Quail Valley

Quail Valley now has three properties in the Vero Beach area for membership use, however the coastal boat slips and private restaurants came after the core element of the club’s culture: An 18-hole, 7,460-yard golf course.

Founder Steve Mulvey’s family has a long history in Vero Beach; when his father owned the then-Brooklyn Dodgers, the family organized for the team to conduct its spring training in the area. Steve and 30 founding members may not have had a professional sports organization to bring to the area, but they did manage to bring Nick Price and Tommy Fazio (nephew of Tom) to design this layout on a former citrus grove in 2001. The pair dug a series of irrigation ponds and used the leftover soil to create a hilly route on what would have been typically-flat Florida land.

The course (as well as a six-hole par three layout) surround a clubhouse perched centrally on the property’s highest point. Quail Valley has hosted USGA qualifiers, Florida State Golf Association events, and the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational (hosted by McNeese State University).