Few South Florida golf courses carry the kind of pedigree Banyan Cay does. Designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 2022 as the centerpiece of a luxury resort development, the course represents one of the Golden Bear's later signature designs — a layout built on land that had sat dormant for years while the surrounding West Palm Beach development slowly took shape. It plays through a mix of wetlands, native Florida scrub, and dramatic elevation changes that are genuinely uncommon for this part of the state.
West Palm Beach sits at the heart of Palm Beach County's thriving golf corridor, a region that draws serious players year-round thanks to its winter sunshine and concentration of high-caliber private and resort tracks. Banyan Cay positions itself near the top of that market — a destination-worthy experience rather than a casual round, with the resort infrastructure to match.
The Nicklaus design vocabulary is on full display here: generous fairways that tighten as you approach the greens, strategic water, and a back nine that consistently demands more than the front suggested it would.
