Palm Coast

Accommodations:

Harborside Inn

Location:

Matanzas Woods
One of the Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay creations, plays to 6894 yards and has hosted the 1987 PGA National Qualifying School Finals (John Huston earned medallist honors).  The amazing thing, the course was only opened one year before the Q School.  It has been named one of the top courses in Florida by several publications.   The wide variety in length, width and hazards makes this is a classic shot maker’s course.  Each hole seems progressively more difficult, until you reach the 13th, where the Matanza Woods’ version of “Amen Corner” takes you around Lake Success in a series of dramatic holes that will demand your very best.   This test for your golf game is challenging all the way to the 18th, an imposing 529-yard par-5 with an approach over water.  You’ll know why it’s called Arnie’s “Beautiful Monster.”

Cypress Knoll                                                                                                                    Designed by Gary Player in 1991, plays to a deceiving 6591 yards.  You will find a beautiful, narrow track with a slope rating of 72.7/130.  The 1996 Oldsmobile Qualifier and the 1884 National Long Driver Qualifier were hosted here.  This course is 60 acres of narrow fairways and tight greens wound through the beauty of a natural wetlands preserve and promises the reward of realistic birdie opportunities for greens hit in regulation.  The sixth hole at Cypress Knoll is a beautiful 352-yard par-4.  Another favorite hole is the daunting 451-yard par-4 12th hole.  If you stay out of trouble you will thoroughly enjoy the experience.

Pine Lakes
Another Palmer & Seay design, is the longest of the original four courses playing to 7074 yards.  This course opened in 1982 and was the sister course during the ‘87 Qualifying School Final for the PGA as well as the host for the 1991 Amateur Match Play Qualifier.  The course features water on eleven holes and several white sand bunkers are subtly positioned on the fairways … just enough in the way to snag a ball or two. 



Ocean Hammock                                                                                                                          Is Florida’s first and most magnificent oceanfront course to open in more than 70 years.  This Jack Nicklaus design is the crown jewel at the resort.   Nicklaus dubbed it the “Pebble Beach of the East”.   Six of the holes play along the Atlantic, while the rest nestle amid unspoiled wetlands and shimmering lakes.  The finishing stretch of holes is so memorable it has already earned the name, The Bear Claw.  Lake dunes, forested terrain and five different tee options add to the challenge.  After your round, it’s even a thrill to have a beverage in the clubhouse and check out the view.  It never ends.  The course opened December 2000 and there is still a waiting list to play it, but you can be one of the lucky ones.