Lost Key Golf Club

Lost Key Golf Club is a hidden jewel located between Pensacola, Florida and Orange Beach, Alabama. The course, which first opened in 1997 and underwent a redesign by the Arnold Palmer Designer group in 2006, is a favorite of locals as well as traveling golfers, many of whom add it to their Gulf Shores, Alabama trip itineraries. Lost Key Golf Club, which basically was built in a swamp, is the only course on beautiful Perdido Key. It is surrounded by a resort community development that formed around the time of the redesign. This very attractive club prides itself on its environmental stewardship it was the first Florida course to earn Audubon International Silver Signature Sanctuary status. The 2006 renovation, a comprehensive project necessitated by hurricane damage, made the playing field far more user-friendly even as it enhanced the layout's natural setting. Some 2,200 native trees and more than 13,000 wetland plantings revitalized the course. Though tall condominium buildings occupy a corner of the golf grounds and condos and houses ring the perimeter of the property, the vast majority of the course is immersed in nature. Six well-spaced sets of tee markers stretch the par-71 championship layout from 4,137 yards to 6,690 yards. The Sea Dwarf Paspalum grass, utilized from the tee boxes to the greens, is a treat to hit from. Lost Key Golf Club boasts artful bunkering and superb greens with intriguing undulations. The game here favors accurate players over power hitters. Trouble in the form of thick vegetation and wetlands, lakes and pond flanks the fairways and blankets areas in the front of the teeing areas. Selecting a manageable distance is critical to your enjoyment of the game. Lost Key Golf Club is quite intimidating, as it looks narrower than it really is. Beyond the groomed turf, there s little room to miss left or right on almost every hole. Lost Key Golf Club is full of exciting and memorable holes. The 4th is a short, slight dogleg-left par 4 that tempts long hitters to try to drive the green. Whether you go for it or not, you ll need to carry the wetlands to reach safe turf en route to a bunker-free, spade-shaped green that protrudes out into water. The signature hole, no. 13, is a short par 3 with an elevated, rollickingly contoured green. Putting is an adventure on that green. Since this is a very challenging golf course, you'll be well served if you warm up before your round on Lost Key Golf Club s driving range, putting green and chipping area. The clubhouse boasts a well-stocked pro shop, locker rooms with lounge areas, and a restaurant and bar with indoor and outdoor seating highlighted by golf course views. Lost Key Golf Club is a friendly facility with a very pretty, peaceful and challenging playing field in Perdido Key. It s well worth making a tee time to play this Southwest Florida layout located near the Alabama border.