Jacksonville Golf Course Reviews
Ponte Vedra Inn and Club's Lagoon golf course is pretty, flirtatious younger sister to Ocean
The Lagoon course at Ponte Vedra Inn and Club was designed by Robert Trent Jones and Joe Lee with a later dramatic renovation by Bobby Weed. It is shorter and easier than its big brother, the Ocean course, but Lagoon has its individual charms, Tim McDonald writes.
... full article »Jacksonville's Deerwood gets new drainage, greens with major renovation
Deerwood Country Club, the oldest gated community in Jacksonville, now has the area's newest golf course. After an eight-month renovation program that required members to play at other area courses, the 18-hole facility reopened over Labor Day with greatly improved drainage and a few new holes designed by architect Brian Silva. Deerwood was already used for local U.S. Open and Mid-Amateur qualifying tournaments, and members say they expect that will continue in the future.
... full article »Hyde Park Golf Club: Golf the Way it Ought to Be
Golf courses built during the Golden Age of golf design, the period of classic course construction between World War I and the onset of the Great Depression, sometimes are revered simply because they're old. True, some demand study and praise of the highest order, particularly if the name Ross, Tillinghast, MacDonald, or MacKenzie is attached to it, but far too many of these require exclusive connections to play.
... full article »Ponte Vedra Inn and Club: Bobby Weed Dives into the Ocean Course with a Passion
In 1928, the Ponte Vedra Inn's 18-hole course was the singular definition of golf in Ponte Vedra Beach. Its original holes (now called the Ocean Course), designed by British architect Herbert Strong, were among the first in Florida to garner national attention. Since then everything has changed.
... full article »Ponte Vedra Inn and Club: Going Back in Time with the Lagoon Course
It's nowhere near as old as its sibling course, but the Lagoon Course at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club still predates any other golf courses in Ponte Vedra Beach. Nine of its holes date back to 1961 when Robert Trent Jones added them just west of the sixth through ninth holes of the old Ocean Course, which he had revised in 1947. In 1977, Joe Lee was brought in to add another Lagoon nine, giving the resort 36 holes in two distinct courses.
... full article »Course Review: Royal St. Augustine Golf & Country Club
For years the residents of St. Augustine were limited to two adequate but uninspiring golf courses: St. Johns County to the west of town and the abysmal St. Augustine Shores. They could also chose to work the resort angle at either the Radisson Ponce de Leon or the handful of posh tracks in Ponte Vedra thirty minutes to the north, but these expensive options hardly seem appealing for the everyday player.
... full article »Ponte Vedra Inn and Club: Still Setting the Standard
It's well known that Ponte Vedra Beach is one of the premier golf destinations in the land. It seems like it always has been. But that doesn't explain how it happened. The truth is there's no real reason that it should be this way. 75 years ago the area was anything but a paradise of resorts waiting to happen.
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