
Matt Hahn

LC Lambrecht

LC Lambrecht

LC Lambrecht

LC Lambrecht

LC Lambrecht

LC Lambrecht

LC Lambrecht

LC Lambrecht
Streamsong Resort: Red
Bowling Green, FL • Public
Streamsong Resort: Red
3000 Dunes Pass
Bowling Green, FL 33834-0196
United States
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Overview
Coore and Crenshaw’s Red Course is part of a resort triple-header that gives golfers a rare opportunity to compare and contrast the differences in styles and philosophies of arguably the three of top design firms in America, including Streamsong Blue, a Tom Doak design, and Streamsong Black, from Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner. [In 2025, Streamsong announced a fourth 18-hole course by David McLay Kidd, the missing designer in modern architecture's Big Four.] The Red, like the Blue, was built from sand spoils created by a massive phosphate strip mine, with some piles forming dunes reaching 75 feet into the air. But there was only room for 31 holes, so Coore and Crenshaw had to take a section of less desirable, stripped-down land and create five holes that looked like the rest of the site, Red's holes one through five. The course has a wonderful mix of bump-and-run links holes and target-like water holes. Some greens are perched like those at Pinehurst, others are massive with multi-levels like those at St. Andrews. The turf is firm and bouncy, and while the routing is sprawling, it’s easily walkable. The Red has consistently come out on top in this survey, but the Blue and Black are within just about a point.
About
Awards



Ranking history:
Second 100 Greatest: Ranked since 2017.
Previous ranking: 127th.
2025-'26 ranking: 133rd.
100 Greatest: No. 100, 2015-'16 (highest rank).
100 Greatest Public: Ranked since 2015.
Highest ranking: No. 17, 2017-'18.
Previous ranking: 21st.
2025-'26 ranking: 20th.
Best in State: Ranked fourth, 2015-'20. Ranked fifth, 2021-2024.
Previous ranking: 5th.
2025-'26 ranking: 6th.
Panelists
Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists
100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES
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Reviews
Review
“This Coore Crenshaw layout at Streamsong is probably the best of the courses at the Resort. Located in rural central Florida, the scenery leaves the golfer feeling like experience was perfectly set up for an ideal golf outing without the distractions of houses or other man made structures. While the course has numerous water hazards like other Florida courses, the links style layout certainly appears more Scotland/Ireland-like with brushy natural grasses and numerous sand dunes. It provides a good variety of both short and long par 4s and 5s with different strategic challenges on each hole. The designers took good advantage of the undulating terrain with significant elevation changes from hole to hole. The course gives the golfer a number of risk reward opportunities including cutting angles over water and sand dunes. It also provides a number of tee boxes making it playable for all levels of golfers. The fairways while generous are less expansive than the Blue course, run firm and are well conditioned. Green complexes are relatively small putting pressure on the second shot although bunkering around the greens is not generally extensive allowing high handicap golfers more opportunities to run up the shot to the green. The undulating greens while firm and pure put pressure on the golfer to score well. Overall, the Streamsong Red Course provides a very interesting and challenging experience with significant changes from hole to hole. The golfer will leave feeling that their golf game was challenged but fairly so, in a setting that offers little distraction from a distinctly enjoyable experience."
Read More2025
Review
“This Coore Crenshaw layout at Streamsong is probably the best of the courses at the Resort. Located in rural central Florida, the scenery leaves the golfer feeling like experience was perfectly set up for an ideal golf outing without the distractions of houses or other man made structures. While the course has numerous water hazards like other Florida courses, the links style layout certainly appears more Scotland/Ireland-like with brushy natural grasses and numerous sand dunes. It provides a good variety of both short and long par 4s and 5s with different strategic challenges on each hole. The designers took good advantage of the undulating terrain with significant elevation changes from hole to hole. The course gives the golfer a number of risk reward opportunities including cutting angles over water and sand dunes. It also provides a number of tee boxes making it playable for all levels of golfers. The fairways while generous are less expansive than the Blue course, run firm and are well conditioned. Green complexes are relatively small putting pressure on the second shot although bunkering around the greens is not generally extensive allowing high handicap golfers more opportunities to run up the shot to the green. The undulating greens while firm and pure put pressure on the golfer to score well. Overall, the Streamsong Red Course provides a very interesting and challenging experience with significant changes from hole to hole. The golfer will leave feeling that their golf game was challenged but fairly so, in a setting that offers little distraction from a distinctly enjoyable experience."
Read More2025
Review
“More traditional in layout, the course is more straightforward than the Blue or the Black in terms of green size, slope and narrower fairways in general. My first time playing the course, I preferred Blue over Red, but after my second time playing, I realized that Red is a better overall course. The Blue has several holes that are memorable because of the beauty and unique design features including holes #7, 17 & 18, but the red requires more strategy and shot making to score well there. Red is my new #1 course at Streamsong. One unique feature of this course is the routing with holes 1-6 configured in a small clockwise design, with holes 7-18 configured in a larger clockwise rotation around and through the Blue course. Overall, Red is slightly ahead of Blue in most of the scoring categories, but just barely."
Read More2025
Review
“Excellent resort which is all about golf. The Red Course has a great variety of holes and the conditions were excellent. fairways were firm and rolled out well. The greens rolled true and held well hit approach shots."
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Review
“Excellent design with a good variety of holes. Conditions were excellent. Drives rolled out in the fairways and the greens held well hit approach shots. The greens putted true and varied in the amount of undulation. The resort is all about golf and has a great caddy program."
Read More2025
Review
“Excellent Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw design, playing firm and fast. Sand dunes in the out of play areas, from when the property was a Phosphate mine, are ever-present reminding golfers of the UK. Only 2 mowing heights, for the greens and everything else, with no different mowing heights for the collars, intermediate rough or maintained rough."
Read More2025
Review
“Wow, I’m in Florida? From the first tee you capture that you are in a truly unique, special location that looks like Scotland but alligators surround you! The course opens up with a challenging par 4 that can be difficult into prevailing winds. I love how the second hole is another par 4.5 but is a par 5. If you have cross winds third hole it is very challenging but offers fair bail out options your approach to a difficult green. I love how the course presents challenging par 4s but gettable par 5s. Most greens offer 8+ pin locations and you can make it very challenging. The open fronts to most greens offer high handicap players the ability to run it up although it is tough to hold some of the greens. The signature 15 and 16 holes are legendary."
Read More2025
Review
“Coore Crenshaw provide short par 4's with challenging small greens and long par 4's that offer larger more inviting greens. Very fun to play given the large expansive fairways for a resort course. Conditioning is good. Many tee box options and limited green side bunkers, which is typical for Coore Crenshaw. Aesthetics are very good with the entire campus not feeling like your in Florida."
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Review
“Surprising and engaging 18 holes set in beautiful scenery. What else could you want?"
Read More2024
Review
“Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw created an excellent routing for the Streamsong Resort with 18 holes keeping the golfers engaged and surprised with options off the tee and no approach to the green."
Read More2024