Port St. Lucie

Port St. Lucie is 80 square miles with a population exceeding 83,000. The city has been recognized as one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. However, it is a large city that retains that "small town feeling."

Port St. Lucie offers a quality of life that few can match. On the eastern side of the city, there are 6,000 acres of preserve called "the Savannas", the Indian River Lagoon estuary, and the Atlantic Ocean. Fourteen miles of the St. Lucie River flows through the central area of the city, offering many acres of natural habitat.

Port St. Lucie is home to the spring training camp for the New York Mets and its State Champion St. Lucie Mets; the Professional Golf Association's (PGA) winter home; and a family-oriented Club Med at Sandpiper, which boasts the highest occupancy of any Club Med in the world.

The City of Port St. Lucie is equal in size to West Palm Beach. Central to its growth has been the major development of St. Lucie West, a 4,600 acre master planned community. Ten percent of Port St. Lucie's population and tax base is represented there.

Port St. Lucie is the home of the first PGA learning center at the PGA Village complex. It sits on 30 acres just northeast of PGA Golf Club's South Course, and features a golf shop, demonstration area, club-fitting area, golf school, complete fitness area, practice tee with bunkers, putting course, putting green, practice holes, fairway bunkers and a chipping area. The center also serves as a laboratory for golf instruction studies.

In a recent issue of GOLF MAGAZINE, St. Lucie's PGA Golf Club was voted one of the "Top 10 places you can play." GOLF DIGEST ranks the club's Tom Fazio North and South Courses #1 and #7, respectively in its listing of Best New Courses. A third course by Fazio was awarded by GOLF DIGEST as one of the "Great Value Places To Play.

Related Links:

Florida Fairways Online

St. Lucie County Online