Amelia Island Links
Location: In Amelia Island Plantation. The Links is the resort’s original course.
Opened: 1973.
Fast facts: big homes and condos with many overlooking either the marshes or the ocean.
Gated: yes.
Access: Members and resort guests.
Designer: Pete Dye.
Amelia Island Ocean
Location: In Amelia Island Plantation.
Opened: 1997.
Fast facts: big homes and condos with many overlooking either the marshes or the ocean.
Gated: yes.
Access: Members and resort guests.
Designer: Bobby Weed.
Amelia Island Long Point
Location: In Amelia Island Plantation.
Opened: 1986.
Fast facts: big homes and condos with many overlooking either the marshes or the ocean.
Gated: yes.
Access: private club.
Designer: Tom Fazio.
Baymeadows
Location: Corner of I-95 and Baymeadows Road.
Opened: 1974.
Fast facts: Originally intended to be a private club, it never got going and today is a public facility surrounded by condos and apartments.
Gated: no.
Access: open to the public.
Designer: Desmond Muirhead and Gene Sarazen, redesign by Mark McCumber.
Champions Club
Location: it’s the centerpiece of Julington Creek.
Opened: 1988.
Fast facts: the course is surrounded by one of the biggest and fastest-growing developments in the state.
Gated: no.
Access: it’s open to the public.
Designer: Bob Walker did the original nine holes; Steve Melnyk added the second nine.
Cimarrone
Location: SR 210 west of I-95.
Opened: 1988.
Fast facts: the first development along what’s now a booming residential artery.
Gated: yes.
Access: Semi-private.
Designer: David Postlethwait.
Deercreek
Location: On Southside Expressway across from The Avenues.
Opened: 1989.
Fast facts: It’s one of the largest golf
developments in the area. The development
and golf course are separately owned.
Gated: yes.
Access: members only.
Designer: The original layout was by Bob
Walker; the developers finished it.
Deerwood
Location: off Southside Expressway in the Baymeadows area.
Opened: 1963.
Fast facts: the area’s first gated community,
it has some of the most expensive homes and
homesites.
Gated: yes.
Access: members only.
Designer: George Cobb.
Eagle Harbor
Location: On U.S. 17 south of Orange Park.
Opened: 1994.
Fast facts: the first major development in the area, it was built out until the developers acquired more land.
Gated: no.
Access: Semi-private.
Designer: Clyde Johnston.
Glen Kernan
Location: Adjacent to Butler Blvd. between Kernan Blvd. and Hodges Blvd.
Opened: 2001.
Fast facts: very expensive homes and homesites.
Gated: yes.
Access: members only.
Designer: Bob Walker.
Golf Club at Fleming Island
Location: U.S. 17 about halfway between Orange Park and Green Cove Springs.
Opened: 1999.
Fast facts: a new development put together by giant Centex, there are homes and apartments.
Gated: no.
Access: open to public.
Designer: Bobby Weed.
Golf Club of Jacksonville
Location: Off 103rd St. in Southwest Duval County.
Opened: 1988.
Fast facts: The course is adjacent to the Bent Creek development, but ownership is different.
Gated: No.
Access: The golf course is open to the public.
Designer: Bobby Weed
Grand Haven
Location: Just south of Palm Coast. It originally was part of the Palm Coast development, but has been sold to LandMar.
Opened: 1997.
Fast facts: homes both on and off the golf course.
Gated: no.
Access: semi-private.
Designer: Jack Nicklaus.
Hammock Dunes
Location: East of Palm Coast on the ocean.
Opened: 1989.
Fast facts: very expensive including oceanfront condos.
Gated: yes.
Access: members only.
Designer: Tom Fazio.
Hidden Hills
Location: Arlington on Monument Rd.
Opened: 1966.
Fast facts: numerous around the course. The development is separate from the course.
Gated: yes.
Access: members only.
Designer: Dave Gordon with revisions by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay.
Jacksonville Golf & Country Club
Location: Hodges Blvd between Butler Blvd. and Beach Blvd. There’s an entrance off Beach.
Opened: 1989.
Fast facts: Originally an Arvida development, it’s now built out and owned by the membership.
Gated: yes.
Access: members only.
Designer: Clyde Johnston and Fuzzy Zoeller.
King and Bear
Location: West of the World Golf Village.
It’s part of the Village, but it isn’t within the
main complex.
Opened: 2001.
Fast facts: a new development, there are
a few homes on and off the golf course.
Gated: yes.
Access: open to public.
Designer: Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.
Magnolia Point
Location: north of Green Cove Springs
on U.S. 17.
Opened: 1987.
Fast facts: Big homes on and around the course.
The course has 18 holes and is building
another nine to add on-course sites.
Gated: yes.
Access: members only.
Designer: Mark McCumber with
revisions by Steve Melnyk.
Marsh Creek
Location: Anastasia Island south of
St. Augustine.
Opened: 1988.
Fast facts: almost all homes are on the course
overlooking the marshes.
Gated: yes.
Access: members only.
Designer: Mark McCumber.
Marsh Landing
Location: Ponte Vedra Beach just north of the TPC complex.
Opened: 1986.
Fast facts: homes on and off the course. One of the area’s most expensive developments.
Gated: yes.
Access: members only.
Designer: Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay.
North Hampton
Location: On A1A between I-95 and
Fernandina Beach.
Opened: 2000.
Fast facts: on and off the course.
Many sites available.
Gated: no.
Access: open to the public, but it
eventually will be private.
Designer: Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay.
Oak Bridge
Location: On A1A just north of the
TPC complex.
Opened: 1970 as a trailer park, remodeled in 1987 to expand golf course and include homesites.
Fast facts: Originally a trailer park called Thousand Oaks, it was converted to a homesite development and today is built out.
Gated: yes.
Access: Semi-private
Designer: Ed Seay.
Orange Park
Location: west of the Orange Park business district adjacent to the Loch Rane development.
Opened: 1989.
Fast facts: A new owner is making many improvements.
Gated: yes.
Access: Semi-private
Designer: Bob Walker, with revisions by the original developers.
Osprey Cove
Location: Between I-95 and St. Mary’s, Ga., Take the first exit after crossing into Georgia, turn right and go about two miles.
Fast facts: Originally a deleopment by the Gilman Paper Co., it was purchased by LandMar last year and they’ll continue the development.
Opened: 1990.
Gated: yes.
Access: semi-private
Designer: Mark McCumber.
Palm Coast Pine Lakes
Location: West of the main Palm Coast business district.
Opened: 1981.
Fast facts: homes both on and off the golf course.
Gated: no.
Access: open to the public.
Designer: Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay.
Plantation at Ponte Vedra
Location: South Ponte Vedra.
Opened: 1986.
Fast facts: an exclusive development, there are still sites available.
Gated: yes.
Access: members only.
Designer: Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay.
Ponte Vedra Ocean
Location: on the ocean in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Opened: 1928.
Fast facts: the area’s oldest golf development, it’s now built out.
Gated: no.
Access: members and resort guests.
Designer: Herbert Strong, revisions by Robert Trent Jones and Bobby Weed.
Ponte Vedra Lagoon
Location: in Ponte Vedra west of the clubhouse area.
Opened: 1980.
Fast facts: a few on the course.
Gated: no.
Access: members and resort guests.
Designer: Joe Lee.
Queen’s Harbour
Location: Atlantic Blvd. almost to the beach.
Opened: 1991.
Fast facts: many on and off the course, the developer still has sites available.
Gated: yes.
Access: members only.
Designer: Mark McCumber.
Ravines
Location: Middleburg.
Opened: 1979.
Fast facts: a big piece of property that’s still wiating for the population to come its way. Probably the best homesites in North Florida.
Gated: yes.
Access: open to the public.
Designer: Ron Garl with revisions by Mark McCumber.
Royal St. Augustine
Location: on State Road 16 between I-95 and U.S. 1.
Opened: 2001.
Fast facts: homesites and apartments. There are three major builders involved.
Gated: no.
Access: open to the public.
Designer: Chris Commins.
St. Augustine Shores
Location: on U.S. 1 south of St. Augustine.
Opened: 1974.
Fast facts: Homes on and around the course. This originally was a trailer park.
Gated: no.
Access: open to the public.
Designer: unknown.
St. Johns Golf and Country Club
Location: on SR 16 just off I-95.
Opened: 2000.
Fast facts: An Arvida development, there are plenty of homesites available.
Gated: yes.
Access: open to the public, but eventually it will be private.
Designer: Clyde Johnston.
Sawgrass
Location: on the ocean directly east of the TPC complex.
Opened: 1974.
Fast facts: homes and condos. The membership bought the club a few years ago. It has 27 holes and there are homes, condos and zero lot line homes.
Gated: yes.
Access: members only.
Designer: Ed Seay with revisions by Gardner Dickinson.
Slammer and Squaire
Location: World Golf Village.
Opened: 1995.
Fast facts: there are numerous homesites available on and around the course.
Gated: No.
Access: open to the public.
Designer: Bobby Weed.
South Hampton
Location: On State Road 210 west of I-95.
Opened: 1998.
Fast facts: a new development with plenty of sites available.
Gated: no.
Access: open to the public, but it eventually will be private.
Designer: Mark McCumber.
TPC Stadium
Location: Ponte Vedra Beach across A1A from Sawgrass.
Opened: 1980.
Fast facts: there are some condos near the 10th fairway.
Gated: Yes.
Access: open to the public.
Designer: Pete Dye.
TPC Valley
Location: in TPC complex.
Opened: 1987.Fast facts: numerous around the golf course.
Gated: yes.
Access: open to the public.
Designer: Pete Dye and Jerry Pate.