As we enter the depths of winter across the U.S., Florida courses are beginning to take over the Power Rankings, at least for the week of Jan. 11. Coming in first this week is the Hills Course at LPGA International in Daytona Beach.
Daytona Beach has a lasting association with competitive stock car racing. Its golf scene is a justifiably strong draw, as well, with courses that can appeal to a range of tastes and budgets.
Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus each have impressive golf courses at Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast, Fla. Whose is better? Well, if this were a rematch of "The Duel in the Sun" -- an epic battle between the two golf titans during the 1977 Open Championship at Turnberry -- Watson might upend Nicklaus again, Jason Deegan writes from the First Coast of Florida.
Hammock Beach Resort has two exceptional golf courses, the Jack Nicklaus Ocean Course and the Tom Watson Conservatory Course. Both are open to members and guests of Hammock Beach exclusively. As good as the golf is, however, many people come without their clubs because there is just so much for everyone to do, Katharine Dyson writes from northeast Florida.