This spectacular resort built alongside the Gulf of Mexico has some of the oldest trees in the area scattered throughout its layout The design features generous tree lined fairways and the undulating medium sized greens There are lakes that come into play on six holes including 3 a 173 yard par 3 which will test of your shotmaking skills with a shot over water The Valley of Sin on hole 12 will remind you of the green on 18 on the Old Course at St Andrews The signature hole is 18 a 398 yard par 4 requiring your approach shot over water to a well bunkered green Hedy Lamarr played golf here as well as Patty Berg in her prime An apocryphal story has it that a young Jack Nicklaus broke 40 for nine holes for the first time on this course Mark Mahannah redesigned the original holes in 1953 followed by Ron Garl in 1979