Roost

Roost is an 18-hole course that capitalizes on different environments—routing through the sandy, scrubby areas adjacent to Karoo, rolling meadows that are sprinkled with flowering dogwoods and native wildflowers, and even a 40-foot-deep sinkhole. Continuing Cabot CEO Ben Cowan-Dewar’s fascination of great collaborations, the principals of Roost include Kyle Franz, Ran Morrissett serving as Golf Course Architecture Advisor, Rod Whitman, and Mike Nuzzo.

The four principals shared a vision of letting the land tell the story and created a unique 7,200-yard course that is peppered with a number of eye-catching, moss-draped oaks, exuding an Old Florida charm. Golfers will encounter wild Osceola turkeys that roam the course, often heard roosting and seen resting in these gorgeous oaks. A rarity in Florida, the course includes repeated 50-foot elevation changes. With plenty of variety, Roost provides a world-class golf experience for players of all skill levels.

Course Map

Hole 1

Roost gets off to a rousing start, calling for an “up and over” approach shot beyond the dune that diagonally bisects the fairway from the green.

Hole 2

Holes 2 and 3 are the sandiest ones on Roost as they play closest to Karoo.

Hole 3

Welcome to one of the course’s most beautiful holes with its rumpled fairway (the lumpiest one on the course), its long views, its sand scape spilling over from Karoo.

Hole 4

This split fairway rewards the golfer who takes on the challenge of going high left and carrying the gnarly ridge.

Hole 5

A beautifully flowing hole capped off by a lay-of-the-land green that rests peacefully on the ground and meanders from high left to low right.

Hole 6

This is a classic risk/reward hole. While standing on the tee, take note of a deep pit bunker directly in line with the green.

Hole 7

It can be challenging to make an uphill hole exciting, but the view from the tee showing the 140-yard wide expanse of the 7th fairway that is interconnected with the 16th fairway certainly creates an indelible visual memory.

Hole 8

The short, left hazard is intimidating, but a greenside hump on the right provides favorable kicks onto the large putting surface.

Hole 9

The beautiful tee shot plays across a shallow valley and past live oaks. A central bunker 75 yards short of the green requires you to create a decisive game plan.

Hole 10

Neither length nor bunkers are the issue at this short two-shotter; rather, the course’s wildest green set in a sea of short grass is.

Hole 11

This long three-shotter calls for proper golf, with each shot feeding off the merit of the prior one.

Hole 12

Destined to become one of the finest bunkerless holes in world golf, the 12th bends right through a majestic corridor of live oaks and is capped off with a roly-poly, raised green.

Hole 13

Few courses in Florida can compete with Rosst’s rolling topography, and the view from this elevated tee is one to savor.

Hole 14

The shortest one-shotter at Roost is dramatic, calling for a precise short iron over a sinkhole, a geographic occurrence that occurs in Florida when water burrows underneath limestone.

Hole 15

When presented with rolling land, many architects routinely elect to place greens at the crest of hills.

Hole 16

The good player will try to force the issue on this half-par hole. Many will risk carrying a central hazard to get around the elevated green in two, but the 5-foot-tall built-up green pad defends par, redirecting balls in every direction.

Hole 17

Enjoy the postcard-perfect vista from this elevated tee with its long views up the Home Hole.

Hole 18

The vast display of short grass from the tee is deceptive—the hole location on this horseshoe green will determine which side of the wide fairway you should favor off the tee.