Mayacoo Lakes Country Club occupies a residential community setting in West Palm Beach, designed through the collaboration of Jack Nicklaus and Desmond Muirhead during the early stages of Nicklaus's architecture career. The partnership brought together Nicklaus's competitive insights and Muirhead's creative design sensibilities, resulting in a course that reflects the design philosophies of the 1970s when many South Florida residential golf communities were developed. The property takes its name from the lake features that define much of the routing and playing character. The course navigates relatively flat terrain typical of the Palm Beach County landscape, with water hazards serving as the primary strategic and visual elements throughout the round. The design incorporates the lakes into numerous holes, requiring golfers to consider risk-reward decisions on approach shots and occasionally from the tee. Bunkering and green complexes provide additional definition to holes where water does not dominate the strategy. As a private country club within a gated residential community, Mayacoo Lakes serves its membership with amenities beyond golf, including tennis and social facilities typical of Florida country club developments from this era. The course provides a familiar South Florida golf experience characterized by water management, tropical landscaping, and the strategic demands that define parkland-style layouts in the region.