3950 Clubhouse Drive,
Mims, Florida FL 32754
The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Woodland and wetland.
Designer:
Perry Dye & Jan Stephenson
28.690990
-80.868889
44 miles E of Orlando
Indian River Preserve
Indian River Preserve Golf Club (formerly known as Walkabout Golf & Country Club): originally designed by Perry Dye and completed by Australian golfer, Jan Stephenson, there is a pleasantly natural feel to this layout, especially on the back-nine. On the front-nine, planned housing does flank several of the holes, although generally on just one side.
Your progress here should be easier than an Aussie-desert walkabout (see Did You Know section below), but with many carries to make over small lakes and wetland, and water and swamp tightly lining several fairways, there is challenge enough for most golfers. Several hazards are highlighted but also obscured by tufts of pampas grass, so consulting your course guide could pay useful dividends.
Although sections of the front-nine are played in relative proximity to nearby I-95, the back-nine is played away from this busy highway and provides a quieter journey into the Florida outback. Flanking the good-width, gently rippling fairways and defending the subtly sloping putting surfaces you'll need to avoid plenty of bunkering, which get deeper the closer you are to the greens.
The beauty of Indian River Preserve's unspoilt lakeland, woodland and wetland environment continually enhances the attractiveness of this excellent golf course, whilst also contributing to its undoubted challenges.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2024].
Non-metal spike facility. Walking permitted, but not generally encouraged (some long green-to-tee distances, esp from hole 9 to 10).
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With reference to the club's original name (Walkabout G&CC), to go "walkabout" is a term originating in Australia, and refers to the journeys made by native Aboriginies, who travelled on foot through the outback. On such journeys, they lived in a traditional manner, subsisting on whatever they could find in the outback's typically desert environment.
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