Flagler County was laid out by a development company that put a golf course in every quadrant, and Hammock Beach put two of the best in Florida on the ocean two miles from your door.
Listed by how far you have to drive. Call ahead in winter — the seasonal residents fill the public sheets from January through March.
Six holes run hard along the Atlantic — the closest thing Florida has to a links finish, and the reason the course keeps turning up on state top-ten lists. It sits about two miles up A1A from the villas, which makes an early tee time a five-minute drive rather than an hour on I-95.
Resort and member play. Non-resort tee times are limited and seasonal, so call the golf shop directly before you build a trip around it.
Watson’s inland companion to the Ocean Course, laid out west of the Intracoastal with big movement in the fairways and bunkering that punishes the lazy line. Longer than it reads on the card.
Also resort and member play, sharing the Hammock Beach tee sheet.
Palm Coast’s municipal course and the easiest tee time in the county — walkable, well kept and genuinely cheap by Florida standards. If you want to play golf on a whim rather than plan a golf trip, this is the one.
About fifteen minutes from the villas by way of Palm Coast Parkway.
An Arnold Palmer routing through the pines on the west side of Palm Coast, and one of the older courses in the ITT-era street grid. Wide off the tee, defended at the green.
Open to public play; book ahead in winter when the seasonal residents arrive.
Player’s Palm Coast course, cut through cypress and wetland with more water in play than its neighbors. The most scenic of the in-town public courses and the one where a spare sleeve of balls earns its place in the bag.
A public eighteen on the Bunnell side of Flagler County, usually the last course in the area still holding open tee times on a busy winter weekend.
A nine-hole course in Flagler Beach, walkable in about ninety minutes. Good for an afternoon round when the tide is wrong for fishing and you do not want to give up a whole day.
A Nicklaus Signature course along the Intracoastal on the north side of Palm Coast. Private — member and accompanied-guest play only — but worth knowing about if your host lives in the community.
Two private eighteens behind the gate at Hammock Dunes: Fazio’s Links course on the ocean side and Rees Jones’ Creek course across the Intracoastal. Member play only.
Just over the Volusia County line in Ormond Beach, and the natural stop if you are pairing a round with a day at Daytona. Mature oaks, real elevation change by Florida standards, and open to public play.
Palm Coast Villas is not a golf resort and does not pretend to be one. What it is: a clean, independent room with a fridge and microwave, free parking at the door and a rate that leaves the golf budget intact — fifteen minutes from most of the county’s tee sheets and five from the Atlantic.
Groups tend to take two Double Queens or an Executive Suite and cook breakfast before an early tee time rather than wait on a resort dining room. There is space for bags, coolers and wet shoes, and the front desk will tell you which courses are actually holding tee times this week.
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Tell us your dates and how many bags are coming. Seasonal rates from $89 a night, five minutes from the Ocean Course.