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Streamsong Resort © Peter Ellegard Streamsong Red #6 © Streamsong Resort Stay in the area to visit nearby attractions such as Walt Disney World and Universal Studios and the beaches of Florida’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts. However, it also weighs in with numerous attractions of its own, including LEGOLAND, plus a wealth of outdoor sport, activities and adventures in addition to art, architecture and wildlife. STREAMSONG RESORT Since it first opened in 2014, Streamsong Resort’s courses and its 216-room ultra-modern guest lodge have won numerous awards and plaudits. Recruiting some of the world’s top golf architects, the first phase by long-time owner The Mosaic Company – one of the world’s largest phosphate fertiliser producers and one of Florida’s largest 16 Destination Golf .TRAVEL Streamsong Black #5 © Streamsong Resort landowners – saw Tom Doak lay out Streamsong Blue and famed design duo Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw design Streamsong Red. Streamsong Black was added in 2017 with a design by Gil Hanse, who created the golf course for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Among latest honours, Golfweek’s 2019 Best Courses You Can Play rated Black, Red and Blue at numbers two, three and four respectively, while Black was named 2018 Best Course of the Year by Golf Digest. When you’re at Streamsong, it feels like you’re in the middle of nowhere and its remote setting does take some finding, with the resort tucked in the sparsely- populated south-west corner of Polk County. But at just 90 minutes from Orlando International Airport and an hour east of Tampa’s airport, it is easily accessible.