Florida
There is a lot more to Florida than sun, sea, golf and Disney - but not unsurprisingly, these are the major ingredients that most visitors are looking for, and they can be found in abandunce here in the Sunshine State. Whatever your reason for coming to Florida (and golf is an important one for many people) the world seems to agree on one thing, this is a great place to have a vacation. To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the best courses in Florida on our customised maps.
Visitors welcome
West Palm Beach
Joe Lee
Rsrt guests only
Jacksonville
Mark McCumber & Gene Littler
Rsrt guests only
Jacksonville
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Pete Dye
(Closed in 2017)
Jacksonville
Bobby Weed
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Tom Jackson
Visitors welcome
West Palm Beach
Dick Wilson & Robert Simmons
Visitors welcome
Tampa
William Diddel
Rsrt guests only
Orlando
Original design and routing by Dick Wilson (1961); modifications and updates by Arnold Palmer from 1975.
(Closed in 2018)
Panama City
Willard Byrd
Visitors welcome
Panama City
Originally called the "Legends" course (1986), the layout was completely redesigned by Gary Nicklaus of Nicklaus Design (2005).
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Gary Player
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Bobby Weed in consultation with Mark McCumber
Visitors welcome
Orlando
P.B. Dye
Private club
Tampa
Original design by Tom Fazio (1988); modifications by David Whelchel (2012).
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Ron Garl
Visitors welcome
Destin
Tom Fazio designed the Bay and Lake nines (1981). Marsh-nine designed by Tom Fazio & Jerry Pate (1987). Magnolia-nine designed by Jerry Pate (1993).
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Bob Tway and Lee Singletary
Rsrt guests only
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by Joe Lee (1985). Green complexes redesigned by Kipp Schulties (1999).
Rsrt guests only
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by William S. Flynn, with construction supervised by Howard C. Toomey (1926). Redesigned Gene Bates (1997).
Visitors welcome
West Palm Beach
Robert von Hagge & Bruce Devlin
Rsrt guests only
West Palm Beach
First designed by Alexander H. Findlay (1896); modifications made by Brian Silva (2000).
Rsrt guests only
West Palm Beach
Original design by Willard Byrd (1968); major redesign by Rees Jones (2004).
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Original design by Tom Fazio (1993); revamped by Kyle Franz (2022).
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Original design by Tom Fazio (1993); revamped by Mike Nuzzo, Kyle Franz & Ran Morrissett (2022).
Private club
Naples / Ft Myers
Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry).
Rsrt guests only
Destin
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Karl Litten
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Robert Trent Jones Sr and son Robert Jr.
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Greg Norman
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Greg Norman
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
David Postlethwaite
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Chip Powell
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Bruce Devlin & Robert von Hagge
Private club
Sarasota
Jack Nicklaus in association with Tony Jacklin.
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Robert von Hagge & Bruce Devlin
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
Arthur Hills and design associate Mike Dasher (1992); restored by Mike Dasher (2015).
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
A Gary Player Signature Course
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
Original design by Slim Deathridge (1946). Substantially revamped by Lloyd Clifton (1997).
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
Donald Ross
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
Lloyd Clifton
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design (1971) and later renovation (2004) both by Arthur Hills.
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Joe Lee
(Closed in 2014)
Orlando
Joe Lee
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Joe Lee created the current design, which opened in 2000.
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Joe Lee
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Joe Lee
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Original design by Joe Lee (1971); redesigned by Arnold Palmer Course Design (2013).
(Closed in 2015)
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
A Greg Norman Signature Design
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Donald Ross
(Closed in 2015)
Tampa
Original layout (1988) and significant modifications (2008) designed by Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Ron Garl
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Ron Garl and Howard Swan
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Clyde Johnston
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Clyde Johnston
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Robert von Hagge & Bruce Devlin
(Closed in 2014)
Orlando
Jim Fazio
Visitors welcome
Destin
Original design by Bob Cupp (1991) and also a substantial redesign by him (2014).
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Bruce Devlin, Robert von Hagge & Charles Ankrom
Visitors welcome
Port St Lucie
Jim Fazio
Visitors welcome
Orlando
A Rees Jones Signature Design
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Bobby Weed
Visitors welcome
Port St Lucie
Dick Gray
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Donald Ross
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Tom Fazio (1992 original design and 2013/14 renovation).
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr and constructed by golf course architect, Roger Rulewich.
Private club
Orlando
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Design
(Closed in 2007)
Daytona Beach
Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Original design by Jack Nicklaus ... North & South nines (1984), and East-nine (1986). North & South nines redesigned by Jack Nicklaus (2007/08). All three nines redesigned again by Jack Nicklaius (2021) to produce the 18-hole Cypress course.
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Jack Nicklaus
(Closed in 2014)
Orlando
Steve Smyers & Nick Faldo
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Chip Powell
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
Bill Amick
Rsrt guests only
Naples / Ft Myers
Peter Jacobsen & Jim Hardy
Rsrt guests only
Daytona Beach
A Tom Watson Signature Design
Rsrt guests only
Daytona Beach
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Design
Visitors welcome
Port St Lucie
Jack Nicklaus & Jack Nicklaus Jr.
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Original design by Joe Lee (1986); redesign by Bob Cupp (1998).
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Arthur Hills
(Closed in 2008)
Destin
Bill Bergin
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Scott Pate
(Closed in 2019)
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Mark McCumber
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Pensacola
Ron Garl
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Mike Dasher
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by Bruce Devlin & Robert von Hagge. Redesigned Joe Lee in 2001.
(Closed in 2018)
Panama City
Wes Burnham
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Ron Garl
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Donald Ross
Visitors welcome
Destin
Earl Stone
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Perry Dye & Jan Stephenson
(Closed in 2018)
Daytona Beach
Lloyd Clifton
Rsrt guests only
Tampa
Lawrence "Larry" Packard
Rsrt guests only
Tampa
Lawrence "Larry" Packard
Rsrt guests only
Tampa
Lawrence "Larry" Packard
Rsrt guests only
Tampa
Lawrence "Larry" Packard
(Closed in 2020)
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed both the East and West courses.
Private club
Orlando
Original design by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay (1986); modifications by Steve Smyers (2003).
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by Mark & Charles Mahannah; renovated by Bobby Weed.
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by Mark & Charles Mahannah; renovated by Bobby Weed.
Visitors welcome
Port St Lucie
Tommy Fazio
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Steve Melnyk
Private club
West Palm Beach
Hills course: original design by George Fazio (1970); modifications by his nephew Tom Fazio (2014).
Village course: designed by George Fazio (1979) with help from Tom Fazio.
Visitors welcome
Destin
Designed by Fred Couples and Gene Bates, with input from Bob Cupp and Michael Riley.
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Rees Jones
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Steve Sandness
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Tom Lehman & Kurt Sandness
Private club
Orlando
Tom Fazio
Private club
Sarasota
The Legacy, Cypress Links and King's Dunes courses are Arnold Palmer Signature designs. The Royal Lakes course was designed by Rick Robbins.
Restricted
Orlando
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Flamingo Island course - Robert Trent Jones (1990); Mustang course - Lee Trevino (1991); The Classics CC - Gary Player (1991).
Visitors welcome
Pensacola
An Arnold Palmer Signature Course.
Visitors welcome
Port St Lucie
Jim Fazio
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
Rees Jones
Visitors welcome
Pensacola
Earl Stone
Restricted
Jacksonville
Ed Seay
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original course dates from 1923; substantial redesign by Arthur Hills (2003).
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by Donald Ross.
Rsrt guests only
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1971). Major redesign by Ray Floyd (2006).
Rsrt guests only
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1971). Major redesign by Ray Floyd (2006).
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Original design by George O'Neil of Chicago (1917), further enhanced by Charles E. Clarke of Troon, Scotland (1926)
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Gary Koch
(Closed in 2010)
Pensacola
John B. LaFoy
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Gary Koch
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Unknown designers created the front-nine in the 1920s, and back-nine in the 1930s. Most recently Ron Garl significantly upgraded the design in the 1980s and 1990s.
Rsrt guests only
Naples / Ft Myers
Rees Jones
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by William S. Flynn, with construction supervised by Howard C. Toomey (1941). Modifications made by Mark Mahannah (1950s); substantial modifications and renovation by Arthur Hills (2008), which retained Flynn's original routing.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Arnold Palmer
Visitors welcome
West Palm Beach
Original design by Seth Raynor (1926). Major redesign by Jack Nicklaus to create a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course (2006).
(Closed in 2013)
Sarasota
Ron Garl
Visitors welcome
West Palm Beach
Roy Case
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Design
Visitors welcome
Orlando
David Harman, Phil Ritson & Isao Aoki
Visitors welcome
Orlando
David Harman, Phil Ritson & Isao Aoki
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Arnold Palmer
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Original design by Joe Lee (1982); redesigned by Mike Dasher (2005)
Restricted
Jacksonville
Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Tom & George Fazio
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Tom & George Fazio
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by William F. Mitchell; renovated in 1996 by Karl Litten and Lorrie Viola.
Visitors welcome
Pensacola
Bill Amick
Visitors welcome
Port St Lucie
Pete Dye
Visitors welcome
Port St Lucie
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Port St Lucie
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
West Palm Beach
Original design by uncle/nephew team of George and Tom Fazio (1981). Substantial redesign by Jack Nicklaus (mid-1990s and 2014).
Visitors welcome
West Palm Beach
Karl Litten
Visitors welcome
West Palm Beach
Original design by uncle/nephew team of George & Tom Fazio. 2012 redesign by Tom Fazio II (Tom Fazio's nephew).
Visitors welcome
West Palm Beach
Original design by uncle/nephew team of George & Tom Fazio (1981); renovated, with some redesign, by Andy Staples of Staples Golf Design (2021).
Visitors welcome
West Palm Beach
An Arnold Palmer Signature Course.
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
Original design by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay (1980); renovated by them in 2006.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
David Harman
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Current design by Robert von Hagge, Michael Smelek & Richard Baril. The current course is a complete redesign on the site of the former Plantation Golf Club, which dates back to 1950.
Visitors welcome
West Palm Beach
Karl Litten and Joey Sindelar
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
First nine holes designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1961); second nine by Joe Lee (1977); remodeled by Bobby Weed (2007).
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Original design by Herbert Strong (1928); redesigned by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1947); renovated by Bobby Weed (1998).
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Mark McCumber
Visitors welcome
Destin
Robert "Bob" Walker
Rsrt guests only
Orlando
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Course
Rsrt guests only
Orlando
Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay
Rsrt guests only
Orlando
Tom Watson & Bob Gibbons
Rsrt guests only
Sarasota
Tom Fazio
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Greg Norman Golf Course Design (lead designer Jason McCoy).
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
A Davis Love III Signature course
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Gene Bates
Rsrt guests only
Naples / Ft Myers
Original design by Joe Lee (1991); revamped by Robert "Bobby" Cupp Jr (2002), and Peter Jacobsen & Jim Hardy (2014).
(Closed in 2012)
Orlando
Dick Wilson
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
J. Christopher Commins
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Chip Powell: Blue and White nines (2001); Red-nine (2009).
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Palmer course designed by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay (1986), incorporating nine holes from the resort's original 27-hole Dean Refram-designed Saddlebrook course.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Original design by Dean Refram (1976); modifications by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay (1986).
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Raymond Floyd
Visitors welcome
Destin
Tom Jackson
Rsrt guests only
Destin
Rees Jones
Visitors welcome
Destin
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Bruce Charlton).
Visitors welcome
Destin
Tom Jackson
Visitors welcome
Port St Lucie
Ron Garl
Visitors welcome
Port St Lucie
Ron Garl
Private club
Destin
Original nine-hole layout extended to 18 by Roy Albert Anderson. Completely renovated by Bill Bergin (2021).
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Gordon Lewis
Rsrt guests only
Jacksonville
Ed Seay
Visitors welcome
Pensacola
Originally designed by Chic Adams (1959); redesigned by Jerry Pate (1992)
Private club
West Palm Beach
Donald Ross
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Ron Garl
Visitors welcome
Destin
Joe Finger and Ken Dye
Rsrt guests only
Destin
Greg Norman
Visitors welcome
Orlando
David Harman
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Bill Watts
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Joe Lee
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Steve Smyers
Restricted
Tampa
Pete Dye
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Mark McCumber
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
Bill Amick
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Clyde Johnston
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Robert (Bob) Walker
Visitors welcome
Pensacola
Hiram Cook
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Gil Hanse
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Tom Doak of Renaissance Golf Design.
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw.
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Greg Norman
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Greg Norman
Visitors welcome
Pensacola
East course: designed by Jerry Pate (1986) and subsequently renovated by Nathan Crace (2020).
West course (now closed): designed by Bill Amick (1965) and later modified by Ron Garl.
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Original design by Ron Garl with later revisions by Bobby Weed.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Pete Dye & Bobby Weed, with player consultant Jerry Pate.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Original design by husband & wife team of Pete & Alice Dye; modified by Steve Wenzloff (2016).
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Bobby Weed (architect) and Chi Chi Rodriguez (player consultant)
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by Dick Wilson & Robert von Hagge (1961). Later modifications by Ray Floyd & Jim McLean. Significant redesign by Gil Hanse & Jim Wagner (2013).
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by Robert von Hagge (1961). Later modifications designed by Ray Floyd, and subsequently by Gil Hanse (2014).
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by Robert von Hagge (1961). Later modifications by Gil Hanse (2014).
Visitors welcome
Miami / Ft Lauderdale
Original design by Bruce Devlin & Robert von Hagge (1984). Later improvements made by Jerry Pate, before a signficant redesign by Jim McLean (2008).
Private club
West Palm Beach
Jim Fazio
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Ron Garl
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Gordon Lewis
Private club
Sarasota
Chip Powell
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
Ron Garl
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Joe Lee
Visitors welcome
Orlando
Rees Jones
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Ted McAnlis
Visitors welcome
Tampa
Lloyd Clifton
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Destin
Doug O'Rourke
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Co-designed by Arnold Palmer (The King) & Jack Nicklaus (The Bear).
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Bobby Weed in conjunction with player consultants "Slammin" Sam Snead (The Slammer) & Gene Sarazen (The Squire).
The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.
Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.
Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.
Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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