Hatchett Creek serves as the golf course at Pelican Pointe Golf and Country Club in Venice, Florida. Designed by Ted McAnlis, the course occupies land characteristic of Florida's Gulf Coast region, where flat to gently rolling terrain, native vegetation, and water management features shape the playing experience. Venice sits along the southwestern Florida coastline south of Sarasota, an area developed substantially during the late twentieth century as residential golf communities expanded throughout the region. McAnlis, a regional architect active in Florida course design, worked within the constraints and opportunities typical of southwest Florida golf development. The routing likely incorporates lakes and wetland preserves that serve both aesthetic and drainage functions in this low-elevation coastal environment. Native palms, pines, and subtropical landscaping frame holes, while water hazards appear with frequency given the necessity of stormwater retention in Florida course design. Pelican Pointe functions as a country club community where golf integrates with residential development. The course serves members and their guests within a setting common to Venice-area clubs—combining year-round play opportunities with the social and dining amenities expected in Florida's active adult and seasonal resident communities. The layout provides a range of challenge appropriate to varied skill levels while reflecting the design conventions of its era and region, emphasizing playability within the natural limitations of coastal Florida topography.