When the winter chill has set in and the holidays are in the rear view, it’s time to start planning a golf get-away—and Florida is the premier destination for great weather and top-notch golf.

We’ve compiled our Top 25 Florida Resorts for 2024-2025, listed by GolfDay Rating with web-site links as well as course description, accommodations and map location to make it easy to browse and formulate your plan.

Tom Fazio designs are included in 4 of the Top 25, including PGA Village (No. 4) and PGA National (No. 8) as well as the Ritz-Carlton Members Club in Sarasota and Omni Amelia Island.

Arnold Palmer Design has a strong presence with 5 among the Top 25, beginning with Bay Hill (No. 6) and the Palmer Course at PGA National. 

Sandestin (No. 5) and The Breakers (No. 10) each include Rees Jones designs, and Jack Nicklaus weighed in as well with PGA National’s Champion course and the iconic “Bear Trap,” as well as his wonderful new designs at Grand Cypress in Orlando (No. 19).  

The architectural genius of Pete Dye is on display at both TPC Sawgrass and PGA Village, as well as 2 additional courses among the Top 25 (Gasparilla Inn and Amelia Island).

Streamsong, our No. 1 Florida golf resort with 3 fantastic layouts by Tom Doak, Coore & Crenshaw and Gil Hanse, got even better with the addition of a new fabulous short course (“The Chain”).  

Click Top 25 Florida Resorts for a map overview of the resort locations (hover over a flag and the resort name will come up, and click for details).

Any time you are looking for great public golf, or planning a vacation, the GolfDay Search Engine makes it easy to find the best courses and a better bang for your buck. 

1. Streamsong Resort/Bowling Green, FL

• Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: Tom Doak/Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw/Gil Hanse
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Blue:               74.0 Rating/134 Slope
Red:                74.1 Rating/137 Slope
Black:             74.7 Rating/135 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets and Fairway Bunker, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 100.0
• Location

2. TPC Sawgrass/Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: Pete Dye/Alice Dye/Jerry Pate/Steve Wenzloff/Bobby Weed
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Stadium:                      76.8 Rating/155 Slope
Dye’s Valley:               74.0 Rating/134 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers and Tour Academy.
• Course Descriptions
• Junior Golf
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 100.00
• Location

3. Trump National Doral/Miami Florida

• Holes: 72 (4 Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: Dick Wilson/Gil Hanse/Greg Norman/Raymond Floyd/Jerry Pate
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Blue Monster:          77.4 Rating/146 Slope
Red Tiger:                  71.8 Rating/136 Slope
Silver Fox:                  74.9 Rating/148 Slope
Golden Palm:           74.2 Rating/139 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Expansive Lighted Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with bunkers and Rick Smith Golf School.
• Course Descriptions
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• GolfDay Rating: 100
• Location

4. PGA Village/Port St. Lucie, FL

• Holes: 70 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses and 6 Hole Par 3)
• Course Architects: Tom Fazio/Pete Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Wanamaker:          75.2 Rating/145 Slope
Dye:                           75.7 Rating/142 Slope
Ryder:                       73.2 Rating/133 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Extensive including Lighted Grass Range with Targets, Wedge Range, Putting Greens, Chipping Greens with Multiple Bunkers and PGA Golf School.
• Course Descriptions
• Golf Academy/Junior Golf
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• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 100
• Location

5. Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort/Miramar Beach, FL

• Holes: 72 (4 Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: Rees Jones/Robert Trent Jones, Jr./Tom Jackson
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Burnt Pine:   74.4 Rating/148 Slope
Raven:            73.2 Rating/137 Slope
Links:              72.7 Rating/139 Slope
Baytowne:    73.7 Rating/141 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Ranges, Putting and Chipping Greens at each course (Burnt Pine includes Bunker, Baytowne Irons Only) with Sandestin Academy.
• Course Descriptions
• Golf Academy/Junior Golf
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 98.2
• Location

6. Bay Hill Club & Lodge/Orlando, FL

     Arnold Palmer Golf

• Holes: 27 Holes (3 Nine Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: Dick Wilson/Joe Lee/Bob Lee/Arnold Palmer
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Champion:                 37.9 Rating/142 Slope
Challenger:                38.5 Rating/133 Slope
Charger:                      35.3 Rating/129 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Golf Academy.
• Course Descriptions
• Golf Academy
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 95.6
• Location

7. The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort-Tiburon/Naples, FL

     Ritz-Carlton

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: Greg Norman/Tad Burnett
• USGA Course/Slope Rating

Black:             73.5 Rating/144 Slope
Gold:               75.7 Rating/145 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Golf Academy.
• Course Descriptions
• Golf Academy
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 95.0
• Location

8. PGA National Resort/Palm Beach Gardens, FL

• Holes: 90 (4 Eighteen Hole Courses, Match-Play Course and Nine Hole Par 3 (Staple))
• Course Architects: Tom Fazio/Jack Nicklaus/Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay/George Fazio/Karl Litten/Andy Staples
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Champion:              75.4 Rating/144 Slope
Palmer:                     74.7 Rating/142 Slope
Fazio:                         74.4 Rating/138 Slope
Estate:                       72.6 Rating/138 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Double Sides Grass Driving Range with Targets, Edge Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers, Leadbetter Academy and Pelz Golf School.
• Course Descriptions
• Golf Academy
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 94.6
• Location

9. ChampionsGate Golf Club/Champions Gate, FL

     Omni Hotels & Resorts

       Holes: 45 (2 Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses and Lighted Nine Hole Par 3 Course)

• Course Architects: Greg Norman/Mathew Dusenberry
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

International:            75.3 Rating/138 Slope
National:                     75.0 Rating/136 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Target Greens, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers and Leadbetter Academy.
• Course Descriptions
• Golf Academy
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 94.5
• Location

10. The Breakers/Palm Beach, FL

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: Alex Findlay/William Langford/Theodore Moreau/Joe Lee/Brian Silva/Willard Byrd/Ken Green/Rees Jones
• USGA Course Course/Slope Rating:

Ocean:             67.8 Rating/126 Slope
Jones:              74.5 Rating/143 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Ranges, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker (Irons Only-Ocean/Full Length-Jones) and John Webster Golf Academy.
• Course Descriptions
• Golf Academy
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 94.1
• Location

11. Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge/Winter Garden, FL

• Holes: 45 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses and Nine Hole Executive Course)
• Course Architects: Phil Ritson/Dave Harman/Isao Aoki
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Panther Lake:           75.2 Rating/141 Slope
Crooked Cat:             75.9 Rating/140 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens.
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• Golf Academy
• Accommodations/Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 93.8
• Location

12. Waldorf Astoria Golf Club/Orlando, FL

       Waldorf Astoria

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Rees Jones
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.5 Rating/145 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens
• Course Description
• Golf Academy
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 93.5
• Location

13. Reunion Resort & Golf Club/Kissimmee, FL

• Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: Arnold Palmer/Tom Watson/Jack Nicklaus
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Nicklaus:                     74.8 Rating/140 Slope
Watson:                       75.0 Rating/136 Slope
Palmer:                        73.6 Rating/141 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Golf Academy.
• Course Descriptions
• Golf Academy
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 93.2
• Location

14. Mission Inn Resort & Club/Howey-in-the-Hills, FL

        Florida Historic Golf Trail

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: George O’Neil/Charles E. Clarke/Tom Line/Gary Koch/Ron Garl
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

El Campeon:              74.6 Rating/142 Slope
Las Colinas:                75.4 Rating/132 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting Green and Golf Academy
• Course Descriptions
• Golf Academy
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• Florida Historic Golf Trail
• GolfDay Rating: 93.0
• Location

15. Innisbrook Resort/Palm Harbor, FL

       Salamander Golf & Beach Resort

• Holes: 72 (4 Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: Larry Packard/Roger Packard/Jerry Pate
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Copperhead: 75.6 Rating/144 Slope
Island:            75.5 Rating/142 Slope
North:             69.9 Rating/126 Slope
South:             71.9 Rating/133 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Extensive with Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens, Practice Bunkers and Golf Institute
• Course Descriptions
• Golf Academy
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 92.7
• Location

16. The Resort at Longboat Key/Longboat Key, FL

       The Opal Collection

• Holes: 45 (Eighteen Hole Course and 3 Nine Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: Willard Byrd/William Mitchell/Ron Garl
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Links:           74.6 Rating/142 Slope
Red Hawk:   36.9 Rating/144 Slope
White Egret: 36.9 Rating/138 Slope
Blue Heron:  37.2 Rating/153 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Chipping and Putting Green with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions
• Photos
• Accommodations
• Marina
• GolfDay Rating: 92.6
• Location

17. Ritz-Carlton Members Club/Sarasota, FL

        Ritz-Carlton

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Tom Fazio
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.9 Rating/135 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Targets and Fairway Bunkers, Multiple Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers.
• Course Description
• Photos
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 92.5
• Location

18. Ponte Vedra Inn & Club/Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

       Florida Historic Golf Trail

• Holes: 36 ((2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: W. D. Clark/Herbert Strong/Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Joe Lee/Robert Walker/Bobby Weed/Allan MacCurrach
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Ocean:   73.5 Rating/141 Slope
Lagoon: 68.4 Rating/126 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• Florida Historic Golf Trail
• GolfDay Rating: 92.3
• Location

19. JW Marriot Marco Island/Marco Island, FL  

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Courses Architects: Joe Lee/Bob Cupp/Robert von Hagge/Bruce Devlin/Peter Jacobsen/Jim Hardy
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Rookery:                     75.4 Rating/142 Slope
Hammock Bay:        73.9 Rating/138 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
• Course Descriptions
• Golf Academy
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 92.1
• Location

20. Grand Cypress Golf Club/Orlando, FL

       Evermore Orlando Resort

• Holes: 36 (Two Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Cypress: 74.0 Rating/127 Slope
Links:     71.9 Rating/121 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Descriptions
• Junior Golf
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 92.1
• Location

21. Gasparilla Inn & Golf Club/Boca Grande, FL

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: David Wallace/Pete Dye/Alice Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.9 Rating/132 Slope
• Practice Facilities Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens
• Course Description
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 91.3
• Location

22. Biltmore Golf Course/Coral Gables, FL

       The Biltmore Hotel/Florida Historic Golf Trail

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Donald Ross/William Langford/Mark Mahannah/Brian Silva
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.3 Rating/132 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Driving Range (Grass Thursday-Sunday/Mats Monday-Wednesday) with Targets, Putting Greens (3) and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Jim McLean Golf Academy.
• Course Description
• Golf School
• Accommodations
• Florida Historic Golf Trail
• GolfDay Rating: 91.1
• Location

23. Omni Amelia Island/Amelia Island, FL

        Omni Hotels & Resorts

• Holes: 46 (2 Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses and Ten Hole Par 3 Course-Little Sandy)
• Course Architects: Tom Fazio/Pete Dye/Bobby Weed/Beau Welling
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Long Point:                 73.1 Rating/137 Slope
Oak Marsh:                 72.4 Rating/134 Slope

• Practice Facilities: Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Golf Academy.
• Course Descriptions
• Accommodations
• GolfDay Rating: 91.0
• Location

24. Shingle Creek Golf Club/Orlando, FL

       The Rosen Hotel

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Dave Harman/Arnold Palmer/Thad Layton
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.3 Rating/137 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting Greens (3), Chipping Green with Bunkers and Golf Academy.
• Course Description
• Golf Academy
• Accommodations
• Golf Packages
• GolfDay Rating: 90.6
• Location

25. Lost Key Golf & Beach Club/Pensacola, FL

       Perdido Beach Resort

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay/Thad Layton/Brandon Johnson
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.9 Rating/145 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Description
• Accommodations
• Specials
• GolfDay Rating: 90.5
• Location

The GolfDay Resort rating is based on a variety of criteria, including the stature of the architect(s) who did the original design(s), the variety of courses located at the property, updates that have been done on the course(s), USGA Course and Slope Ratings, current local and national rankings by Golf Digest and Golfweek, the quality and diversity of practice facilities, general course conditioning and current reviews, as well as the quality of accommodations and level of service