Streamsong, which already boasts three highly rated courses designed by some of the biggest names in modern golf architecture, now plans to add a fourth course.

Design duo Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw will build their second course at the resort, this time a non-traditional 18-hole design where initial routing shows holes ranging from 70 to nearly 300 yards. This short course, which does not yet have a name, will be built on sandy, lumpy, and bumpy terrain east of the resort’s main lodge, within walking distance of the guest rooms.

Streamsong—celebrating its 10th anniversary this year—will also add another putting course near the new course and the lodge. It is projected to be larger than the Gauntlet at the Black Course Clubhouse, currently the resort’s most popular putting green.

The new amenities should create a perfectly relaxed way to spend an afternoon after playing one of the resort's traditional 18-hole courses. Coore and Crenshaw’s Red Course is ranked No. 2 on Golfweek’s list of best public-access courses in Florida and is tied for No. 37 in Golfweek’s rankings of the best modern courses built since 1960 in the United States. Streamsong Black, by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, holds the No. 3 spot for public-access designs in Florida and ties for No. 44 among all modern US courses. Tom Doak’s Blue Course is ranked No. 4 in Florida and ties for No. 55 among modern courses in the US.

Coore recently visited the site with course designer and architect Keith Rhebb, who frequently works with the Coore/Crenshaw team, and they set initial stakes in the land, which spans a scrubby site of approximately 100 acres with several lakes in play.

As a non-traditional course, it may introduce elements that wouldn't work on a traditional layout. It is an opportunity to create a creative design with imaginative greens and large runoff areas that might not function well on a full-size traditional course.

The concept is similar to the new par-3 courses that have become incredibly popular at many top destinations, only longer in some places. Streamsong already hosts a par-3 course, the seven-hole Roundabout near the Black Course Clubhouse.

Because the new course will not extend to traditional full length, it will be possible to play it with fewer than 14 clubs: players can leave their drivers in their rooms if they wish and tackle it with just a handful of clubs—irons, wedges, and a putter.

Coore and Crenshaw often include diabolical short par-3s in their traditional courses, including the 147-yard 8th hole on Streamsong Red. These holes often feature extreme putting surfaces and surroundings that can frustrate even good players with only a short iron or wedge in hand, making them some of the most interesting holes on the course despite their diminutive length. Their experience building such holes, as well as par-3 courses like the acclaimed Preserve at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon, should help create 18 very interesting holes on Streamsong’s new short course.