1000 Ave Of Champions West Palm Beach, FL 33418 |
561-627-1800 www.pgaresort.com |
Price to Play $200+ |
PGA National is a golf resort with 4 championship golf courses and was the original home of the PGA back in the 1960s. It also has the Staple nine hole par 3 layout and The Match, an 18 hole, 5,744 yards layout on the former Squire course, redesigned by Andy Staples.
The Palmer was designed by Arnold Palmer and is an open, links-style design along mounded fairways with a moderate use of sand traps and water hazards on 16 holes. There's multiple sets of tees from 4,810 yards to 7,079 yards at the tips, 74.6/141, course/slope ratings.
The Fazio was designed by Tom Fazio with a redesign from Tom Fazio II. The layout is the most playable at PGA National as it's routed through natural areas with water on 16 holes and 50+ sand traps of varying shapes and sizes. There's six sets of tees with the White tees playing to 6,200 yards, 70.4/133, course/slope ratings.
The Champion was the site of the Ryder Cup in 1983, the P.G.A. Championship in 1987, PGA Seniors' Championship from 1982 through 2000, and has been the home of the Honda Classic. The golf course is a parkland layout with ample landing zones off the tee, yet with the fairways bordered by an abundance of water hazards and sand traps. The green complexes are most generous, contoured and undulating, and well defended. The 15th, 16th and 17th holes are known as the "Bear Trap", which Nicklaus considered a fitting finish for a layout of this prominence. There's six sets of tees with the tips at 7,045 yards, 75.2/148, course/slope ratings, the Blue tees are 6,373 yards, 71.8/138. The course was originally a George and Tom Fazio design, but was redesigned in 1990 by Jack Nicklaus with a second update in 2014.
The Estate course is a short drive from the resort and within a residential development. The layout provides for water hazards on every hole with numerous forced carries and sand bunkers both along the fairways and guarding the greens. It was designed by Karl Litten and can play to 6,697 yards, 73.1/134, course/slope ratings with five shorter tees.