Palatka Golf Club – Palatka, FL
Holes: 18 Par: 70 Yardage: 5,867 Architect: Donald Ross
Palatka Golf Club is a classic Donald Ross design off Florida’s beaten golf paths, about 45 minutes southwest of the World Golf Hall of Fame, in St. Augustine. At just 5,862 yards from the tips, with wide fairways and an absence of forced carries, it’s a pushover from the past, right? Wrong. This year’s winner of the prestigious Florida Azalea Amateur (played at Palatka since 1958) ended up just four under for three rounds.
Contributing to the challenge are hilly landing areas, trademark Ross greens that are small in size and often crowned and deep greenside bunkers. Revitalized over the past decade by Florida-based course architect Bobby Weed and his team, this is a stop well worth making on the golf road less traveled.
Location:
1715 Moseley Avenue – Map It!
Palatka, FL 32177