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PThomas

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Jacksonville advice pls
« on: November 27, 2008, 09:18:33 PM »
any suggestions re courses near the Jacksonville airport would be greatly appreciate.....too far away wont work as amount of daylight would be an issue since i would be arriving in the afternoon

thanks!
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Andy Troeger

Re: Jacksonville advice pls
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2008, 09:33:06 PM »
I'm no Jacksonville expert, but when I looked at trips last year the courses we considered were all some distance from the airport. We ended up going down to Palm Coast to the Hammock Beach Resort, plus TPC Sawgrass which is still a ways from the airport (30 mins at least).
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Bill_McBride

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Re: Jacksonville advice pls
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2008, 10:59:39 PM »
Tom Paul's favorite course is up that way, north of the airport.  Can't recall the name.
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John Kirk

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Re: Jacksonville advice pls
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2008, 11:04:34 PM »
Fernandina Municipal, or something like that?

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J_ Crisham

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Re: Jacksonville advice pls
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2008, 11:27:24 PM »
It's actually called Fernandina Beach . It is probably about an hour from the airport. They just completed some reno work 2yrs ago. It is on the North end of Amelia Island. Great muny. Cheap and in reasonably good shape. Some fun holes that wind thru some densely wooded areas. Good choice to play.                       Jack
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Dean Stokes

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Re: Jacksonville advice pls
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2008, 11:40:16 PM »
I think you should take a visit to Amelia National. I have heard good things about it.http://www.amelianationalgolf.com/

You could also play North Hampton Golf Club which is a lot of fun. http://www.hamptongolfclubs.com/
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Jay Flemma

Re: Jacksonville advice pls
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2008, 12:04:42 AM »
Amelia Island Plantation and Sawgrass are my two faves, but as I dated a girl from Fernandina for a while, I got to play there and, yes, it's cool,
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Mark Smolens

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Re: Jacksonville advice pls
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2008, 10:07:50 AM »
Have not been to Jax for a long time, but Windsor Parke was a very nice public option, and much, much less expensive than the TPC options.  If you can get on, Sawgrass CC (site of the first TPC events) always seemed to play faster and firmer than the Stadium, and very, very windy -- tho I haven't been back to Sawgrass since the latest renovation work. . .
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BCrosby

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Re: Jacksonville advice pls
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2008, 10:45:55 AM »
Maybe the closest course to the airport and maybe the JAX course that is the most interesting historically is Hyde Park. It's just off I-10 west of the city.

It has a somewhat confused design pedigree. I've heard Ross and Thompson, so I'm not sure what was going on there in the 20's and 30's. Its clubhouse is now a spooky, tumbled down place. Which is to say - great atmosphere for a GCA regular. ;)

A hidden jewel imho. More fun I thought than Timiquana (sp?) down the road.

Bob
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Matt_Ward

Re: Jacksonville advice pls
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2008, 01:47:22 PM »
Be curious to know if any person has current info on what is happening with The Ravines in Middleburg. I played there years ago and Doak did comment on the course in CG. I understand that revisions were made and since Paul mentioned about visiting the greater Jacks area I wanted to see what others might be able to add.

Thanks ...
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