The original of Tiburón's two Greg Norman courses (Gold, 1998, and the later Black, 2001) at the Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón; long-time host of Greg Norman's Shark Shootout/QBE Shootout, succeeded by the Grant Thornton Invitational, and host of the LPGA CME Group Tour Championship.
"The club's two courses are officially named Gold and Black (there is no 'Old Course') — the Gold is the original and the tournament host, so that's the one members will have seen on TV in December."
Greg Norman's 1998 Gold Course at Tiburón in Naples is Florida resort golf with a tournament résumé most private clubs would envy: home of the Shark Shootout in its QBE and Grant Thornton Invitational incarnations since 2001, and since 2013 host of the CME Group Tour Championship, the LPGA's season finale. Norman built it 'Australian style' — coquina waste areas and stacked-sod pot bunkers instead of conventional rough — stretching to 7,382 yards alongside the Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón.
LPGA fans who want to walk the CME finale in person, resort golfers doing Naples in style, and Norman-design collectors — it's his most-watched US course.
The finishing stretch decides millions every November — the reachable par-5 17th and the water-guarded closing hole are where the CME Group Tour Championship's giant first-place check gets won or lost, and where amateurs get to test the same risk-reward math.
Resort-fair off the tee, but the coquina waste and sod-wall bunkers are unusual hazards that punish beginners' misses in unfamiliar ways. Playable from forward tees; the LPGA setup it is not.
Naples is ~2.5 hours from Wesley Chapel, and this one is actually bookable — a realistic splurge round for members, especially at summer rates. CME week in November is a great spectator trip too.
Not firmly confirmed in the current GSPro library despite its TV profile — search in-sim, as tournament venues attract community builders. If absent, Streamsong gives the premium-Florida fix; if a Tiburón build lands, it's a natural for a Clubhouse CME-week event.
Resort-public through the Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón and Troon — anyone can book, but peak-season winter rates run steep (think $300+); summer pricing drops dramatically, as everywhere in southwest Florida.
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