Northeast Northeast Yulee Amelia Island Atlantic Beach 295 Jacksonville 10 Green Cove Springs Ponte Vedra Beach 95 St. Augustine Palm Coast Crescent City Flagler Beach Home to the PGA Tour and World Golf Hall of Fame, Northeast Florida has long been a haven for golfers, tournament spectators and golf history enthusiasts. Golfers can play courses in a variety of settings ranging from island and parkland styles to palm-studded and oceanside backdrops. Some of Florida’s most celebrated courses are located in this region. Top-Ranked Courses TPC Sawgrass, THE PLAYERS Stadium Course Ponte Vedra Beach Home to the PGA Tour’s THE PLAYERS Championship, this highly ranked and universally acclaimed Pete Dye designed course is the ultimate golf skills test. There’s trouble at every glance, from the narrow fairways and immense bunkers to the grassy mounds and pool-table-fast greens. Its world-famous hole is the par-3 17th island hole, which makes golfers hit over a lagoon, often into a stiff Atlantic Ocean breeze . PAR: 72, YARDS: 7,215 brooks and veneered fi eld stonework, this Tom Watson Signature design is visually appealing and challenging. Spacious, contoured greens, elevation changes and more than 140 coquina shell and white-sand bunkers encourage a golfer’s full focus on every shot. PAR: 72, YARDS: 7,776 Amelia Island Club, Long Point Course Amelia Island Hammock Beach Resort, Conservatory Course Palm Coast Brimming with high-profi le features like man-made lakes, waterfalls, babbling Tom Fazio’s masterful design incorporates marshes, thick oak and pine forests, and two oceanfront holes. Players must strategize their round dueling tight fairways, uphill landing zones, elevated greens and water hazards. PAR: 72, YARDS: 6,662 28 | OFFICIAL FLORIDA GOLF GUIDE
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