Golf’s most-debated new course name has finally been announced

Golf’s most-debated new course name has finally been announced. Streamsong’s fourth 18-hole course will not be a color, instead Bone Valley, a nod to the prehistoric roots of the fairways and greens of Streamsong.

The Florida resort announced preview play for its newest course, designed by David McLay Kidd, will begin in October with a grand opening coming in January 2027.

Immediately after the January 2025 announcement that McLay Kidd would build a fourth course at Streamsong, the industry debated about the course name. Surely, it had to be a color. Green seemed likely. Maybe white. Perhaps even Tartan, given McLay Kidd’s Scottish roots? After some good back and forth, Kemper Sports, which now owns and operates Streamsong, went forward with Bone Valley.

If you’re familiar with the background of Streamsong, you’ll understand the name. Hundreds of millions of years ago, this part of Florida was the ocean floor. So it’s common to discover old fossils on site. In fact, when McLay Kidd was building Bone Valley, he and his team discovered a bunch of remnants of the land’s history, including a shark’s tooth, plus bones from mammals and fossils. Starting in the late 1800s, this land was mined for phosphate rock, and the leftover sand is the perfect sandy soil for golf.

McLay Kidd got to go first at Bandon Dunes, but now he follows his peers—Bill Coore (Red), Tom Doak (Blue) and Gil Hanse (Black)—as the fourth 18-hole course at Streamsong. He's got big shoes to fill as all three of Streamsong's 18-hole courses are ranked inside Golf Digest's 100 Greatest Public rankings, making it one of just four destinations in the U.S., with three courses ranked inside our top-100 public list.

The truth? It might be the most fun course at the Florida resort. You’ll get to see for yourself very soon.