Toll Brothers, builder of luxury homes and the developer of the 480-acre Jupiter Country Club in Jupiter, Florida, recently welcomed World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman as he inspected site work on the first three holes of the Greg Norman Signature Golf Course at the new community.
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The 18-hole course, the centerpiece of Jupiter Country Club, will be constructed on a coveted tract of land located on Indiantown Road , just west of Florida’s Turnpike in Jupiter, Florida.
According to Toll Brothers assistant vice president Clay Cameron, Norman is a firm believer in utilizing what Mother Nature provides on a particular site.
“We had many reasons for selecting Greg Norman Golf Course Design for the course at Jupiter Country Club,” Cameron says. “One of the most important is because the firm’s philosophy is very much in line with ours as a developer. Maintaining the integrity of the environment as much as possible is paramount.”
Commenting further, he notes, “Toll Brothers serves a sophisticated market that knows the difference between a great course and just a mediocre one. We felt that Norman’s experience over decades, playing on some of the world’s best courses, have enabled him to design exceptional courses.”
“We begin each new golf course design with a ‘least-disturbance’ approach,” Norman says. “Our design team puts a lot of time and effort into finding the most desirable natural features of a site and incorporates them into the routing. Streams, rock features, vegetation and undulating topography are a few natural elements that can provide a golf course with its own unique feel when incorporated into the playing experience. In addition to being fully conscious of environmentally sensitive properties that include wetlands or sites with endangered native plant life, we also spend considerable time identifying ways to utilize the greatest number of trees on a site, rather than eliminate them.
“Often, we establish routings that use these trees as turning points to shape a series of holes and offer suggestions to our development partners on how these woodlands will enhance property values,” he adds. “It is not only our desire to create a great golf course, but also to find a perfect balance between maximizing the value of the residential component and creating a plan that is conducive to protecting the surroundings.”
Having spent 331 weeks of his three-decade professional career as the world’s No. 1 ranked player, the golf legend has had the opportunity to compete on many of the greatest golf courses around the globe. He utilizes this vast experience in each golf course design, with the goal of creating tournament-quality courses that maintain an enjoyable sense of playability for all skill levels.
Greg Norman Golf Course Design was established in 1987 in Sydney, Australia. Now headquartered in Jupiter, Florida, it has grown into one of the leading golf course design companies in the world, with completed or ongoing projects on five continents. Three Norman designs that regularly draw acclaim from both the world’s top professional and amateur golfers are TPC at Sugarloaf in Duluth, Georgia, home of the PGA Tour's BellSouth Classic; Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida, host of the PGA Tour-sanctioned Franklin Templeton Shootout; and The Grand Golf Club in Queensland, Australia, site of the 2001 Australian Open.
The Greg Norman Signature Golf Course at Jupiter County Club will incorporate nature preserves and more than a dozen lakes into the design. Consequently, the course will have a natural look and will appear as if it has been there for generations. Mitigated wetlands will add to the overall native character of the golf course, with large wetland preserves in the center of the course. Hole No. 4 and No. 7 will play along this preserve.
The course will also feature generous fairways defined by large, sweeping bunkers. Orange coquina shell waste bunkers will add definition and character to several holes. Landscaping will draw from local native plant communities including Pine Flatwoods, Oak Hammock and Sabal Palm Hammock.
Featuring stately Tuscan-Mediterranean architecture, Jupiter Country Club will have approximately 272 detached, single-family luxury homes and approximately 399 attached, two- and three-story townhomes. Pre-construction sales are expected to start in May 2006.
