St. Andrews Club in Delray Beach features a course designed by Pete and Alice Dye, part of the husband-and-wife team responsible for numerous influential layouts across the United States. The Dyes are known for their strategic use of railroad ties, pot bunkers, island greens, and other distinctive hazards that reward precision over power. While this Florida course shares a name with the famous Scottish links, it represents the Dyes' characteristic American approach to golf architecture rather than any attempt at replication.
The course sits in southeastern Florida's coastal plain, where the flat terrain typical of the region provides the canvas for the Dyes' manufactured features and strategic challenges. Pete Dye's designs often incorporate significant earthmoving to create elevation changes and visual interest on otherwise level sites, along with water hazards that are common elements in South Florida golf. The layout likely includes the small, undulating greens and angular bunkering that became signatures of Dye's work during his prolific career.
St. Andrews Club operates as a private facility serving the Delray Beach community, an area that has developed into a concentration of golf clubs along Florida's Atlantic coast. The region's year-round playing season and proximity to Palm Beach County's established golf culture provide context for the club's membership. Like many Dye courses, the design emphasizes shot-making and course management, with risk-reward options that allow multiple ways to play individual holes depending on skill level and strategy.
FAQ
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
St. Andrews was designed by Alice Dye and Pete Dye.
St. Andrews at St. Andrews Club is listed as private on Course Vaults; guest access is typically restricted.
Par at St. Andrews is 54.
St. Andrews plays 1,784 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at St. Andrews is 106.
St. Andrews is a 18-hole course.