600 Palencia Club Drive,
St Augustine, Florida FL 32095
Office
+1 (904) 599 9030Pro shop
+1 (904) 599 9030Fax
+1 (904) 599 9031Website
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John Upton (Director of Golf)The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Relatively flat terrain.
Surroundings:
Woodland and residential.
Designer:
Arthur Hills
30.026397
-81.385222
26 miles SE of downtown Jacksonville
Palencia
The Palencia Club is home to a championship golf course that ranks with some of the best in Florida. This tree-lined and open parkland layout provides a wonderful test for your all-round game, with many attractive, skilfully crafted and challenging holes to enjoy. A must play if you are in the area.
Palencia is a private golf club. A limited amount of outside play is available on weekdays and weekends if arranged through Florida's First Coast of Golf (see above).
Non-metal spike facility. Walking permitted at certain times (contact Pro Shop for information).
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The Palencia Club is a certified member of the Audubon International Cooperative Sanctuary System, supporting programmes to maintain and enhance natural wildlife and vegetation around the golf course.
1000 PGA Tour Boulevard, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 32082
+1 (904) 285 7777
Visit websiteThe Sawgrass Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort, is regularly listed among the USA's Top 10 golf resorts. Eight championship courses are close at hand, including the world famous TPC Sawgrass Stadium course. You are minutes from pristine Ponte Vedra Beach, with Jacksonville a short drive to the north, and historic St. Augustine to the south. Following its multimillion-dollar refurbishment, you can select from a diverse range of guest rooms, suites or golf villas, and rejuvenate at the Spa at Sawgrass, or relax at the Cabana Beach Club.
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TPC Sawgrass - Stadium and Valley courses (o.6 mls); Sawgrass CC; Ponte Vedra Inn; Windsor Parke; Marsh Landing.
Queen's Harbour; Cimarrone; South Hampton; St Johns G&CC; Palencia; Champions at Julington Creek.
500 South Legacy Trail, St Augustine, FL 32092
+1 (904) 940 8000
Visit websiteAs the flagship property of the World Golf Village, home to the World Golf Hall Of Fame, the newly renovated Renaissance Resort places you at the center of all things golf. You can play two unique championship golf courses (King & Bear and Slammer & Squire), improve your game at the PGA TOUR Golf Academy, and experience the one-and-only World Golf Hall Of Fame, providing an intriguing look at the legends and legacy of golf’s greatest players.
Slammer & Squire
King & Bear; Palencia
St Johns GC; Royal St Augustine; St Johns G&CC; Cimarrone; South Hampton; Champions at Julington Creek.
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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