Steve North
Steve North
Steve North
Steve North
Old Marsh Golf Club
Palm Beach Gardens, FL•Private
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Old Marsh Golf Club
7500 Old Marsh Rd
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418-7599
United States
Overview
Pete Dye was as proficient and prolific as any designer who ever lived at building golf courses in swamps, but the job at Old Marsh was particularly intense. Dye said the marshes and grasslands of the 440-acre site set inside a nature preserve between Jupiter and North Palm Beach reminded him of Africa, and it took years to get all the wetland setbacks authorized and the construction permitted. Old Marsh is indeed like a tour through a sanctuary, with the holes forming a continuous string of isolated land paths guiding players through a network of marshland, some natural and others developed by construction crews. The course is more low-profile than many Dye designs built in the 1980s in order not to interfere with the surrounding views and to encourage a bump-and-run style of play. The exception is the short par-4 fifth, Dye’s oft-repeated version of the Alps hole that demands players hit a blind approach over a two-story mound in front of the green.
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Review
“If there is a place that can penalize good shots, it’s this Pete Dye gem set in the marshland of Florida. Firm and fast conditions with trouble all around. Unique design that is challenging from the tee visually. Demanding par 3’s with not much room to miss."
Read More2025
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“Pete Dye masterpiece in South Florida. Course played firm and fast and the greens rolled true and fast. Abundant wildlife in this marshy setting that featured water hazards on all 18 holes. Both sides finish with a long tough par 4. Play this one if invited."
Read More2021
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“Typical Dye in that it appears more difficult than it is off the tee - still very challenging with marsh on every hole but still very playable if you pick the right tees. Greens have subtle breaks, but always seem to have a little break."
Read More2020
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“Much wider than I thought. Dye always gives you a place to miss despite all the water"
Read More2018
