The Best Golf Resorts in Florida
No state in America stacks resort golf like Florida. Within a few hours' drive you can sleep beside the island green at TPC Sawgrass, walk 54 holes of pure sand at Streamsong, take on the Bear Trap at PGA National and play the tour tested Copperhead at Innisbrook, all without a single private club handshake. The peak season runs November to April, the courses are at their firmest in late winter, and the stay and play machinery is the most polished in golf. Here are the five resorts that matter, ranked.
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How we chose
This list was researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk, and every designer, opening year, host event and fee on it was checked against resort, tour and ranking sources in June 2026. A great golf resort needs three things: at least one course worth crossing an ocean for, lodging that makes the golf logistics disappear, and a tee sheet a traveling golfer can actually get onto. We ranked on course quality first, then the depth of the golf on property, then the stay itself. Every entry below is bookable by the public, most with packages that bundle the marquee tee time into the room rate.
Timing matters more in Florida than almost anywhere in American golf. November to April is the season, with the firmest turf and the highest rates; May and October are the value windows; June to September brings heat, afternoon storms and the cheapest stay and play packages of the year. The fees quoted carry their season and year and are indicative rather than guaranteed, so always confirm directly before booking, and book the marquee courses months ahead in winter.
The best in Florida, ranked
Streamsong Resort
The best pure golf trip in the state, and it is not close. Streamsong rose from reclaimed phosphate mining land in 2012 with two courses that rewrote what Florida golf could look like: the Red by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw and the Blue by Tom Doak, joined in 2017 by Gil Hanse's Black. Golfweek has rated the three courses second, third and fourth in the entire state, and The Chain, a free flowing Coore and Crenshaw short course, now rounds out the property. The land heaves like dunes, the turf runs fast, and walking with a caddie is the default. The lodge is modern and remote in the best way: there is nothing to do here but golf, and nobody minds. Always confirm rates and packages directly before booking.
Access: public; resort guests get preferred tee times. Check stay and play rates.
Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa / TPC Sawgrass
The bucket list booking. The Sawgrass Marriott is the official gateway to TPC Sawgrass and Pete Dye's Stadium Course, home of The Players Championship since 1982 and of the most photographed par 3 on earth, the island green 17th. Resort guests booking through TPC Vacations with a minimum one night stay can reserve Stadium tee times up to 12 months out, which is the sane way to secure one of golf's hardest gets. The 2026 rack rate for the Stadium runs 550 dollars from June through August and 750 dollars in peak season, forecaddie and range balls included, indicative only; always confirm directly before booking. Dye's Valley course alongside is a quality second round. Our verdict: the most efficient way in golf to turn money into a memory.
Access: public via resort packages; book the Stadium months ahead. Check tee times.
PGA National Resort
Tournament golf you can sleep beside. The Champion Course at PGA National hosted the 1983 Ryder Cup and the 1987 PGA Championship, ran the Senior PGA Championship for nearly two decades, and now stages the PGA Tour's Cognizant Classic each spring. Tom and George Fazio built it for tournament play and Jack Nicklaus's 2014 redesign sharpened the famous Bear Trap, the water locked 15th through 17th that decides the tournament most years. Around the Champion sit multiple resort courses, a serious academy and a renovated hotel and spa, making this the most complete golf resort in southeast Florida. Winter rates are premium and summer packages are the value play; always confirm directly before booking.
Access: public; Champion tee times bundle best with resort stays. Check stay and play rates.
Innisbrook Resort
Florida's most un-Florida championship course. The Copperhead at Innisbrook, a Larry Packard design now more than half a century old, rolls through 75 feet of elevation change under tall pines and oaks, with narrow corridors that feel lifted from the Carolinas. The PGA Tour's Valspar Championship calls it home each March, and the pros routinely name it one of their favorite stops of the season. Three more courses, including the clever Island layout, fill out a sprawling, condo style resort that suits buddies groups chasing 36 a day. Rates peak around the tournament window in early spring; summer stay and play deals are among the best in the state. Always confirm directly before booking.
Access: public; Copperhead books out around the Valspar. Check tee times.
Trump National Doral
The grand dame of Miami golf. Dick Wilson's Blue Monster opened in 1962 and set the template for modern south Florida golf, all elevated greens, deep bunkers and water on the angles, and it hosted PGA Tour golf every year from 1962 to 2016 before Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner's 2014 renovation restored its teeth, deepening the lakes at the 15th and the drivable 16th. Tour golf returned in 2026 with the Cadillac Championship, putting the Monster back on television where it belongs. Three more courses, including the Golden Palm, surround a vast Mediterranean style hotel ten minutes from Miami airport. Our verdict: the strongest big city golf resort in Florida. Rates swing sharply by season; always confirm directly before booking.
Access: public; resort guests book ahead for the Blue Monster. Check stay and play rates.
Designers, opening years, host events and fees verified June 2026 by the GolfForKings editorial desk from resort, tour and ranking sources. Rates shown carry their season and year and are indicative only; always confirm directly with each resort before booking.
Plan a Florida golf trip
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Building the trip
The classic week runs north to south: fly into Jacksonville for the Stadium Course day, drive two and a half hours to Streamsong for two nights and 54 holes, then finish on the Gulf at Innisbrook or in Miami at Doral. Pair this list with our rankings of the best golf courses in Florida and the deeper dives into Orlando and Naples and southwest Florida, check the weather logic in when to play golf in Florida, and follow the day by day plan in our 4 day Florida golf itinerary. Comparing states? See how Florida stacks up against the desert in the best golf resorts in Scottsdale and Phoenix, then let plan my trip put the whole thing in one brief.
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Researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Courses, designers, fees and access verified June 2026. Last reviewed: June 2026. See how we rank.