The Directory · Jacksonville
Jacksonville —
THE PLAYERS, the island green, and the First Coast.
The First Coast — TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Championship, Pete Dye's island-green 17th), Ponte Vedra Inn & Club (the historic seaside resort credited with the first island green), and the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, home to the only course co-designed by Palmer and Nicklaus (King & Bear) and, until 2023, the World Golf Hall of Fame. Dye's Valley Course, the Amelia Island layouts and, an hour south in Palm Coast, Hammock Beach's Nicklaus and Watson courses fill out the catalog. Jacksonville is where Florida golf earns its national reputation.
11 courses · sorted by access & tier
The Region
Jacksonville golf courses, end to end.
The First Coast corridor from Ponte Vedra Beach to Amelia Island holds some of the most historically significant golf in Florida. TPC Sawgrass is the centerpiece: Pete Dye's 1980 masterwork and permanent home of THE PLAYERS Championship, the unofficial fifth major on the PGA Tour. The island-green 17th is the signature, and the Stadium Course routing is a graduate-level test of heroic strategy from the first tee to the 72nd green. Dye's Valley Course on the same property co-hosts the final stage of PGA TOUR Q-School and delivers championship conditioning at a slightly more accessible price. Ponte Vedra Inn & Club's Ocean Course predates TPC Sawgrass by decades — a coastal classic credited with introducing the island green concept to golf. St. Augustine adds the World Golf Village: the King & Bear Course (the only co-design by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus together) and Bobby Weed's Slammer & Squire beside the former World Golf Hall of Fame, which left for Pinehurst in 2023. Amelia Island rounds out the region with the Golf Club of Amelia Island (public, oceanfront) and Omni Amelia Island's Oak Marsh (Pete Dye, renovated by Beau Welling in 2025) and Long Point (Tom Fazio, private, ocean-view par threes). An hour south in Palm Coast, Hammock Beach Resort pairs Jack Nicklaus's Ocean Course, with Atlantic-front holes among the most dramatic in Florida, and Tom Watson's Conservatory Course inland. Northeast Florida is where the history is.
The Directory
The best golf courses in Jacksonville.
Pete Dye (with Alice Dye) · Ponte Vedra Beach
TPC Sawgrass — Players Stadium Course
The Pete Dye original and permanent home of THE PLAYERS - the island-green 17th is the most photographed hole in professional golf.
Jack Nicklaus · Palm Coast
Hammock Beach Resort — Ocean Course
A Jack Nicklaus design with rare Atlantic-front holes - the signature dune stretch is among Florida's most dramatic.
Tom Watson · Palm Coast
Hammock Beach Resort — Conservatory Course
Tom Watson's muscular inland counterpoint - bold contouring, vast bunkering, and a stern test that completes the Hammock Beach duo.
Pete Dye and Bobby Weed, with Jerry Pate · Ponte Vedra Beach
TPC Sawgrass — Dye's Valley Course
The Stadium's worthy companion - a former Korn Ferry Tour host and a full Dye examination at a more accessible price.
Tom Fazio · Amelia Island
Omni Amelia Island — Long Point Course
A Tom Fazio gem reaching the Atlantic - back-to-back oceanfront par threes, windswept, scenic, and members-and-guests only.
Pete Dye (original); Beau Welling (renovation) · Amelia Island
Omni Amelia Island — Oak Marsh Course
A Pete Dye design refreshed by Beau Welling - tidal marshes, moss-draped oaks, and water on the majority of holes.
Multiple designers · Ponte Vedra Beach
Ponte Vedra Inn & Club — Lagoon Course
The Inn's water-laced second course - tighter, more intimate, and a complement to the Ocean's historic grandeur.
Herbert Bertram Strong (original 1928); multiple subsequent renovations · Ponte Vedra Beach
Ponte Vedra Inn & Club — Ocean Course
The historic seaside layout credited with inventing the island green - coastal, classic, and steeped in First Coast tradition since 1928.
Mark McCumber and Gene Littler · Amelia Island / Fernandina Beach
The Golf Club of Amelia Island
The island's only public-access oceanfront course - a McCumber/Littler design beside the Ritz-Carlton with two distinct nines.
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus · St. Augustine
World Golf Village — King & Bear
The only course co-designed by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus - oak-shaded, built to honor the game's heritage at the World Golf Hall of Fame's longtime home.
Bobby Weed (with Sam Snead and Gene Sarazen as consultants) · St. Augustine
World Golf Village — Slammer & Squire
A Bobby Weed design with Snead and Sarazen - player-friendly resort golf at World Golf Village, the Hall of Fame's home until 2023.