Florida, USA
Bone Valley is David McLay Kidd's design at Streamsong Resort, located in Polk County, central Florida, approximately 80 kilometres southeast of Tampa. Routed across dramatic ridgelines and natural bowls formed by phosphate mining on a 16,000-acre property, the golf course opens officially in January 2027, joining Streamsong Red, Blue and Black.
Bone Valley is David McLay Kidd's design at Streamsong Resort, located in Polk County, central Florida, approximately 80 kilometres southeast of Tampa. Routed across dramatic ridgelines and natural bowls formed by phosphate mining on a 16,000-acre property, the golf course opens officially in January 2027, joining Streamsong Red, Blue and Black.
Bone Valley brings David McLay Kidd to a property already home to designs by Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw, Tom Doak, and Gil Hanse & Jim Wagner. The course is routed across terrain shaped by prehistoric seas and phosphate mining, producing ridgelines and sand bowls found nowhere else in American golf.
Streamsong Resort opened in 2012 on 16,000 acres of reclaimed phosphate mining land in Polk County, Florida, with the Red course by Coore & Crenshaw and the Blue course by Tom Doak opening simultaneously. Streamsong Black, designed by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, followed in 2017.
In January 2025, KemperSports announced David McLay Kidd as the architect of a fourth 18-hole layout. Construction proceeded through 2025 and into 2026, with the course taking shape across terrain situated between the Red and Black courses and sharing a clubhouse with the Black.
The course name, revealed in March 2026, references the region's geological identity. Central Florida was covered by a prehistoric ocean for hundreds of millions of years, and the phosphate-rich soils of Polk County contain fossilised remains of megalodon teeth, marine mammals, and reptiles — earning the area the name Bone Valley long before golf arrived.
During construction, McLay Kidd and his team uncovered fossil material directly on site. Preview play opens on 30 October 2026, with the official grand opening scheduled for 26 January 2027.
Bone Valley measures over 7,300 yards from the back tees, making it the longest course at Streamsong. The routing traverses all points of the compass across a site exposed to frequently shifting winds, a characteristic that will significantly influence club selection and shot shape throughout the round.
The layout occupies land between the Red and Black courses, incorporating the footprint of the former Roundabout pitch-and-putt facility across the opening two holes.
McLay Kidd has described his intention to move earth where the site demands it, citing the mining origins of the land as justification for a less restrained earthmoving approach than a natural landscape would typically invite. Dramatic ridgelines, natural sand bowls, and elevated tee positions define the character of the golf course, with the design philosophy emphasising features that appear discovered rather than constructed.
Bone Valley arrives with a notable pedigree: the fourth 18-hole layout at a resort that has built its reputation on consistently high-calibre minimalist architecture across three existing courses.
David McLay Kidd brings to the Streamsong property the same geological instinct that shaped Bandon Dunes, namely a willingness to let the land determine the routing. At over 7,300 yards with wind exposure across every compass point, the golf course will present a genuine test alongside its siblings.
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