Best golf courses: Florida - North East

Most of the best golf courses in North East Florida can be found in Jacksonville. Among them are the courses at TPC Sawgrass Stadium, a Peter Dye design and home of the PGA Tour, and the championship course St. Johns Golf & Country Club. One of the gems not to miss is the Ocean course at Hammock Beach Resort, featuring six oceanside holes and an extremely challenging par-3, and/or the popular Cypress course at Cypress Knoll Golf & Country Club. 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 North East on our customised maps.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Rsrt guests only
Jacksonville
McCumber, Mark

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Jacksonville

Designer

Mark McCumber & Gene Littler

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Rsrt guests only
Jacksonville
Fazio, Tom

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Rsrt guests only

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Jacksonville

Designer

Tom Fazio

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Dye, Pete

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Pete Dye

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
(Closed in 2017)
Jacksonville
Weed, Bobby

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(Closed in 2017)

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Jacksonville

Designer

Bobby Weed

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Jackson, Tom

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Tom Jackson

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Weed & McCumber

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Bobby Weed in consultation with Mark McCumber
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Postlethwaite, David

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

David Postlethwaite
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
Player, Gary

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Visitors welcome

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Daytona Beach

Designer

A Gary Player Signature Course
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Johnston, Clyde

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Clyde Johnston
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Johnston, Clyde

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Clyde Johnston
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Weed, Bobby

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Jacksonville

Designer

Bobby Weed

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
(Closed in 2007)
Daytona Beach
Palmer, Arnold

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(Closed in 2007)

Nearest city

Daytona Beach

Designer

Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Rsrt guests only
Daytona Beach
Watson, Tom

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Daytona Beach

Designer

A Tom Watson Signature Design

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
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Daytona Beach
Nicklaus, Jack

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Daytona Beach

Designer

A Jack Nicklaus Signature Design

3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Ross, Donald

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

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Donald Ross

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Melnyk, Steve

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Steve Melnyk

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
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Jacksonville
Seay, Ed

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Jacksonville

Designer

Ed Seay
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Palmer, Arnold

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Arnold Palmer

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Restricted
Jacksonville
Hills, Arthur

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Jacksonville

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Arthur Hills
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Daytona Beach
Palmer, Arnold

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Visitors welcome

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Daytona Beach

Designer

Original design by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay (1980); renovated by them in 2006.

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Jones Sr, Lee & Weed

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

First nine holes designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1961); second nine by Joe Lee (1977); remodeled by Bobby Weed (2007).
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Strong, Jones Sr & Weed

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Original design by Herbert Strong (1928); redesigned by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1947); renovated by Bobby Weed (1998).
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
McCumber, Mark

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Mark McCumber

3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Commins, J. Christopher

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

J. Christopher Commins

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Rsrt guests only
Jacksonville
Seay, Ed

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Jacksonville

Designer

Ed Seay
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
McCumber, Mark

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Jacksonville

Designer

Mark McCumber

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Johnston, Clyde

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Jacksonville

Designer

Clyde Johnston
Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Walker, Robert

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Robert (Bob) Walker
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Dye & Weed

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Jacksonville

Designer

Pete Dye & Bobby Weed, with player consultant Jerry Pate.

5-PLUS: In the world’s elite - has few peers; one of our top-rated 5s!
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Dye, Pete

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Original design by husband & wife team of Pete & Alice Dye; modified by Steve Wenzloff (2016).

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

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Arthur Hills

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Palmer & Nicklaus

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Visitors welcome

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Jacksonville

Designer

Co-designed by Arnold Palmer (The King) & Jack Nicklaus (The Bear).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Jacksonville
Weed, Bobby

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Jacksonville

Designer

Bobby Weed in conjunction with player consultants "Slammin" Sam Snead (The Slammer) & Gene Sarazen (The Squire).

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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.

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Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

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Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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