The 148-acre course, designed by Greg Norman, is primarily landscaped with tightly packed coquina sand and is the only "desert-scape" golf course of its kind in the Southeastern United States. In typical Norman fashion, holes 9 and 18 are extremely difficult finishing holes. In addition, the course was designed to be environmentally friendly with natural marshes and wetlands used as draining areas. The Great White was rated as the best new golf course of 2000, according to the National Golf Foundation.