Putting greens in Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club

Royal Palm Yacht sits minutes from three private clubs, and most putting green requests here come from members who want practice access without a car ride — usually a short-game surface, sometimes a full contoured green with two or three cups.

The lot shape drives the design more than anything else. Waterfront lots run narrow and long, which favors a single sweeping green along the property line rather than a circular pad; interior lots have more flexibility for undulation. Either way, the base gets crowned and compacted to the same tolerance as a tournament green — a flat spot anywhere reads as a mis-hit, not a design choice.

Pad thickness and pile height are set for roll speed, not just looks — we spec each green to a target stimp range based on how the client actually plays, not a single default across every install.