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 the 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: 100th, 2015-'16 (highest rank).
100 Greatest Public: Ranked since 2015.
Highest ranking: 17th, 2017-'18.
Previous ranking: 21st.
2025-'26 ranking: 20th.
Best in State: Ranked fourth, 2015-'20. Ranked fifth, 2021-2024. Ranked sixth, 2025-'26.
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
“Decisions off the tee must be made here. Such a cool backdrop for this track carved out of the large sand dunes of south-central Florida. Unique scenery and sand mounds make this a fun and memorable round. Conditions are good -- firm and fast."
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“Of the three 18-hole courses at Streamsong, the Red feels the most like a championship layout. Hole after hole of demanding architecture keeps a player engaged and stunning rugged surrounds tie in effortlessly with the layout."
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“The Red course is the best at the Streamsong Resort and may be the best golf course in the State of Florida. There simply isn't a bad hole. In particular, the opening 6 holes are truly exceptional without an average hole amongst them."
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“Wonderful experience- great golf course. Fairways could be better"
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“The Red course at Streamsong demonstrates the architectural genius of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. This course has excellent design variety and the back nine is an absolute brute, particularly with some long Par 4's into the prevailing wind. The Red Course presents you with plenty of shot options to attack both the fairways and undulating green complexes."
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“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
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“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."
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“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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“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
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