Located one step south of Seminole, the 12th-ranked course in the U.S., this Jack Nicklaus design is the centerpiece of an upscale development with the course set two lots in from the Atlantic Ocean. Lost Tree is a Nicklaus remodel of the 1960 Mark Mahannah design of the same name that was lifted out of a mangrove swamp, one of the region's first comprehensive golf and real estate developments with homes land-planned around the golf holes, or more accurately, the golf planned around the homesites. The routing hasn't changed, but the bunkering, shaping and luxury presentation of the golf has undergone a considerable upgrade, a must given the competition in the zip code.
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