Best golf courses: Florida - South West

Golf in Naples, Port Charlotte & Sarasota: The selection of golf courses in south west Florida is also pretty extensive. Enjoy a few rounds at the championship course at University Park Country Club in Sarasota or the scenic woodland environment, stylish layout and excellent bunkering at Old Corkscrew Golf Club in Naples/Fort Myers. The resort golf courses here are also top-grade, particularly the five-star rated Ritz-Carlton Members Club set amidst a landscape of wetlands and open fields. 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 South West Florida on our customised maps.

3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Ross, Donald

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Naples / Ft Myers

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Donald Ross

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
von Hagge & Devlin

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Visitors welcome

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Naples / Ft Myers

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Robert von Hagge & Bruce Devlin

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Rsrt guests only
Naples / Ft Myers
Jacobsen & Hardy

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Naples / Ft Myers

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Peter Jacobsen & Jim Hardy

3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Garl, Ron

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Naples / Ft Myers

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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.

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Rsrt guests only
Naples / Ft Myers
Jones, Rees

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Naples / Ft Myers

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Rees Jones

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Nicklaus, Jack

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Naples / Ft Myers

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A Jack Nicklaus Signature Design

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Love III, Davis

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Naples / Ft Myers

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A Davis Love III Signature course

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Norman, Greg

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Naples / Ft Myers

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Greg Norman

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Norman, Greg

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Naples / Ft Myers

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Greg Norman

3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Lewis, Gordon

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Naples / Ft Myers

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Gordon Lewis

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Jones Sr, Trevino & Player

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Naples / Ft Myers

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Flamingo Island course - Robert Trent Jones (1990); Mustang course - Lee Trevino (1991); The Classics CC - Gary Player (1991).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Naples / Ft Myers
Floyd, Raymond

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Naples / Ft Myers

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Raymond Floyd

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Rsrt guests only
Naples / Ft Myers
Cupp Jr, Jacobsen & Hardy

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Naples / Ft Myers

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Original design by Joe Lee (1991); revamped by Robert "Bobby" Cupp Jr (2002), and Peter Jacobsen & Jim Hardy (2014).

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Naples / Ft Myers
Hurdzan/Fry

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Private club

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Naples / Ft Myers

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Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry).

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

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Sarasota

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Gordon Lewis

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

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Sarasota

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Bob Tway and Lee Singletary

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

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Private club

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Sarasota

Designer

Chip Powell

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

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Sarasota

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Ron Garl

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

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Private club

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Sarasota

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

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

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Sarasota

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Arthur Hills

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

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(Closed in 2013)

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Sarasota

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Ron Garl

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

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Sarasota

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Ted McAnlis

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

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Sarasota

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Chip Powell

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Rsrt guests only
Sarasota
Fazio, Tom

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Sarasota

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Tom Fazio

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

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Private club

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Sarasota

Designer

Jack Nicklaus in association with Tony Jacklin.

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

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Sarasota

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Arthur Hills

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

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Sarasota

Designer

Gene Bates

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

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Visitors welcome

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Sarasota

Designer

Arthur Hills

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