{"id":4306,"date":"2023-10-25T11:57:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2024-07-08T13:58:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:58:13","slug":"top-40-public-courses-florida-2023-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/top-40-public-courses-florida-2023-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 40 Public Courses-Florida 2023\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Regatta Bay Golf & Country Club, Destin FL<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Most everyone has heard about great Florida golf resorts like Streamsong<\/span><\/a>, TPC Sawgrass<\/span><\/a> and PGA Village<\/span><\/a>, but there are a whole lot of terrific public courses that are not part of a resort property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re looking for great Florida golf<\/span><\/a> without breaking the bank account at a high-end resort, take a look at the Top 40 courses below, and start planning a get-away–keeping in mind that there are plenty of nice hotels and restaurants to choose from throughout Florida (and the GolfDay Course Page includes a link to Google map and directions for every course). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While each of the Top 40 has a GolfDay Rating above 90, Florida offers 136 independent public courses with a rating of 85 or higher (premium) and 238 with a rating of 80 or more (well above average).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ron Garl<\/span><\/a> leads the list for premier public course design in Florida with original design or updates at 7 of the top 40 public courses, including The Club at Eaglebrooke in Lakeland (No. 22) and University Park in Sarasota (No. 32).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Lee<\/span><\/a> is at the top as well with design at 4 of the leading public courses in Florida, including Deer Island Country Club in Taveres (No. 8) and Abacoa in Jupiter (No. 9). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fox Hollow Golf Club, Trinity: Robert Trent Jones, Sr<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Florida Top 40 public also includes design by eminent architects such as Donald Ross<\/span><\/a> (New Smyrna Golf Club\/No. 29), Jack Nicklaus<\/span><\/a> (Old Corkscrew\/No. 2),  Robert Trent Jones, Sr<\/span><\/a>. (Fox Hollow\/No. 13), Tom Fazio<\/span><\/a> (Champions Club at Summerfield\/No. 33), Rees Jones<\/span><\/a> (LPGA International\/No. 15) and Robert Trent Jones II<\/span><\/a>. (Celebration Golf Club\/No. 10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GolfDay rating is based on a variety of criteria, including the stature of the architect(s) who did the original design(s), updates that have been done on the course(s), USGA<\/span><\/a> Course and Slope Ratings, the quality and diversity of practice facilities, general course conditioning and current reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click Top 40 Florida Public Courses<\/span><\/a> for a map view of locations (click a flag for course name and details).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are dead set on a resort vacation, take to look at the GolfDay Florida Top 25 Resorts<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if you are want to browse for courses in a specific area, visit the GolfDay Search Page<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Southern Dunes Golf & Country Club<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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  1. Southern Dunes Golf & Country Club<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\/<\/strong>Haines City<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n