Naples, FL
Calusa Pines Golf Club
Gary Chensoff approached Hurdzan/Fry about a golf development near Naples with an unusual brief: create something different on flat Florida ground. The initial idea included private and public courses rather than a surrounding housing development.
- Course
- 18 holes · par 72
- Club website
- Visit website
The course
Course design
Gary Chensoff’s ambitious Florida project
During permitting, Chensoff underwent cancer treatment but authorized construction to continue. Hurdzan’s account recalls that, after recovering, he encouraged increasingly ambitious shaping on the private course that became Calusa Pines.
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- Calusa Pines Hurdzan Golf
History and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21