b'ROYAL BLUE AWAITS greet the golfer at Royal Blue. TheThe back nine is a completely demanding front nine unfolds overdifferent story. Roomier fairways, For golfers, the Jack Nicklaus Signaturemostly level terrain with rippleddramatic elevation changes, jungle-like design at Royal Blue awaits. The golfmounding, low-rising sand dunes, boldfoliage and holes that zigzag through course is so good, its an itch that mustbunkering, and water hazards on eightwhat Nicklaus calls moonscaping be scratched. Years in the making theof the nine holes, many in the form ofa lunar-like landscape of limestone course opened in 2017. It was worthsalt-water ponds. Oh, and handsomerock outcroppingsspice up the play. the wait.views of the Atlantic Ocean come earlyAll told, this environmental triumph Two radically different environmentsand often.incorporates as many as 15 species of TROON MAGAZINE39'