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C O U R T E S Y O F A P O G E E G O L F C LU B ; AT L A N T I C F I E L D S G O L F C LU B Discovery Land Company's Atlantic Fields in Hobe Sound offers amenities beyond golf. property, some almost half a mile long and 30 feet deep. Six million cubic yards of dirt were moved to create the more than 7,000-yard layout, a Tom Fazio II and Mike Davis design, which introduces manufactured hills, dunes, and bluffs that rise as high as 47 feet above sea level. That's significant elevation for this part of Florida. When it opens near the end of the year, Apogee's North Course, a Kyle Phillips creation currently under construction, will deliver a golfing landscape that likely falls somewhere between the West and South Courses in terms of its appearance and the playing experience that it provides. In fact, having three distinctive golf courses was critically important to the club's cofounder, Michael Pascucci, who, incidentally, owns The Bear's Club in Jupiter and famously developed Sebonack in Southampton 19 years ago. "Three private golf courses where you could have all the golf you want, with no waiting," he says. "That's what was attractive to me." Less than five miles to the east, Discovery Land Company (DLC) executed a similar dig-and-build play to create captivating golf across the 1,500 acres of land that comprise Atlantic Fields. In total, around seven million cubic yards of earth were moved. Sprawling lakes that blanket 84 acres were dug. And Tom Fazio, who has designed the vast majority of the courses at DLC's other properties around the world, was given carte blanche to build his ideal golf course. In fact, because Fazio lives nearby, he was on site nearly every day touring the grounds and making constant modifications to the design. Donald Ross lived adjacent to the third hole of the No. 2 course at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, and slowly refined it over decades. Pete Dye did the same at Teeth of the Dog in the Dominican Republic. Today, both courses are considered masterpieces. In the future, similar declarations could be made about Atlantic Fields. At the very least, those who are fortunate enough to tee up there will These are not the flat, soft layouts that most envision when they think of golf in South Florida. The dynamic topography of Apogee Golf Club