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Anywhere, but the public courses owned by cities, counties and the state are open to everyone, and several are on the Florida Department of State's Florida Historic Golf Trail.
Some of them, by region:
North Florida: St. Johns Golf Club in Elkton, an 18-hole course owned and run by St. Johns County's parks department, 904-209-0350. Brentwood in Jacksonville, a 9-hole course on the site of a 1923 Donald Ross design and home of the First Tee, 904-924-0401. Osceola in Pensacola, 18 holes and par 72, run by the city, which bought the land in 1929, 850-453-7599. In Tallahassee, the city's Hilaman, 18 holes and par 72, (850) 891-2560, and Jake Gaither, 9 holes, opened in 1956, 850-891-3942. Ocala Golf Club, 18 holes and par 72, laid out in 1931 and bought by the City of Ocala in 1944, 352-401-6917.
Central Florida and the Atlantic coast: Daytona Beach Golf Club, 36 holes, whose South course is a 1923 Donald Ross design, bought by the city in 1943, 386-671-3500. In Brevard County, Crane Creek Reserve in Melbourne, an 18-hole, par 71 Donald Ross course opened in 1928, 321-674-5716. Dubsdread in Orlando, 18 holes and par 70, opened in 1924 and bought by the city in 1978, 407-434-0919. Winter Park Golf Course, 9 holes and par 35, renovated in 2016, 407-599-3419. Cleveland Heights in Lakeland, 27 holes from 1925, run by the city since 1932, 863-834-4653. Sailfish Sands in Stuart, 27 holes, owned by Martin County since 1947, 772-320-4653.
Tampa Bay: in Tampa, Babe Zaharias, opened in 1926 and reopened by the city in 1974, 813-631-4374; Rocky Point, 18 holes and par 71, from 1912, turned over to the city in 1953, 813-673-4316; and Rogers Park, 18 holes, built in 1952, 813-356-1670. In St. Petersburg, the city owns Mangrove Bay, 18 holes, 727-893-7800, and Twin Brooks, a 9-hole par 3, 727-893-7445. Tarpon Springs Golf Course, 18 holes and par 72, from 1926, owned by the city, 727-937-6906.
Southwest Florida: Bobby Jones Golf Club in Sarasota, owned by the city, with an 18-hole Donald Ross course and the 9-hole Gillespie course, (941) 365-4653. In Fort Myers, the city's Fort Myers Country Club, an 18-hole Donald Ross course opened in 1917, 239-321-7488, and Eastwood, 18 holes, opened in 1977, 239-321-7487.
South Florida: Southwinds in Boca Raton, a Palm Beach County course, 561-483-1305. In Miami-Dade County, Crandon Golf on Key Biscayne, 18 holes and par 72, on land given to the county in 1940 (park office 305-361-9129); Palmetto in Miami, an 18-hole Dick Wilson course from 1959, bought by the county in 1967 (Miami-Dade Parks, 305-755-7800); Miami Springs, 18 holes and par 71, from 1923, the oldest municipal golf course in South Florida, (305) 805-5180; and Miami Beach Golf Club, 18 holes and par 72, opened in 1923, 305-532-3350.
Population 306,934. Typical home sale price $516,543 in the three months ending June 2026; typical condo $305,000 in May 2026. Median household income $109,839; 21.1% of residents are 65 or older. (Source: Redfin; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026)
Open the county guide →Population 632,780. Typical home sale price $368,859 in the three months ending June 2026; typical condo $229,000 in May 2026. Median household income $78,476; 24.5% of residents are 65 or older. (Source: Redfin; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026)
Open the county guide →Population 1,522,748. Typical home sale price $418,818 in the three months ending June 2026; typical condo $200,000 in May 2026. Median household income $79,540; 15% of residents are 65 or older. (Source: Redfin; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026)
Open the county guide →Population 2,738,356. Typical home sale price $576,224 in the three months ending June 2026; typical condo $396,250 in May 2026. Median household income $71,753; 16.9% of residents are 65 or older. (Source: Redfin; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026)
Open the county guide →Only on roads the county or city has designated for golf carts, which the state's driver license agency says are roads with a posted speed limit of 30 mph or less.
Read the answer →A few, and each one's website shows what is playing, so look there before you go.
At u-pick farms around the state, each open only while its crop is ripe, so check the farm's website before you go.
Most of them are in and around Orlando. Walt Disney World has four theme parks - Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney's Animal Kingdom - and two water parks, Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach.
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