Club Pelican Bay’s private, championship golf course is nestled in the heart of the Pelican Bay community.

Famed golf course architect Arthur Hills designed the layout, utilizing the natural landscape, including the lakes and ponds, while enhancing the setting with sculptured and contoured fairways, elevated tees and other visually appealing elements.

Arthur Hills was among the first group to play a “test run” round on December 28, 1979. The course officially opened on January 2, 1980. Thanks to the stewardship of Bob Bittner, Director of Golf Operations since our opening, the course did not need any major renovations until 2000, along with a major renovation completed this fall.

In the Fall of 2018, Club Pelican Bay contracted Golf Course Architect Ron Forse.  Each of the 27 holes – the Club, Pelican and Bay courses – is a par 36 and features Bimini fairways and rough along with Bahia accents and TifEagle greens.  Golfers enjoy warm Gulf breezes, the sight of shorebirds such as pelicans and herons, and nine sets of tees on each nine.

Club Pelican Bay has been certified as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary since 2016 and won 2015 Florida Golf Course of Year from Celebration Bermudagrass.