McArthur Golf Club: The Front Yard

If there’s such a thing as an undiscovered Tom Fazio design, it’s McArthur Golf Club's Front Yard, a players-only layout he did in conjunction with PGA Tour star Nick Price. It’s little-known because of its neighbors, Jupiter Hills, a few miles south, Hobe Sound Golf Club, one of Joe Lee’s finest, just a few miles closer, and Greg Norman’s Medalist Golf Club right next door. (Michael Jordan's The Grove XXIII, the Apogee Club, the new Discovery Land Company's Atlantic Fields and Tom Doak's new Sandglass are all a short drive to the west). McArthur sits astride the same sand ridge upon which Jupiter Hills and Medalist were built, and while Fazio had to deal with wetlands and easements in his routing, he framed each hole with acres of exposed white sand in the form of dunes, slopes and hollows to provide the Front Yard with a singularly stunning look that’s unlike any of its rivals. With those wide expanses of sand, McArthur started a trend that continues today. The club's new Back Yard course, built by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw in interior wetlands just inland from the original course, opened in 2023.