The Palencia Club

600 Palencia Club Drive,

St Augustine, Florida FL 32095

  • Office

    +1 (904) 599 9030
  • Pro shop

    +1 (904) 599 9030
  • Fax

    +1 (904) 599 9031
  • Golf pro

    John Upton (Director of Golf)

About the course

  • The Course:

    18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Relatively flat terrain.

  • Surroundings:

    Woodland and residential.

  • Designer:

    Arthur Hills
Back
tees
Club
tees
Front
tees
Yards
7073
5665
4936
Par
72
72
72
SSS or slope
74.5
68.2
68.2

Location

Latitude:

30.026397

Longitude:

-81.385222

How to get there:

26 miles SE of downtown Jacksonville

The Palencia Club

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.

Est. 2002

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.
List of courses: Florida - North East

Visitors

Who can play and when?

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).

Green fees

Contact Florida First Coast of Golf or Marriott Sawgrass for info on playing possibilities, golf rates and Stay&Play rates and packages.
Credit cards accepted.

Other information

Non-metal spike facility. Walking permitted at certain times (contact Pro Shop for information).

Practice facilities

Excellent

Did you know?

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.

Where2Stay

  • Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & SpaAAA 3-Diamonds

    1000 PGA Tour Boulevard, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 32082

    +1 (904) 285 7777

    Visit website
    The 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.
    • Golf at this hotel:

      No

    • Golf within 5 miles:

      TPC Sawgrass - Stadium and Valley courses (o.6 mls); Sawgrass CC; Ponte Vedra Inn; Windsor Parke; Marsh Landing.

    • Golf within 20 miles:

      Queen's Harbour; Cimarrone; South Hampton; St Johns G&CC; Palencia; Champions at Julington Creek.

  • The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village4-star

    500 South Legacy Trail, St Augustine, FL 32092

    +1 (904) 940 8000

    Visit website
    As 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.
    • Golf at this hotel:

      Slammer & Squire

    • Golf within 5 miles:

      King & Bear; Palencia

    • Golf within 20 miles:

      St Johns GC; Royal St Augustine; St Johns G&CC; Cimarrone; South Hampton; Champions at Julington Creek.

Find a course

Or

Tournaments

Ryder Cup: Rome plays host to the first ever Ryder Cup to be staged in Italy, with the USA defending golf’s greatest team trophy at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (Sept 29-Oct 1).

Solheim Cup: also in September, also in southern Europe, the 18th Solheim Cup will be contested at Finca Cortesin on the Costa del Sol, with Europe defending after their surprise win in Toledo, Inverness Club (Ohio) in 2021 (Sept 22-24). 

Who's Who

Céline Boutier: with many successes as both an amateur and professional golfer, Boutier added a major championship title to her impressive résumé at this year’s Evian Championship.

Alex Cejka: buffeted by rain and high winds, especially on the high-scoring final day, Čejka prevailed over Pádraig Harrington in a playoff at Royal Porthcawl, to scoop the Senior Open Championship title.

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

Popular videos

You can subscribe to the Where2Golf channel on YT if you like to see more video content. You'll find a "Subscribe" button on any of our YouTube videos. Or if you want a quick and direct access subscribe here. Once done, any new published videos will show up in your Subscriptions feed.

Hamburger GC - Falkenstein, Germany

WINSTONgolf - Links course

Littlestone Golf Club (Kent, UK)