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The Loxahatchee Club

A Platinum Club of America

Every three years, Club Leaders Forum Conducts a survey of General Managers and Club Owners/Developers to determine which 235 clubs stand out in the group of 6,000.  The selected clubs, ranked in six different categories, represent the top three percent of the industry.  Clubs are judged on Quality of Membership, Tradition and Culture, Amenities, Governance, and Quality of Management and Staff.  The Loxahatchee Club is proud to have been selected as a Platinum Club through four consecutive surveys, moving up in rank with each new award.

   

A Short History of The Loxahatchee Club

1980 The Club was conceived by Canadian real estate developer Gordon Gray along with Jack Nicklaus, during a round of golf in Naples, Florida, when Nicklaus expressed a wish to design a first-class golf course near his home in Palm Beach County, a project that Gray undertook as the developer.
1981 750 acres of land in the town of Jupiter were acquired by Gray and his partner, fellow Canadian Brian Magee.
1983 - 1984 First known as the Alabaster Golf Club for the white sand topping much of the land, The Loxahatchee Club was designed by Nicklaus and built by Wadsworth Construction.
1985 The course opened in mid-February with Nicklaus and Club Professional Mike Gray playing an exhibition round.
1985 The course was voted "Best New Private Course" by Golf Digest magazine
1985 - 2000 The Club hosted a Pro-Am benefitting the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, under the directon of Barbara Nicklaus.
1987 The course was ranked among "America's Top 100" by Golf Digest magazine.
1987 The Club hosted the Society of Seniors' Ralph Bogart Invitational, held annually for America's leading senior amateur golfers.
1988 to date The Club hosts a Pro-Am featuring top LPGA players that benefits the Jupiter Medical Center Foundation. 
 1992 The Club hosted the United States Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship, won by Clarence Moore.
1995 The Loxahatchee Club course was voted "One of America's Best Golf  Courses" by Golfweek magazine.
1998 The Club was named one of the "Fifty Best Caddie Programs" in the country by Links Magazine.
2000 A major clubhouse renovation was completed.
2003 Club Leaders Forum designated The Loxahatchee Club as one of the nation's top fifteen golf clubs.  Other clubs receiving this first-time distinction include Augusta National, Pine Valley, Winged Foot, Cypress Point, Baltusrol, Seminole, Shinnecock Hills, Merion, Peachtree, Muirfield Village, The Honors Course, San Francisco Golf Club, Castle Pines, and Butler National.
2004 A major golf course re-irrigation, re-drainage, re-grassing, and a re-design of the course by Jack Nicklaus was completed between April and November.  The  following year, Golf Digest named it the #8 "Best Golf Course Renovation."
2006, 2009 & 2012 Once again, in 2012, The Loxahatchee Club was awarded the Platinum Club of America Award, ranking #6 of the Top Golf Clubs nationwide.  In 2009, the Club ranked #9 of the nation's Top Golf Clubs.  In 2006, the Club was ranked #12 of the nation's Top Golf Clubs, while the community was ranked #7 of the nation's Top Residential Communities.  In 2003, the Club was ranked #15 of the Top Golf Clubs nationwide.