The name alone evokes a sort of fear of what awaits. Bone Valley.
Streamsong Golf Resort recently broke from tradition when officials announced the name of its fifth course, a David McLay Kidd design that will open for preview play October 30, 2026. The official grand opening is set for January 26, 2027.
Since January 2025, when Streamsong’s newest unnamed course was in the early stages of construction, there was plenty of speculation as to what it would be named. The resort’s first three courses were named Red, Blue and Black, so it only seemed logical that a name pulled from a Crayola Crayon box was to be In order.
Then again, the 19-hole short course that opened in 2024 was named The Chain, which paid homage to drag chains that were used in the property’s previous life as a phosphate strip mine dating back to the 1800s. The remnants of those days can be found in the course’s sand dunes, some of which are 100 feet tall.
This time, Streamsong went back any further — as in millions of years when the central Florida location was nothing more than a prehistoric sea. Ancient marine life, mammals and reptiles were preserved beneath layers of sand and sediment, and it became one of North America’s richest fossil beds. In fact, during the early stages of McLay Kidd’s work on Bone Valley, he routinely found fossils, mostly megalodon teeth.
“The name is a natural fit for the land and a course that was literally millions of years in the making,” KemperSports CEO Steve Skinner said. “David has created something truly special — a course that honors the land while delivering a golf experience unlike anything else. We can’t wait for players to see it.”
McLay Kidd’s design will join a stunning trio of existing courses that were created by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw (Red Course), Tom Doak (Blue Course) and Gil Hanse (Black Course). Streamsong opened the Red and Blue in 2013, followed by the Black in 2017.
