Pelican Pointe Golf and Country Club in Venice, Florida, features two eighteen-hole courses designed by Ted McAnlis: the Meadows and the Preserve. McAnlis, a regional architect active in Florida during the late twentieth century, created layouts that work with the area's flat coastal terrain and natural wetlands. The courses opened in the mid-1990s as part of a residential golf community development in southern Sarasota County. The Meadows course typically emphasizes open playing corridors with strategic bunkering and water hazards that come into play on approach shots. The Preserve course tends to incorporate more natural vegetation and preserves areas, with routing that threads through native Florida landscape. Both courses feature Bermuda grass fairways and greens suited to the subtropical climate, with water management systems that reflect the region's high water table and seasonal rainfall patterns. Venice sits along Florida's Gulf Coast between Sarasota and Fort Myers, an area that saw considerable golf course development during the 1980s and 1990s. Pelican Pointe serves primarily as a private club for its residential membership, offering traditional country club amenities alongside the golf facilities. The courses provide year-round play in a setting characteristic of southwest Florida golf, where elevation change is minimal and design interest comes from hazard placement, green contouring, and the integration of water features throughout the property.