firm, fast, with pristine new surfaces and fast, true greens.
Medium pace reported—private club flexibility, but demand could rise as membership grows.
Exclusive, strategic, with a strong culture of improvement and competitive practice.
Soleta’s variety of approach shots and tight surround mows put a premium on short-game versatility and distance control.
Huge, multi-tiered greens mean long putts are a guarantee—spend time on distance and break control.
The open routing and few trees mean Florida wind can transform both tee and approach strategy daily.
Groundbreaking for Soleta Golf Club
Course construction completed and opening preparations
30-acre Leadbetter practice facility completed
Official opening and inaugural play in December
Before Soleta, this site was pure ranchland—a true cow pasture, as neighboring locals described it. The transformation involved moving nearly 2,000 trees and preserving every acre of natural wetland to create a golf landscape unlike the typical Florida resort mold.
Behind No. 5 green and No. 6 tee is the club’s 'Fish Camp,' a favorite event spot with views of the Myakka River’s wild stretches—bringing a hint of Florida’s untamed character right into the round.
David Leadbetter’s 30-acre performance facility adds a science-driven edge to the club, offering serious training in swing biomechanics, club-fitting, and high-speed analysis—a differentiator among new private clubs.
Roughly 2,000 mature trees were moved for the routing, preserving wetlands.
Course was built on a literal cattle pasture—hinting at its wide, open vistas.
David Leadbetter's 30-acre performance center is among Florida's largest at a private club.
Club features one of the longest greens in Florida—No. 8 at 65 yards deep.
Water is in play on just two holes, rare for a Florida course.
Three top-ranked, architecturally elite courses; a modern must-play
Florida’s most lauded private, fiercely exclusive and top 100-ranked
Strong local public play with water challenges and polish
Modern, playable resort experience with solid conditioning
Host of PGA Tour's Valspar Championship; classic Florida challenge
Stay in Lakewood Ranch or Sarasota for easy access to both private and public resort golf, dining, and local amenities.
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Why it matches: What links these two? Rewards imagination from tee to green — a familiar feeling, expressed in Shoreacres Golf Club's own setting.
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