Leopard’s Chase

Leopard’s Chase is a Tom Cate design and the fourth of the “Big Cats” courses at Ocean Ridge Plantation. In 2007, Leopard’s Chase was named by both Golf Digest and Golf Magazine as one of the “Top 10 New Public Courses in America.” The fairways feature TifSport Bermuda, and the greens use a well-manicured L-93 Bermuda grass. Most of the original vistas and marshlands from this 220-acre track remain intact. But it’s how the course – which plays as long as 7,155 yards in this five-tee system – was designed to incorporate the native environment that gives Leopard’s Chase a pristine feel. Bunkers were added alongside natural grasses, and the visual elements offer striking contrasts, both to the eye and the ensuing pictures. The partial-island green on the par-4 No. 5 is encased in pearl-white sand and a waste bunker that extends back into the fairway. Your round is not complete until you’ve played No. 18, a 439-yard par 4 that includes a cascading, man-made waterfall fronting of an elevated green.