Jacksonville Feature Stories
Take your game back to school at the TOUR Academy at TPC Sawgrass
While the kids are back in school, maybe it's time to give your golf game an education at boarding school -- the TOUR Academy at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. The TOUR Academy at TPC Sawgrass is one of the most complete teaching academies on earth, Brandon Tucker writes.
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Photo gallery: Eagle Landing golf course at Oakleaf Plantation in Orange Park
Eagle Landing at Oakleaf Plantation just opened in 2006, so it's the new kid on the block in the Jacksonville area. Clyde Johnston did a great job crafting a golf course that borrows classic features, such as the church pew bunkers he copied from Oakmont, and offering some great risk-reward choices.
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Photo gallery: Fernandina Beach Golf Club
The three nines at Fernandina Beach Golf Club each have distinct personalities, from the long-but-open West Course, to the narrow shot-makers' South Course to the quirky North Course, the original nine. There's something here for everyone, as well as great service, smooth greens and a peaceful setting.
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Photo gallery: Eagle Landing golf course at Oakleaf Plantation in Orange Park
Eagle Landing at Oakleaf Plantation just opened in 2006, so it's the new kid on the block in the Jacksonville area. Clyde Johnston did a great job crafting a golf course that borrows classic features, such as the church pew bunkers he copied from Oakmont, and offering some great risk-reward choices.
... full article »Photo gallery: Fernandina Beach Golf Club
The three nines at Fernandina Beach Golf Club each have distinct personalities, from the long-but-open West Course, to the narrow shot-makers' South Course to the quirky North Course, the original nine. There's something here for everyone, as well as great service, smooth greens and a peaceful setting.
... full article »Windy Harbor Golf Club in Mayport: A mission far greater than golf
Part of the appeal of Windy Harbor Golf Club at Naval Station Mayport is its ambiance. At few golf courses can you get a healthy inhale of jet fuel, 8 a.m. revelry, a loudspeaker blaring "The Star-Spangled Banner," and the soft drone of cadence in the distance. The course itself is also memorable because many of the holes don't follow the rules of what a golf hole should be like.
... full article »Selva Marina Country Club in Atlantic Beach, Fla.: Classic golf with a few twists
Selva Marina Country Club in Atlantic Beach, Fla., is an old-school course that has a few unexpected features that make it intriguingly up to date. Expect a lot of water carries on this golf course and a lot of subtleties, like mid-fairway swales. It's also classic golf, a course that's walkable and can be played in less than four hours. One can sense this course is getting some new life breathed into it.
... full article »Photo gallery: Deerfield Lakes Golf Club in Callahan, Fla.
Deerfield Lakes Golf Club, located near Jacksonville in Callahan, puts the "country" in country club. It offers a good test of golf at a low price and a very casual, friendly atmosphere. You'll feel right at home.
... full article »Photo gallery: Windy Harbor Golf Club in Mayport, Fla.
Windy Harbor Golf Club resides within Naval Station Mayport, requiring a darned good reason to be there. Thanks to the MWR program (morale, welfare & recreation), golf qualifies -- but it does require some paperwork and a background check first. It is a military base after all. Once cleared for landing at the club, however, you'll find a unique golf course with surprises throughout.
... full article »Photo gallery: Selva Marina Country Club in Atlantic Beach, Fla.
Selva Marina Country Club laid out a golf course 50 years ago that is now classic. But it didn't stop there. It had the creativity to add some features that make it timeless and fresh, an unusual combination. From a single swale that erupts on a fairway to a single tree right in the way, the course gives you challenge after challenge, few that are alike.
... full article »Photo gallery: Bent Creek Golf Course
Bent Creek Golf Course, a Bobby Weed design, is owned by the city of Jacksonville and is managed by Billy Casper Golf. What does that mean? It's a fantastic golf course with excellent service and reasonable fees.
... full article »Photo gallery: The Golf Club at Fleming Island in Orange Park, Fla.
The Golf Club at Fleming Island, designed by Bobby Weed, is a course where mounds and contours are constant companions. Sometimes they'll work in your favor, deflecting a ball back into the fairway. Sometimes they won't, leaving your ball at a crazy angle to your feet. It's some of that randomness that makes this course fun - you're there for the ride.
... full article »The Golf Club at Fleming Island: A little uncertainty with every shot
There is nothing predictable about The Golf Club at Fleming Island, located in the south Jacksonville suburb of Orange Park. Some holes are straight, while others are doglegs. Some fairways are insanely mounded, while others are pretty much flat. The mounds and contours make each shot a bit of a thrill.
... full article »- Photo gallery: Country Club of Orange Park south of Jacksonville
- Fernandina Beach Golf Club north of Jacksonville: Personality times three
- Country Club of Orange Park: A slice of calm amid the clamor
- Eagle Landing at Oakleaf Plantation is relatively new, but timeless
- Deerfield Lakes Golf Club: Getting down to the basics
- Bent Creek Golf Course: A municipal? Are you kidding me?
- Deercreek Country Club requires more than a ground game
- Arnold Palmer's Mill Cove Golf Club: A course for every man, woman and child
- Champions Club at Julington Creek: An everyman's golf course
- Photo gallery: Champions Club at Julington Creek
- Ponte Vedra Beach-area golf's most important holes -- the 19th holes
- Dye's Valley Course holds its own at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra
- Ponte Vedra Inn and Club's Lagoon golf course is pretty, flirtatious younger sister to Ocean
- Anchored by World Golf Village, Jacksonville's I-95 Corridor offers golfers a myriad of choices
- Jacksonville's Deerwood gets new drainage, greens with major renovation
- There's more to Ponte Vedra than just the Tournament Players Club
- North Florida Hub's Cup Runeth Over with Daily Fee Golf
- Hyde Park Golf Club: Golf the Way it Oughta Be
- Ponte Vedra Inn and Club: Bobby Weed Dives into the Ocean Course with a Passion
- Ponte Vedra Inn and Club: Going Back in Time with the Lagoon Course
- Course Review: Royal St. Augustine Golf & Country Club
- Ponte Vedra Inn and Club: Still Setting the Standard
- Cimarrone Golf Club: Life is Beautiful in Jacksonville
- Amelia Island Plantation: A Garden of Beauty and Activity near Jacksonville