Best Golf Courses in Florida for Spring 2025

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Florida is America's most golf-dense state — over 1,000 golf courses spread across a subtropical landscape that makes year-round play possible. Spring is the peak season before summer heat and humidity arrive, and the choice of courses is genuinely overwhelming. Here at The Birdie Putt, we highlight the Florida courses that consistently deliver for visiting golfers in the March-to-May window.

TPC Sawgrass (Ponte Vedra Beach)

The defining golf experience in Florida. Home of The Players Championship — sometimes called the fifth major — TPC Sawgrass's Stadium Course features Pete Dye's most famous creation: the island-green 17th hole, 132 yards to a green surrounded entirely by water. The course demands precision from tee to green and plays far more challenging than the relatively modest yardage suggests. Public tee times are available when the PGA Tour is not in residence; book three to four months ahead for spring. The companion Valley Course at TPC Sawgrass is more forgiving and worth playing on the same visit.

World Golf Village (St. Augustine)

World Golf Village is a comprehensive golf destination with two championship courses — the King and Bear (co-designed by Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer) and the Slammer and Squire (named for Sam Snead and Gene Sarazen). The World Golf Hall of Fame museum on the property makes it a destination for golf history enthusiasts as well as players. Spring rates are reasonable compared to peak season, and the layout of the complex makes playing multiple courses in a single visit logistically straightforward.

Streamsong Resort (Bowling Green)

Streamsong is unlike any other Florida golf destination — built on former phosphate mining land in the center of the state, its three courses (Red, Blue, and Black) play across a dramatic sandy landscape of dunes and native grasses that looks more like a Scottish links than typical Florida golf. The Black course (designed by Gil Hanse) is particularly acclaimed and has become one of the most talked-about new courses in America since its opening. The resort experience is immersive and the isolation (90 minutes from both Tampa and Orlando) means it's genuinely dedicated to golf.

Seminole Golf Club (Juno Beach)

Consistently ranked among the top five courses in America, Seminole is private but its Donald Ross design, built on the Atlantic dunes of Palm Beach County, is universally acknowledged as a masterwork of strategic golf course design. The annual Seminole Pro-Member draws top tour players and provides the only public glimpse of the course from a play perspective. For golfers who appreciate golf history and architecture, Seminole is the Holy Grail of Florida golf — worth pursuing any available invitation.

Innisbrook Resort — Copperhead Course (Palm Harbor)

Home of the Valspar Championship on the PGA Tour, Innisbrook's Copperhead Course is a legitimate tour-caliber test through old-growth oaks and elevation changes rare in Florida. Spring timing aligns with the tournament itself, and playing the course the week of the event or immediately after creates the feeling of walking in professional golfers' footsteps. The resort offers strong golf package deals bundling multi-round play with accommodation.

Florida's golf season peaks in spring before the summer humidity arrives in force. Plan your visits before mid-May, book accommodations and tee times simultaneously through resort packages, and take advantage of the extraordinary concentration of world-class golf this state offers.