central east Central East With Florida’s solid standing and great reputation in the game, it's no surprise that the state’s courses have affi liations with the PGA and LPGA. That connection comes into play up and down the East Coast, but especially at the farthest reaches of the region. Daytona Beach DeLand 4 New Smyrna Beach Titusville Cape Canaveral/ Port Canaveral Melbourne Sebastian 95 Vero Beach Top-Ranked Courses LPGA International, Jones Course Daytona Beach Named after designer Rees Jones, this facility hosts the fi nal round of LPGA’s Qualifying School each year (usually in December), which awards touring status to a group of women for the following season. Throughout the rest of the year, it's a popular public destination. Lakes and marshlands are a big feature on the course, which means your journey from hole to hole will wind through natural palm scrub and across the occasional boardwalk. Back along the course’s manicured portions, Jones describes his creation as traditional links style. The fairways are mounded in places and mostly wide and receptive. Large bunkers and sporadic water hazards stiffen the challenge along the way. The toughest scoring hole is the par-5 13th, a 576-yard bruiser that's mostly a straight shot with hazards including water and sand along the entire right side all the way to the green. A par-3 follows; a relative breather except for the bunkers angled on either side of the entryway to the green. PAR: 72, YARDS: 7,088 42 | OFFICIAL FLORIDA GOLF GUIDE of lf o Gu exic M Okeechobee Port St. Lucie PGA Village, Dye Course Port St. Lucie Following a renovation in 2016, the Dye Course is about as Floridian as golf gets. World Golf Hall of Fame architect Pete Dye fi lled large waste bunkers with crushed coquina and used pine straw as deep rough for any
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