PGA Village's Home Courses Are About to Host Competitive Golf Again

The 2026 PGA Tournament Series returns to Port St. Lucie this winter, and the three weeks it runs, November 30 through December 18, land on the same courses PGA Village residents already walk or ride every week. Not a neighboring club. Not a public course down the road. The Wanamaker, the Dye, and the Ryder, the 54 holes that make up PGA Golf Club, are the venue.

That distinction matters more than it sounds. PGA Village has spent decades marketing itself as a resort destination, the kind of place Golf Digest lists among its best resorts and where visiting golfers book a Fazio round the way they'd book a spa day. A tournament series is a different animal. It means blocks of tee times reserved for competitive rounds, a different rhythm to who's out on the course and when, and a stretch of weeks where a resident's usual Tuesday morning tee time might need to be rebooked around someone else's bracket.

The Courses Doing Double Duty

PGA Golf Club's three courses were built by two of the sport's most recognized designers, and each carries its own identity inside the community:

• The Wanamaker Course, laid out by Tom Fazio and named for Rodman Wanamaker, the founder credited with inspiring the birth of the PGA of America in 1916, was ranked 14th in Golfweek's 2023 list of best in-state courses open to the public.
• The Dye Course, designed by Pete Dye, carries his signature demanding, strategic style across wetlands and palmetto.
• The Ryder Course rounds out the trio and sits closest to the practice facility, where the Midway Grille serves golfers between rounds.

Residents who play these courses regularly will notice the tournament series before they read about it anywhere else. Reservation windows will tighten. Practice green access may shift around competition schedules. None of this is posted on a community calendar the way a clubhouse potluck would be, which is exactly why it's worth knowing before the last week of November arrives rather than after.

The Entrance Corridor Has Filled In

The other thing happening this fall, separate from golf but sharing the same three weeks, is that the drive in and out of PGA Village looks different than it did even a year ago.

Tutto Fresco Restaurant and Patio Grill sits right at the entrance, at 9501 Reserve Boulevard, serving regional Italian cuisine with an extensive wine and spirits list and an 1,800-square-foot covered outdoor patio bar. A short distance from it, Kyle G's Oyster & Wine Bar has built a name for freshly shucked oysters, chilled shellfish, and a dining room that stays polished without feeling formal, the kind of place residents describe as a go-to for happy hour or a date night without much planning required.

Both restaurants belong to the same local group, Kyle G's Restaurants, run by restaurateur Kyle Greene. That's worth knowing not because it changes what's on the menu, but because it means the entrance corridor's newer dining options share a kitchen philosophy and a service style, rather than representing several independent operators experimenting with different concepts. For a resident deciding where to send out-of-town guests during tournament weeks, that consistency is useful information: you know roughly what you're getting before you park.

The Newest Big Table Is at Tradition

Greene's most ambitious project opened further out, at the Shoppes at the Heart of Tradition, about a 15-minute drive from PGA Village's gates. Amore Italian Chophouse celebrated its grand opening on July 28, 2025, marking Greene's eighth restaurant since he opened his first in 2017. It sits beside the 73-foot Heart in the Park sculpture by artist Jefrë, said to be the world's tallest heart-shaped sculpture, which is how the restaurant got its name.

"It reminds me of the Chicago Bean," Greene told Stuart Magazine of the sculpture that inspired Amore's name.

More than a year in, Amore hasn't settled into routine. This summer the restaurant ran a rotating Regional Italian Prix Fixe, a three-course dinner that changes focus every four weeks, with a Tuscany edition offered from July 13 through August 9 featuring dishes like Tuscan White Bean and Sausage Ribollita and a Tuscan Brick Chicken. It's the kind of detail that signals a kitchen still building out its identity rather than coasting on opening-week buzz.

One practical note for anyone planning a visit: Amore applies a 16 percent service charge to every bill, consistent across Greene's other restaurants. That is the standing policy across the Kyle G's group, so it applies the same way at Amore as at the other restaurants Greene runs.

Hop Life Runs on Its Own Clock

Not everything in PGA Village's orbit moves around the tournament calendar or Greene's restaurant group. Hop Life Brewing Company, at 679 NW Enterprise Drive, is a firefighter-founded operation with a 15-barrel production brewhouse and a 75-seat taproom pouring around 20 beers on tap, from golden lagers to double IPAs and stouts. Its Scratch Kitchen rotates alongside food trucks, and the taproom hosts its own recurring events, including trivia nights that regulars have nicknamed the "Gong Show."

Hop Life's calendar doesn't care what's happening on the Wanamaker or the Dye. It's the option that exists independent of golf traffic, useful precisely because it offers a different rhythm during a season when everything else in the area is keyed to tee times and reservation windows.

A Smaller Sign That Fall Has Arrived

Not every fall marker in PGA Village involves a tournament bracket or a dinner reservation. Residents on the community's own Nextdoor page have called out the Halloween decorations that go up each year at the Clock Tower roundabout, the kind of small, recurring detail that has nothing to do with golf schedules or restaurant openings and everything to do with the community simply being a place people live in day to day.

Between now and mid-December, PGA Village is going to feel like two seasons layered on top of each other: a golf calendar bringing competitive play to courses residents already know by heart, and a dining map that's finally filled in enough to make those same three weeks easier to navigate, whether that means grabbing a table at the entrance before a tee time or driving out to Tradition when the course is too busy to play.

If you're keeping an eye on what's changing in PGA Village beyond the fairways, from new restaurant additions to how the fall calendar shapes daily life here, Jeanne Gordon covers this community year-round, whether or not a move is anywhere on your mind.