Golf at Plantation at Ponte Vedra
The golf course features seven tee boxes, from championship to forward tees for families, and is fun and challenging for every player.
The Plantation has a very active event and tournament schedule for men, women, mixed events, and the next generation of golfers. Additionally, the Plantation features a state of the art practice facility that includes a driving range, short game facility and two putting greens.
Our highly trained staff of PGA Professionals are ready and willing to assist you and your family at every turn to ensure your experience at the Planation is an exceptional one each time you are on property!
Golf Course Renovation
On October 22, 2016, The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach unveiled its renovated golf course to members of the media and the greater Jacksonville community with PGA TOUR Professional, Billy Horschel and golf course Architect, Greg Letsche.
The goal of the renovation project was to preserve the fundamental characteristics of the original design, while incorporating new technology and accommodating current trends so the course is as relevant to today’s golfers as the original course was to the golfers of the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Several key enhancements are expected to improve the overall playing experience, including:
- A greater variety of tees
- New greens built to USGA standards
- An expanded game development center
- An augmented drainage system
- A new, state-of-the-art irrigation system
- And the latest generation capillary bunker liner system
Woven in alongside these
structural upgrades, is evidence of Letsche’s creativity, for which he has
gained acclaim for his work as lead architect for Ernie Els design. Letsche
thoughtfully and gently modified The Plantation course’s overall topography to
improve drainage, enhance sight lines and create visual cues with bunkers,
trees and mounding to indicate the optimal path from tee to green. In keeping
with the original design philosophy, Letsche provided bail-out areas to save
slightly errant shots, however the course remains unforgiving of a poorly hit
attack shot which likely will end up in a penalizing bunker or the water.