Amelia Island, Florida

[dkolo]

The lady and I are going on a quick weekend getaway to Amelia Island, Florida next week, staying at the Omni Resort. We are looking to play some golf (the primary purpose of the trip!), and I was hoping to solicit some feedback and recommendations. All of the Omni courses *seem* like they are tight based on online reviews (though I don't know if that's tight for a resort course or legitimately a narrow bunch of courses), and I'd generally prefer something wider if possible considering how I'm driving it right now, but more than anything, we are looking for a relatively nice course to have fun at without breaking the bank. Currently most likely to play the Oak Marsh course because she vetoed the Ocean Links as being too short. There's apparently a third Omni course (Long Point) that's harder to get a tee time on so I'm mostly ignoring it, but do people have any experience with these courses or any in the area that would be worthwhile to check out? We'll have a car, so we aren't tied to the resort (I half-heartedly pushed for making a trek to Sawgrass, but that was also vetoed on about half a dozen grounds, haha). Thanks!

[Hatchman]

Sounds like a great trip.   We love the Amelia Island and Fernandia Beach areas.  Like you say lot of good courses, some resort type you can rattle a ball off a tree.  Your about 30 miles from Jacknonvile and 70 from St. Augustine, Golf Hall of Fame.  That might be something to consider, then golf.  With the car you have good day trip options.  Look at St. Mary's also just on the Georgia side.  Don't miss going downtown while on the Amelia Island.  The historic area, has a few good restaurants, pubs like the Palace Saloon, and specialty shops.  

[Sandhills Golfer]

On 1/19/2017 at 2:24 AM, dkolo said:

The lady and I are going on a quick weekend getaway to Amelia Island, Florida next week, staying at the Omni Resort. We are looking to play some golf (the primary purpose of the trip!), and I was hoping to solicit some feedback and recommendations. All of the Omni courses *seem* like they are tight based on online reviews (though I don't know if that's tight for a resort course or legitimately a narrow bunch of courses), and I'd generally prefer something wider if possible considering how I'm driving it right now, but more than anything, we are looking for a relatively nice course to have fun at without breaking the bank. Currently most likely to play the Oak Marsh course because she vetoed the Ocean Links as being too short. There's apparently a third Omni course (Long Point) that's harder to get a tee time on so I'm mostly ignoring it, but do people have any experience with these courses or any in the area that would be worthwhile to check out? We'll have a car, so we aren't tied to the resort (I half-heartedly pushed for making a trek to Sawgrass, but that was also vetoed on about half a dozen grounds, haha). Thanks!

How was your trip? Where did you play and eat? I'm going there in 4 weeks!