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    Loblolly

    Hobe Sound, FL Private

    Overview

    Situated on a tight, triangularly shaped property about a mile from the Atlantic Ocean in Hobe Sound, Fla., Loblolly is a challenging Pete and P.B. Dye design. Angles are key at Loblolly, as many of the narrow and tilted greens are best attacked from one side of the hole. The Dye's were ingenious when they built the course in the late 1980s, using excavated sand from the retention ponds to create rambling fairway movement and 40-foot-high dune ridges on which to place greens and separate holes. The same concept was later used by architects at Calusa Pines, McArthur and other South Florida courses, but Dye did it at Loblolly first. Highlights include the double-dogleg eighth with a huge bi-level green banked against water, the drivable par-4 13th where the green is nestled in a sandy cove behind sentry pines and the par-4 14th , a standout version of Dye’s Alps hole with the green obscured by a large ridge. The par-3 16th is one of the more dramatic holes in the region, as any shot coming up short and right will filter down into a bunker 20 feet below the putting surface. Golf course builder Jim Urbina, who worked for Dye in the 1980s, completed a full refurbishing of the course in 2023, painstakingly restoring the craft and details of the original design that had faded through the years.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 7006
    Slope 145
    Facility Type Private
    Year Opened 1988
    Designer Pete & P.B. Dye, ASGCA/Jim Urbina (2023)

    Awards

    100 Greatest the Second 100
    Best Courses in Every State

    Second 100 Greatest: Ranked 198th, 2017-'18. Ranked 200th, 2015-'16.

    Best in State: Ranked inside the top 15, 1991-'95. Ranked 16th, 2015-'16. Ranked 17th, 2017-'18, 2021-'22. Ranked 18th, 2019-'20. Ranked 20th, 2011-'12. Ranked inside the top 20, 1997-2001, 2005. Ranked 22nd, 2013-'14. Ranked inside the top 25, 2003, 2007-'09.

    Current ranking: 22nd.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.1

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.0943
    Character
    7.0086
    Challenge
    7.2455
    Layout Variety
    7.0685
    Fun
    7.0754
    Aesthetics
    6.9759
    Conditioning
    7.327

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