Fernandina
Beach Golf Club: (904)277-7370,
2800 Bill Melton Road, off South Fletcher Avenue. Designer: Ed
Matteson & Tommy Birdsong. Layout: 27 holes (three 9-hole
courses). See
Fernandina Beach City Golf Course web site.
Amelia Island
Plantation Resort (AIP) 800-874-6878 -- the plantation has four golf
courses: Long Point, Oak Marsh, & Ocean Links, and their latest
acquisition of Royal Amelia. Amelia
Island Plantation is located on the south end of Amelia Island, off A1A.
Website: AIP
Championship Golf. Winner of many awards, including Golf
Magazine's "Gold Medal" as one of twelve best golf resorts in
the U.S., and Links Magazine's "Best of the South" award. Ocean
Links along with Long Point, reportedly provide seven oceanfront holes --
that's more oceanfront holes than any other Florida golf resort.
AIP -- Long
Point: (904)277-5908. Open to
public with advance reservation & available to resort guests.
Designer: Tom Fazio. Layout: 18 holes, par-72.
AIP -- Amelia
Links: (904)277-5907. Private.
Open to AIP members and resort guests only. Designer: Pete Dye and
Bobby Weed. Layout: Oak Marsh has 18 holes, par-72.
Ocean Links has 18 holes, par-70.
Royal Amelia
Golf Links: (904)491-8500,
4477 Amelia Rd, off A1A, near the Amelia Island airport. Designer:
Tom Jackson. Layout: 18 holes, par-72. Royal Amelia has Tif Eagle grass on the
greens, reportedly the only course in the area to offer this, a "rare
golfing experience." The course offers
both a beautiful setting plus many challenges to test your skill, and
includes three holes which reportedly reflect a "Scottish links"
course. Unlike
other courses on the island, there aren't any homes built around the Royal
Amelia course (as of spring 2006), so it's a very natural setting. OWNERSHIP CHANGE: ROYAL
AMELIA IS NOW OWNED BY THE AMELIA ISLAND PLANTATION. Residential development may eventually come to
Royal Amelia, however, with new ownership of the course.
Golf Club of
Amelia Island at Summer Beach (Resort) (904)277-8015. The
golf club is located on the south end of Amelia Island off Amelia Island
Parkway, adjacent to the Ritz Carlton.
Open
to golf club members, Summer Beach resort guests, and guests of the Amelia
Island Ritz Carlton). Designer: Mark McCumber and Gene
Littler. Layout: 18 holes, par-72.
Golf Club at North Hampton
(904)491-1188,
Fernandina Beach address (actually 9 miles from Amelia
Island on A1A in Yulee).
Entrance to this 740-acre golf course community is next to Winn Dixie
Shopping Center (Lofton Square). Designer: Arnold Palmer signature
course. Layout: 18 holes, par-72. Semi-private club (memberships
offered, but general public can also play.) Website: Golf Club at
North Hampton (You can request tee times online).
Amelia National Golf & Country Club-- Tom Fazio signature golf course. Amelia National is the newest
golf course community in the Amelia Island area to offer new homes for
sale. The golf course itself
opened in the spring of 2006. This is a private golf country
club that will offer around 430 memberships to property owners in the
community. In 2006, home/lot packages typically start from the $400s-plus. When
completely built out, there will be
around 749 homes in Amelia National.
