The Moorings Y&CC, Written by Pete Dye for Florida Golf Magazine

http://floridagolfmagazine.com/FGMfall2013/MooringsYachtAndCountryClub.html The Moorings Yacht & Country Club in Vero Beach was designed and built by Pete Dye in 1974. Written by Pete Dye The Moorings Yacht & Country Club in Vero Beach, Florida is the only short golf course I have ever built during my fifty year career as a golf course designer, and I am extremely proud of how it turned out. Back in 1974 Jorge Gonzalez, who would later become Club President of The Moorings Club hired me to design and build this 18-hole golf course on 70 acres of property that included a large barren yet unspoiled peninsula that jutted out into the middle of the beautiful Indian River Lagoon. The front nine holes which we built on the peninsula are totally surrounded by the Indian River Lagoon, which is the most bio-diverse estuary in all of North America. Of the 5000 manatees that live in the state of Florida, one-third of them live in the Indian River Lagoon. Over 4500 species of plants and animals including 700 species of fish also call it home. I must've had a vision back in 1974 because it seems like I built the golf course of the future at The Moorings Club. Built 40 years before today's Tee It Forward initiative, you can "play faster and have more fun" at The Moorings Club without having to "tee it forward" because the normal recommended USGA Pace of Play for the 4434 yard back tees (without hurrying) is only 3 hours and 25 minutes. The course at The Moorings Club is very playable from the front tees, but my plan for the back-tees was to test the best players' shot-making skills over the entire 18 holes. This course is not always about hitting that big long drive; it's more often about the placement of your shot and playing smart. With only 70 acres to work with I think we did a good job of using every square inch efficiently, with small greens, tight fairways, and 16 holes on the water. All of the holes are well placed, you have nine par threes, eight par fours and one par five, and you basically use every club in your bag. See http://themooringsclub.com Read the full article at http://floridagolfmagazine.com/FGMfall2013/MooringsYachtAndCountryClub.html Florida Golf Magazine, Promoting Golf in Florida in Print and On-line, Throughout Florida & Worldwide Since 2001