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Golf Professional of the Year: Jack Aschenbach - Amelia NationalHorton Smith Award (Education): Jim Houston - Eagle Harbor

Bill Strausbaugh Award (Service): Todd Bork - San Jose The President’s Plaque (Growth of the Game): Mike Lynch - Golf Channel Solutions

Junior Golf Leader: Eli Reid - North HamptonTeacher of the Year: Mary Hafeman - Mary Hafeman Golf Experience - Windsor Parke

Merchandisers of the Year: Derek DiStefano - North Hampton - (Public)

Todd Bork - San Jose - (Private)Bruce Mohler - Ponte Vedra Inn & Club - (Resort)

Patriot Award: Jack Aschenbach - Amelia National Assistant Golf Professional of the Year: Michael Broderick- Palencia

Amateur of the Year: Bob Streightiff - JAGA President - Queen’s HarbourSales Representative of the Year: Scott Railing - Nike Golf

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Time flies when you’re having fun but it sure goes quicker when you see some success, too.

It’s been a year since we started this magazine. It was a dream and I knew very well that starting a magazine in this economy might not be the smartest thing to do. I rationalized by recalling the other not-so-smart things I’ve done in life, and somehow I’m still around.

The magazine is still around, 12 issues and a bit over a year later. We’re holding our own and no one is giving up their day job. We have a bright hope for the future because we’ve stuck with our business and editorial plans, and they’re being accepted.

A year ago, in our inaugural issue, I wrote this to explain why we started Jacksonville Golf:

“Information was the biggest need. People around here want to play but they simply didn’t have an avenue to find out what’s available. We hope to provide dates and information on what’s available.”

It was a niche that needed to be filled. We think we’re filling it. We print schedules and we print a course directory.

We also print local news because there isn’t much available. I wrote, “The need: more local golf information.” Read through this and you’ll find news.

But none of this happens if the dollars aren’t there.

Again, from this page a year ago: “We think Jacksonville Golf provides the right venue at the right price. We assure advertisers that we reach golfers because that’s where we distrib-ute: at golf clubs. Every issue is read by people who have a strong interest in the game.”

We’ve had a positive response there, too. People like the folks at Underwood Jewelers, the Winn-Dixie Open, Hampton Golf, Honours Golf and others have recognized the power of our distribution. We’re well-read, for sure, and it’s just as important that we’re well-read by the target audience, the golfing consumer. If an advertiser is trying to reach this person, this magazine is a very good route to travel.

The future?

It’s somewhat of a rule (maybe a guess) that start-up businesses take three years to get truly established. For us, that means positive cash flow to cover all costs (that’s been done, every month) and have enough left over to pay the additional costs that come with growth. Also, to afford a few salaries.

I see the golf economy coming back. There’s every indication of that, at least in this market. There’s no boom here, for sure, but the specter of a bust seems to have gone away.

The headline here is “Our first birthday.”

I look forward to a year from now when the headline will be “Our second birthday.”

As always, I’m at [email protected].

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Players donates to Wolfson

It was another record year for The Players with a donation of $5.9 mil-lion to over 200 area charities and the formal announcement came pri-or to the Jaguars-Cincinnati game last month. Twenty minutes before kickoff, the tournament leadership, including past chairmen in their sig-nature red coats, assembled on the

field as volunteers unfurled a large banner with the money total. In addition to the red coats and their newest member, 2011 chairman Jim Fuller, the group included Jackson-ville Mayor Alvin Brown, Champions Tour player Fred Funk, 2012 chair-man Curtis Hazel and tournament director Matt Rapp.

Part of the Players record chari-table donations this year is going to establish The Players Center for Child Health at Wolfson Children’s Hospital and PGA Tour player Jim Furyk (right) participated in the announcement last month. The tournament will make a lead gift of $1 million and past chairmen (from left) Rufus Dowell, Lynn Stoner, Tom Healy, Mike Hartley, Hugh Dunn and Jim Fuller were on hand.

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Winn-Dixie may run a distant second around here in the grocery business but they might be No. 1 in sports promotion.

It’s hard to believe a second ba-nana like the Nationwide Tour being a big success here because nothing ever has, except the Jacksonville Suns. The golf tour-nament was a huge hit and can’t imagine that they already haven’t started discussions about extend-ing the contract, which runs out next year. <<<

The local Arena Football League team lost its best player for an unusual reason. Aaron Garcia, football’s all-time TD pass leader, wants to go into coaching but there wasn’t an opportunity here so he signed with San Antonio. His replacement might work out nicely: you Gator fans will re-member that Chris Leak always looked like he was more suited to a run-and-shoot game like the indoor kind. <<<

The World Golf Village’s excellent Bob Hope exhibit is now at the Green Bay Packers’ museum with the help of a former Jaguar. Tim Connolly was the Jags’ market-ing man who joined the Packers last year and when that museum was looking for fresh exhibits, he suggested they take a look down here. <<<

The Sawgrass Marriott’s financial problems hit the wall last month and the resort will be taken over by its major lender, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Co. The Irish owners couldn’t find new inves-

tors and bombed out. No word on its future but, if you have a spare $132 million, Goldman will talk about it with you. <<<

If the Southeastern Conference is football’s best league, some-one needs to tell the Jags. They have one player (Florida’s Jerome Mincey.) When Cincinnati recent-ly visited, the Bengals had 12 from the SEC. <<<

Jacksonville U. will bring in some big names to celebrate Artis Gilm-ore’s induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame. It’s December 2 at the Arena and you’ll meet folk like Rick Barry, Sam Jones and George Gervin. <<<

Could it be an all orange-and-blue Gator Bowl with Illinois playing Florida? Ron Zook vs. his old team? Or do we get Joe Pa-terno’s last game as Penn State’s coach? <<<

The Florida State Golf Associa-tion likes to keep its events in mid-state and that’s logical. But c’mon, guys, you aren’t going to get anyone up here excited about becoming members when our cor-ner of the state gets only one of the 34 events on your schedule.Our lone visit will be the Boys Ju-nior at Sawgrass in July. <<<

Football at UNF? Not anytime soon, says Athletics Director Lee Moon: “I don’t want the problems that follow college football.” <<<

Proud of the condition of your greens? Good, but here’s a buck that says they aren’t as good as those at the Plantation Country Club.

Why isn’t Pete Banaczak back on the Jaguars’ post-game radio show? He couldn’t commit to the whole season, says host Cole Pep-per. The feisty Banaczak retired from his day job at Crowley and wants to travel. <<<

Don’t know the other candidates but the North Florida PGA would do itself proud by putting our Mike Lynch on its leadership lad-der. He’s served wonderfully well here as our Chapter’s president.Sports talk radio is having the problems that all media face and our AM-1010 did well by admit-ting its error by dumping the tawdry and jaded Lex and Terry show. They brought little sports and a lot of baloney to the air. And no more ads, which was the whole purpose of bringing them on. <<<

And has anyone seen the Grease-man? <<<

Looks like we have a winner in young A.J. Crouch. The St. Au-gustine Amateur is below the national radar but winning there isn’t something that any old chump can do, much less a high school senior. <<<

Jacksonville U. hired a women’s golf coach simply because they realized the obvious: one person (Mike Blackburn, in this case) can’t coach both the men’s and women’s teams because their schedules keep them apart. So they landed a good one in Ash-ley Prange, a good college players herself who has some Tour suc-cess. <<<

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The PGA of America gives annual awards in a number of categories and the nominations for those awards come from the Chapter level.

In our case, it’s the Northern Chap-ter of the North Florida PGA, which last month presented its own awards at a dinner at Jacksonville G&CC.

The people who won here are now the nominees for the next level, the North Florida Section, where they’ll go up against winners from the Sec-tion’s other three chapters.

Those winners then are nominees for the national awards.


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Professional of the Year AwardPatriot Golf Leader AwardJack Aschenbach, Amelia National

The top award goes to a work-ing club professional whose total contributions to the game best exemplify the complete PGA pro-fessional. The Patriot Award is for the pro who, according to the PGA of America, “personifies patriotism through the game of golf and demonstrates unwaver-ing commitment and dedication to the Armed Services.” Aschen-bach, the chapter’s vice president, organized numerous programs including “Freedom Friday” that has received national attention.

Horton Smith AwardJim Houston, Eagle Harbor Golf Club.

Special recognition for outstand-ing and continuing contribu-tions to professional education.

Bill Strausbaugh AwardTodd Bork, San Jose CC

For pros who mentor their fel-low professionals in improving their employment situations and through service to the community.

President’s PlaqueMike Lynch, Golf Channel Solutions

Recognizes a pro for extraordi-nary and exemplary contributions and achievements in the area of player development, including leadership commitment. Lynch is the current Chapter president.

Assistant of the Year Mike Broderick, The Palencia Club

This award goes to an assistant pro “whose enthusiasm, growth and leadership to the facility and

involvement in the Chapter re-flect the potential to lead and contribute to the future of the game and industry.” Broderick is the current Chapter secretary.

Merchandisers of the YearTodd Bork, San Jose CC, private clubs

Bruce Mohler, Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, resorts.

Derek DiStefano; Golf Club at North Hampton, public.

Recognizes pros who have ex-celled as merchandisers in the promotion of golf.

Teacher of the Year Mary Hafeman, Windsor Parke and Champions Club.

This award is based on a profession-al’s overall performance in teach-ing including innovative programs they’ve initiated or implemented.

Junior Golf Leader Eli Reid, Golf Club at North Hampton

The award recognizes a pro who is a leader in junior golf and who reflects the ideals of those who work with youth.

Sales Representative of the Year Scott Railing, PGA; Nike

This recognizes the sales rep whose support and contributions enhance relations with professionals, their clubs and his or her own company.

Amateur of the Year Bob Streightiff, Jacksonville Area Golf Association

Streightiff, a member of Queen’s Harbour, is the current JAGA president and was recognized for his efforts in improving rela-tions between pros and ama-teurs, and for leading the lo-cal amateur association.

‘Sea of Red’for veterans(The writer is vice president of the Northern Chapter of the North Florida PGA.)

Just wanted to fill everyone in on a special event coming up on Friday, November 11. This day we all know as Veteran’s Day. A day to remember all who have served and are serving our coun-try.

The Northern Chapter of the North Florida PGA has a goal to create the “Sea of Red” on all of our golf courses. I am in the process of spreading the word through the PGA and I need your help to get this done. Your mis-sion, should you choose to ac-cept it, is to spread the word via every means of communications. Together we can accomplish any-thing!

As you are aware, the North-ern Chapter professionals have actively promoted the wearing of Freedom Friday shirts on ev-ery Friday. Our efforts this year, along with Patriot Golf Day, raised more than $22,000 in support of our troops and their families. We will also raise funds on Nov. 11 to add to this contri-bution.

Thanks in advance for your dedi-cation and devotion for making this happen.

Jack Aschenbach,Amelia National

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Nov. 5: Deercreek.

Nov. 20: St. Johns G&CC.

Dec. 4: St. Johns G&CC.

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Nov. 21: Club Team Championship, Deerwood.

Dec. 13: Directors, Fleming Island.

Jan. 17: Directors, Blue Cypress.

Feb. 14: Directors, Eagle Harbor.

Mar. 13: Directors, Amelia River.

Apr. 17: Directors, Mill Cove.

May 15: Directors, Magnolia Point.

June 25: Directors, TBA

July 17: Directors, Timuquana.

Aug. 20: Directors, Sawgrass.

Sept. 18: Directors, TBA.

Oct. 16: Directors, TBA.

Nov. 19: Directors, San Jose.

Dec. 18: Directors, TBA.

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Nov. 2: Eagle Landing.

Nov. 9: Amelia National.

Nov. 16: Jacksonville G&CC.

Nov. 28: Glen Kernan.

Dec. 7: Fernandina Beach.

Dec. 12: Hidden Hills.

Jan. 11: Dye’s Valley.

Jan. 18: Eagle Harbor.

Jan. 25: South Hampton.

Feb. 1: Selva Marina.

Feb. 8: North Hampton.

Feb. 15: Ponte Vedra Ocean.

Feb. 22: Sawgrass.

Feb. 29: Golf Club of Amelia.

Mar. 7: San Jose.

Mar. 14: Plantation.

Mar. 21: Amelia Island Plantation Ocean.

Mar. 28: St Johns G&CC.

Apr. 4: Queen’s Harbour.

Apr. 18: Hyde Park.

Apr 25: Jacksonville Beach.

May 2: Closing day at Palencia.

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Nov. 7: Sawgrass Pro-Am.

Nov. 21: Pro-Am Tournament of Champions, Amelia National.

Dec. 12: Partners Pro-Am, TBA.

Northeast Florida Seniors GA

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Nov. 14: Palm Harbor.

Nov. 21: Hidden Hills.

Dec. 12: Cypress Course Grand Club.

Jan. 16: LPGA Champions.

Jan. 23: St. Johns G&CC.

Feb. 13: Pine Course at Palm Coast.

Feb. 27: South Hampton.

March 5: Grand Haven.

March 26: Eagle Landing.

PGA Tours

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March 22-25: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Orlando.

April 6-9: Masters, Augusta.

May 10-13: Players, TPC Stadium.

LPGA Tour

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Dec. 2-5: Tour Championship, Orlando Grand Cypress.

Other

Dec. 12-14: Gate Petroleum Senior, Ponte Vedra Lagoon and Ocean. (Qualifier: Dec. 6.)

Dec. 15-16: Henry Tuten Gator Bowl Pro-Am, Timuquana and San Jose.

1stCoast GA

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Nov. 3: AmaTOUR, Eagle Harbor.

Nov. 17: Seniors, South Hampton.

North Florida PGA

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Nov. 14-15: Porter Cup, TBA.

Florida State GA

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Nov. 12-13: Club Team, Vero Beach Grand Harbor.

April 10-12: Senior, Lake Wales.

May 7-11: Women’s Amateur, Weston.

June 11-12: Girls Junior, Lecanto.

June 21-24: Men’s Amateur, Jupiter.

July 10-12: Boys Junior, Sawgrass.

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Nov. 15: Amelia Island Plantation.

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He was the headliner on the 2012 ballot and certainly can be con-sidered a shoo-in for the May 7 ceremony. An announcement of some 2012 names is expected this month.

“I think we’ll have a great class,” said the Village’s chief operating of-ficer, Jack Peter, during its annual media day last month. “There are excellent names on the ballot.”

Indeed, there are intriguing names, and all will need to be named by 75 percent of the voters to get in. In addition to Mickelson, there are cur-rent PGA Tour players such as Jim Furyk and Davis Love III; interna-tional players Darren Clarke, Colin Montgomerie, Retief Goosen and Miguel Angel Jiminez; and Champi-

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The Lifetime Achievement and Vet-erans categories are determined by the Hall’s board.

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A longtime JAGA tradition is mak-ing a change this year with the Pro-President becoming the Club Cham-pionship.

The annual season-ending event for-merly was among teams consisting of a club professional, a club officer and two directors to the local ama-teur organization. The event hon-ored past JAGA presidents and cur-rent club executives.

The new format calls for teams with one pro and at least one director. It’s designed to be a true competi-tion between clubs, rather than an informal, insider-dominated compe-tition.

The event will be Nov. 21 at Deer-wood.

In other JAGA news:

• The association is working with the local ladies association to bring back the Mixed, which has been off the schedule for at least 10 years. No site has been found but the event probably will be in March.

• The conduct of the Junior tourna-ment has been turned over to the North Florida Junior Foundation. JAGA will be the sponsor.

• The election of 2012 officers will be at the December meeting at Flem-ing Island. The current slate, head-ed by President Bob Streightiff of Queen’s Harbour, can be re-elected for one more year. There’s an open-ing for treasurer.

• At last month’s meeting at Palen-cia, donations for the scholarship fund were received from the Queen’s Harbour Men’s GA ($1,500) and the Champions Club Senior Men’s GA ($200.)

Bolles senior A.J. Crouch won the 2011 St. Augustine Amateur in a four-hole playoff. Crouch made the playoff with a final round 68 and then bested Spencer Cole of Rollins College and Jim Liu of Orlando.

Crouch bested two of the nation’s best young players: Cole and Liu are both former winners of the Inter-national Junior Player of the Year awards and Liu is the youngest U.S. Junior winner ever. They had tied at 2-under over the 54-hole route at St. Johns Golf Club.

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Kris Smith won a 2-against-1 battle to win the Northern Chapter PGA’s Pro-Assistant title last month at Glen Kernan.

The teaching pro at St. Johns G&CC found himself alone in a playoff when partner Gerry James of Cen-terForce Golf had to leave for a prior

commitment and pulled it off, mak-ing a birdie on the fifth extra hole to beat Jon Fine of Mayport Windy Harbor and Tom Stecker of St. Johns GC.

The teams had tied at 99 in the three-format, 27-hole event. The winners each got $577.50.

One shot behind was the Omni Ame-lia Island Planatation pair of Hart-well Baker and Dan Hackney. Tied for fourth was Keith Gibson and Ernest Gonzales of the Golf Club of Amelia Island and Sean Solodovnick and Jamie Whitehurst of Gainesville CC.

James-Smith win Pro-Assistant

Lynch on ballot for Section postJacksonville pro Mike Lynch is a candidate to become secretary of the North Florida PGA, the first step on the ladder to the section’s presi-dency.

Others on the ballot include Herb Hurley, head pro at Sugarmill Woods Country Club and Southern Woods Country Club in Homosassa; John Falcone, head pro at Dunedin CC; Ed-die Dickmyer, Walt Disney World; and John Hughes, Director of Instruction of Golf Digest Schools, based in Or-lando.

Lynch is the current Northern Chap-ter president.

The North Florida section covers approximately the top half of the state. The election will be at the Section’s annual meeting on Dec. 5 in Orlando.

Tony Johnson of Lake Mary is in the middle of his two-year term as president, as is Vice President Mike Touhey of Temple Terrace.

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Resort courses usually follow a few givens: they’re at the resort, no one lives there permanently and, if there are members, there aren’t many.

Oh, and they’re fairly new.

Go to St. Petersburg and you’ll find, nestled in the middle of one of the state’s primo residential areas, the Renaissance Vinoy Golf Club. It’s about two miles from its downtown resort and it’s a hidden gem.

The course may have been designed by Donald Ross in the boom of the 1920’s. That’s the story and it might be true, as the hotel — now called the Renaissance Vinoy — opened in 1925. It was a private course, then public, then closed, then opened, then redesigned in 1992 by Lake-land’s Ron Garl, the man who did the original layout for the now-gone and much-lamented Ravines in Middleburg.

The golf course is cleverly sited on a small amount of land but you rarely feel like anyone else is around as there’s ample vegetation separat-ing fairways. It also plays long, even though the tips are under 6,600, as it’s in a low-lying area that mini-mizes roll.

In addition to resort play ($160 or so in high season) there’s a strong membership. The course is on Snell Isle, the prestige location in St. Pete, and the high-end residential extends well off the island. Mem-bership includes use of the grand old hotel and its excellent facilities which includes a terrific restaurant for members and hotel guests only.

(It might be noted that your stereo-type of St. Pete as a place where you parents’ parents live is no longer true. The super seniors have been pushed elsewhere as housing costs have boomed and the city surely ranks among Florida’s ritziest. One big Ponte Vedra, if you will.

The course can be roughly com-pared to Ponte Vedra Ocean: wide fairways, water only for lousy shots, big bunkers, big greens, every hole different. On the short par 4s, Garl installed huge waste bunkers that require you to carry the green.

There are two killer holes. The 16th is a 500-yard-plus that doglegs twice with water in front of the green and is so hard that they’re putting yel-low stakes up by the green so you’ll drop on the other side. The 17th is a short par-3 to a very, very undulat-ing green with sand and water all

around: it’s like the Ocean’s 16th, only harder.

The rest is a mix of easy (the first hole is 320 yards from the tips) to difficult (the 9th is a long par-4 with a late dogleg — it should be a par 5.)

Best time to go is off-season and it’s not too hot as Tampa Bay is close by and the tourists haven’t packed the area. But go. Great hotel, very good golf course.

- Fred Seely

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PUBLICBent Creek 103rd St. on Westside. Range. 779-0800.

Blue Cypress Off University Blvd. in Arlington. Range. 762-1971.

Cecil Field 103rd St. on Westside. Range. 778-5245.

Deerfield Lakes Lem Turner Rd. just south of Callahan. Range. 879-1210.

Fernandina Beach Amelia Island Parkway. Range. 800-646-5997

First Tee of Jacksonville Golfair Blvd. west of I-95 North. Nine holes. Range. 924-0401.

First Tee of St. Johns County. Three holes. SR 207, St. Augustine. 810-2231.

Hyde Park Northern dead end of Jammes Rd. on Westside. Range. 786-5410.

Jacksonville Beach Penman Rd. south of Beach Blvd. Range. 247-6184.

King & Bear Part of World Golf Village but about three miles south of main area off SR 16. Range. 940-6088.

Mill Cove Monument Rd. in Arlington. Range. 642-6140.

Palatka Moseley Ave. west of downtown. Range. 386-329-0141.

Palm Valley Palm Valley Rd. east of U.S. 1. Nine holes. Range. 285-8978.

River Bend Golf Links South of Green Cove Springs. Range. 284-8777.

Slammer & Squire In World Golf Village. Range. 940-6088.

St. Augustine Shores U.S. 1 south of St. Augustine. Range. 794-4653.

St. Johns Golf Club Cypress Links Blvd. 27 holes. Range. 209-0350.

Starke East of town. Nine holes. Range. 964-5441.

UNF Golfplex At University of North Florida. Three holes. Range. 620-2050.

SEMI-PRIVATEAmelia River Amelia Island Parkway. Range. 491-8500.

Champions Club at Julington Creek Off SR 13 in Mandarin. Range. 287-4653.

Cimarrone CR 210 west of I-95. Range. 287-2000.

Country Club of Orange Park West end of Kingsley Ave. in Orange Park. Range. 276-7664.

Cypress at Grand Club Palm Coast. Range. 386-437-5807.

Eagle Harbor CR 220 in Fleming Island. Range. 269-9300.

Eagle Landing OakLeaf Plantation. Range. 291-5600.

Golf Club at Fleming Island US 17 in Fleming Island. Range. 269-1440.

Keystone Golf & Country Club U.S. 21 south of town. Range. 352-473-4540.

Magnolia Point Off US 17 in Green Cove Springs. Range. 531-9784 or 269-9276.

Matanzas Course at Grand Club Palm Coast. Range. 386-446-6330.

North Hampton Off A1A west of Fernandina Beach. Range. 548-0000.

Pine Course at Grand Club Palm Coast. Range. 386-445-0852.

Ponte Vedra G & CC In TPC. Range. 285-0204.

Queen’s Harbour Atlantic Blvd. west of Intracoastal Waterway. Range. 221-1012.

Royal St. Augustine SR 16 west of I-95 in St. Augustine. Range. 824-4653.

Selva Marina Selva Marina Blvd. north of Atlantic Blvd. in Atlantic Beach. Range. 246-3144.

South Hampton CR 210 west of I-95. Range. 287-7529.

St. Johns Golf & Country Club CR 210 west of I-95. Range. 940-3200.

Windsor Parke Hodges Blvd. north of Butler Blvd. Range. 223-4653.

PRIVATEThese clubs are private and are open to the public only for special events.

Amelia National Off A1A west of Fernandina Beach. Range. 652-0660.

Deercreek North of Avenues Mall on Southside Blvd. Range. 363-1507.

Deerwood Baymeadows Rd. west of Southside Blvd. Range. 642-5917.

Glen Kernan Hodges Blvd. north of Butler Blvd. Range. 646-1116.

Grand Haven Palm Coast. Range. 386-445-2327.

Hidden Hills Monument Rd. in Arlington. Range. 641-8121.

Jacksonville Golf & Country Club Hodges Blvd. north of Butler Blvd. 223-6910.

Long Point South of Amelia Island Plantation. Range. 277-5908.

Marsh Creek A1A south of St. Augustine Beach. Range. 461-1145.

Marsh Landing South of Butler Blvd. in Ponte Vedra Beach. Range. 285-6514.

Osprey Cove East of I-95 at Exit 1 in Georgia. Range. 800-352-5575.

Pablo Creek San Pablo Rd. south of Butler Blvd. Range. 992-6900.

Palencia US 1 north of St. Augustine. Range. 599-9030.

Plantation Country Club A1A south of Ponte Vedra Beach. Range. 543-2960.

San Jose San Jose Blvd. Range. 733-1511.

Sawgrass A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach. Range. 273-3720.

Timuquana Timuquana Rd. west of US 17. Range. 389-0477.

RESORTThese courses are primarily for the use of resort guest or mem-bers. Some are also open for public play at certain times.

Omni Amelia Island Plantation In Amelia Island Plantation. 54 holes. Range. 261-6161.

Golf Club of Amelia Island Amelia Island at Ritz-Carlton. Range. 277-8015.

Ponte Vedra Inn & Club A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach. Range. 273-7710.

TPC Sawgrass In Sawgrass Country Club, 36 holes. Range. 273-3235. Open to public 14 days in advance.

MILITARYThese clubs are located on Navy bases and are for persons assigned to the bases or retired military per-sonnel. They occasionally are open for public play during special events.

NAS US 17 north of Orange Park. Range. 542-3249.

Windy Harbor Mayport Rd. north of Atlantic Blvd. in Atlantic Beach. Range. 270-5380.

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