Whispering Oak at Verandah is an 18-hole golf course in Fort Myers, Florida.

Designed by Jack Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus, Jr., Troy Vincent, Bruce Howard. It plays 7,177 yards from the Tee 1 tees, rated 73.3/134 (checked 2026-08-21).

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holes

par

7,177

yards (tips)

134

slope (tee 1)

The shape of the round · Tee 1 teespublished figures only

The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer: Jack Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus, Jr., Troy Vincent, Bruce Howard reported
address: 12201 River Village Way, Fort Myers, FL 33905, USA
elevation: 7 ft derived
turf: Bermuda Grass greens
on site: driving range · putting green · restaurant

26.68995, -81.75245 — open on OpenStreetMap →

From above

Aerial imagery of the area around Whispering Oak at Verandah. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it, and the frame follows the course's location rather than a surveyed property line.

Aerial imagery of the area around Whispering Oak at Verandah, NAIP 2023. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it. The map itself needs JavaScript.

Aerial imagery only, nothing traced over it yet · USDA NAIP 2023-02-14

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 25 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Tee 1	M	72	7177	73.3	134	3611	3566
Tee 1/2	M	72	6868	71.9	133	3456	3412
Tee 2	M	72	6572	70.5	131	3294	3278
Tee 2/3	M	72	6440	69.9	128	3226	3214
Tee 3		72	6314			3168	3146
No. 3	M	72	6314	69.4	124
No. 3	F	72	6314	75.2	131
Tee 3/4		72	5900			2957	2943
No. 3/4	F	72	5900	72.9	125
No. 3/4	M	72	5900	67.7	118
Tee 4		72	5616			2811	2805
No. 4	M	72	5616	66.4	115
No. 4	F	72	5616	71.3	122
Tee 4/5		72	5393			2703	2690
No. 4/5	F	72	5393	70.2	119
No. 4/5	M	72	5393	65.4	112
Tee 5		72	5155			2597	2558
No. 5	M	72	5155	64.1	105
No. 5	F	72	5155	68.9	116
Tee 6		72	4896			2451	2445
No. 6	F	72	4896	67.4	113
No. 6	M	72	4896	62.7	102
No. 6/Y	F	72	4473	64.8	108
No. 6/Y	M	72	4473	61.2	99
Yellow	F	72	3771	60.8	99

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard

Scorecardreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	72
Tee 1	537	416	238	388	432	376	159	455	610	406	530	417	430	214	403	131	451	584	7,177
Tee 1/2	537	416	191	388	404	376	159	416	569	406	510	369	406	181	403	131	422	584	6,868
Tee 2	504	374	191	355	404	341	140	416	569	373	510	369	406	181	357	118	422	542	6,572
Tee 2/3	504	374	172	355	377	341	140	405	558	373	510	369	380	172	357	118	399	536	6,440
Tee 3	483	364	172	344	377	330	135	405	558	365	484	355	380	172	348	107	399	536	6,314
Tee 3/4	456	364	172	344	327	330	135	364	465	365	484	355	330	142	348	107	336	476	5,900
Tee 4	456	333	145	297	327	295	129	364	465	315	468	313	330	142	325	100	336	476	5,616
Tee 4/5	456	305	145	297	297	295	129	314	465	315	468	313	297	142	325	100	300	430	5,393
Tee 5	418	305	107	280	297	295	120	314	461	306	412	313	297	115	300	85	300	430	5,155
Tee 6	389	302	107	249	297	274	89	314	430	300	390	285	297	112	290	80	296	395	4,896
Handicap	3	5	13	7	11	15	17	1	9	6	8	12	14	16	4	18	2	10

No per-hole yardages are published for 8 tee sets, so they are not on the card above.

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Whispering Oak at Verandah hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard, but nobody has traced its holes: the bunkers, water and fairway edges a plan aims around.

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The approach, planned Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
The green, from LiDAR Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
Every shot, tee to green Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

Figure	This course	In Florida	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	7,177 yds	111th of 1,178	=730th of 12,025	6th of 75 in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area · =728th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 134	=352nd of 743	=2,523rd of 8,710	=18th of 39 in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area · =2,467th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 73.3	=312th of 707	=2,254th of 7,615	13th of 38 in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area · =2,235th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	3,406 yds between tees	22nd of 1,150	166th of 11,523	4th of 75 in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area · 163rd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	7 ft derived	=1,099th of 1,205	=12,225th of 12,437	=63rd of 76 in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area · =8,945th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

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Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 10 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 19 sets of tees.
Course map, not built yet.We don't have a map of this course yet.
Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
Course details, partly built.3 of 7 background details — we don't hold the year it opened, whether it is public or private and a website, and 1 more.

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Sources

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