Great new golf course: Old Corkscrew near Ft. Myers, Florida

Got a great new golf course for you. If this one doesn’t make it onto all those “best new” lists, then I’m going to put the system on trial!

Old Corkscrew Golf Club is in Estero, Florida, near Ft. Myers. It’s so brand new you can almost smell the wrapping paper. They’re putting the finishing touches on the clubhouse and the carts are under a big tent.

The course is a doozy, a big, raw brute of a layout in some of the wildest, prettiest scenery in Southwest Florida. There are absolutely no homes around the nearly 7,400-yard layout.

Jack Nicklaus is the architect, and I believe it’s one of the better courses he’s ever done. It’s set in wetlands, palmetto groves and a little bit of farmland. There are a ton of hazards, including marsh jutting into beautifully-contoured fairways, beautiful bunkering and the greens are had-sloped and undulating.

It’s a difficult course. In fact, on the day I played it recently, some of the pin placements verged on unfair. But, it’s so picturesque, I didn’t complain.

Mark my words, you’ll be hearing about this course.