Best golf courses: Sarasota

Sarasota: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.
5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Rsrt guests only
Sarasota
Fazio, Tom

Visitors?

Rsrt guests only

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Tom Fazio

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Garl, Ron

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Ron Garl
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Bates, Gene

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Gene Bates

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
McAnlis, Ted

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Ted McAnlis
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Hills, Arthur

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Arthur Hills
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Hills, Arthur

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Arthur Hills

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
(Closed in 2013)
Sarasota
Garl, Ron

Visitors?

(Closed in 2013)

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Ron Garl

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Tway, Bob

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Bob Tway and Lee Singletary
3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Hills, Arthur

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Arthur Hills

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Sarasota
Powell, Chip

Visitors?

Private club

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Chip Powell

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Sarasota
Nicklaus & Jacklin

Visitors?

Private club

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Jack Nicklaus in association with Tony Jacklin.

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Sarasota
Palmer, Arnold

Visitors?

Private club

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

The Legacy, Cypress Links and King's Dunes courses are Arnold Palmer Signature designs. The Royal Lakes course was designed by Rick Robbins.

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Powell, Chip

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Chip Powell
Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Sarasota
Lewis, Gordon

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sarasota

Designer

Gordon Lewis

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The Masters: The 88th Masters Tournament at Augusta National sees LIV golfer Jon Rahm defend his title against the world’s best. Pressing hard will be world No.1 and 2022 champion Scottie Scheffler and world No.2 Rory McIlroy (April 11-14).

Chevron Championship: the women’s major championship season gets underway for the second year at its new Carlton Woods home outside Houston, Texas. World No.2 Lilia Vu defends (April 18-21).

Who's Who

Nelly Korda: records a perfect start to 2024 with five wins out of her last five starts on the LPGA Tour. Winning the Chevron Championship also brought the second major championship win of her career.

Scottie Scheffler: narrowly missed out on matching Nelly Korda's five wins in five starts, when he placed second at the Houston Open. Either side of that, he won The Arnold Palmer, The Players, and then The Masters and The Heritage.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

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.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

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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