The Landings Golf Club

The Landings Golf Club in Clearwater, Florida, features a course designed by Ron Garl, a Florida-based architect known for his work throughout the southeastern United States since the 1970s. Garl's designs typically emphasize playability while incorporating the natural characteristics of Florida's Gulf Coast landscape, including native vegetation, water features, and relatively flat terrain that requires strategic bunkering and green complexes to create interest and challenge. The course serves a residential community in the Clearwater area, situated in the Tampa Bay region of Florida's west coast. This setting places it in a landscape of coastal plains, where designers work with modest elevation changes and often integrate lakes and wetlands into the routing. Garl's approach in this environment generally balances accessibility for members with enough variety to maintain engagement across different skill levels. As a club course in a residential development, The Landings caters primarily to its membership and their guests, with the layout designed to accommodate regular play rather than championship competition. The course reflects the character typical of Florida golf from its era of construction—generous fairways, water hazards that come into play on multiple holes, and Bermuda grass surfaces suited to the subtropical climate. The club provides a local amenity for its community, offering a familiar Florida golf experience within the greater Clearwater area.