Golf

As countless happy golfers have discovered, Amelia Island is home to 117 holes of stunning, world-class golf.  Some of the world’s best golf architects – Dye, Fazio, Palmer and others – have partnered with Mother Nature herself, creating some of the region’s best golf out of the island’s beautiful natural landscape.  From oceanfront holes and oak-lined fairways, to Intracoastal marsh preserves teeming with wildlife, the links of Amelia Island offer irresistible play for golfers of every skill level.

Amelia Island Plantation
A 1,350-acre sanctuary nestled on the southern tip of the island, Amelia Island Plantation is surrounded by the ocean and captivating green salt marshes.  Consistently named a GOLF Magazine Silver Medal Resort, the Plantation is one of the few resorts in the world touting both a Pete Dye and Tom Fazio course combination – 19,477 yards of masterfully sculpted links. Amelia Links, designed by Pete Dye and Bobby Weed, offers 36 holes on two signature courses, Oak Marsh and Ocean Links.  Ocean Links winds along the coastal Atlantic dune ridge, offering golfers five breathtaking oceanfront holes.  Making the course more challenging, 10 holes also feature lagoons and marsh wetlands.  The equally exhilarating Oak Marsh course offers a breathtakingly scenic 18-hole, par 72, Pete Dye design, featuring 14 holes with water hazards and several bulk headed greens.  Tom Fazio’s Long Point is a pleasant surprise for Florida golfers, with its rolling fairways, natural waste bunkers, and elevations up to 30 feet.  Built in 1987, it has earned top honors from Golf Digest as one of the "Best Places to Play."  The Amelia Island Plantation Golf School, directed by Ed Bowe, also is headquartered at Long Point.  The school overlooks its own private driving range and practice green, and offers students individualized one-on-one and take-home video instruction. 

In addition to Amelia Island Plantation’s 54 holes of golf, the resort offers golf clinics, private lessons, golf packages, two practice ranges, two putting greens, two clubhouses and two pro shops, one with personalized embroidery availability.

The Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach
Adjacent to The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island and Summer Beach Resort, the Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach was designed by PGA Tour professionals Mark McCumber and Gene Littler. The Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach is the only PGA Tournament course on Amelia Island, and offers guests of Summer Beach Resort and The Ritz-Carlton,

Amelia Island exclusive playing privileges at this otherwise private course.  The 6,696-yards of challenging, beautifully landscaped golf winds along the magnificent Atlantic shoreline, weaves through marshes and lakes, and puts water in play on 14 holes.  The course delivers challenging long par fours and short par threes and fives. Woven through the island’s natural marshes, the back nine is bordered with tall trees and dotted with lake obstacles and narrow landing areas. The showcase of the front nine is the par three, 160-yard 5th hole.  Play from the championship tee requires a drive over 150 yards of water to a bulk-headed green banked by one on the left and two on the right.  In addition to playing privileges, guests at both resorts can access the practice range, two putting greens, pro shop and clubhouse.

Fernandina Beach Golf Club
The 27-hole Fernandina Beach Golf Club is widely considered one of the finest public courses in the southeastern U.S.  Like the other courses on the island, the three nines are characterized by 9,479 yards of diversity and natural beauty.  Forests and Bermuda-328 greens adorn the North and West courses, which were designed in the mid-1950s by Ed Matteson.  The shorter North course, with 2,928 yards, is comprised of wide fairways and small elevated greens guarded by bunkers.  The West course features the longest nine in the area at 3,528 yards.  Its distinguished second hole is a par five, 613-yard slight dog-left.  Tommy Birdsong designed the 3,028-yard South course in the mid-1970s. This nine is a tapered arena teeming with water hazards and woods of magnolias and hickories.  The club also offers putting and chipping greens, a driving range and a pro shop.

Many of the island’s hotels and accommodators offer golf packages available year-round, combining the relaxed atmosphere of the island with a long-time guest favorite.

For visitor information and online planning, visit www.ameliaisland.com.

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