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Value
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Layout
4.0
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Pace
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Amenities
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About

Holes 9
Type Semi-Private
Par 70
Length 6413 yards
Slope 138
Rating 71.4

Editor's Note: Course closed and reopen as The Yards.

The Oak Bridge Club (formerly known as Ponte Vedra Golf & Country Club at Sawgrass) in the heart of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., sits adjacent to the famed Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. The 6,413-yard, par-70 Arnold Palmer design features water on every hole, tree-lined fairways and undulating greens. Oak Bridge favors accuracy and strategy over power and distance. New owners have upgraded the clubhouse and introduced a new restaurant, The 3 Palms Grille. A tennis center is home to 10 Har-Tru clay courts.

Course Details

Year Built 1973
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ed Seay (1987) Arnold Palmer (1987) Robert Walker (1988) MacCurrach Golf

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Locker Rooms

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis

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2.6
716 Reviews (716)
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Only thing missing are goats on this ranch

The course layout is amazing and has real potential. You need to be able to control and work your ball, a gem of a design. However, this course is currently unplayable. The greens are worse than most back yards(we played automatic two putt they were so awful), the bunkers are pure mud, the holes hadn't been changed in at least a week, the tee boxes lacked grass, and it was a true waste of money. Plus golfnow should note it's condition, very disappointed in this Palmer layout.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Round of Golf at Ponte Vedra

I've played this course many times the last time was six months ago. This time the course was in awful shape. The greens are horrible the fairways are OK. Overall this course has really gone in the tank.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

needs serious attention

Great layout but sadly neglected
Lost the greens to bugs ... terrible greens and tee box conditions.
Sad to see a great course go so downhill

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens are unplayable demand refund

Greens are unplayable they should refund all money couldn't putt at all

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Let someone know!

Their greens were in poor shape. They knew this because they have recently used temporary greens. They should let Golf Now know this. They let me play an extra 9 holes at no cost due to the condition of the greens. Great place otherwise. Excellent staff. Excellent practice area. Nice course.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rough shape currently

Aloof of greens in critical repair currently, good potential for the future.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

GREENS POOR

THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAD WITH THIS COURSE WAS THE CONDITION OF THE GREENS. MANY PATCHES AND DRY SPOTS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE WHICH I AM SURE WAS DUE TO THE BAD WEATHER EXPERIENCED DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS, OTHERWISE I ENJOYED THE LAYOUT AND THE HOSPITALITY. I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE BUT WILL GIVE IT SOME TIME TO ALLOW FOR BETTER GREEN CONDITIONS

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Shameful

This course was in terrible condition. The greens were all patched and the green banks and tees were full of weeds or had no grass at all. Even at $20, I felt that we should have been advised of the seriously bad condition of this course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Needs Renovation

All of the greens were in disrepair. They were patched together and some were uncut leaving an uneven fluffy surface.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Greens

This course by far had the worst greens I have ever played on. Absolutely not worth 40$

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Shocked - Course Conditions Unfit for Play

It's really sad, a course with great routing and potential in such disrepair. The greens are unplayable (not the temporary greens the real ones). There has been an attempt to recover them but in my opinion it appears they didn't know what they were doing. The fairways have been overtaken with weeds and the bunkers are poorly maintained, filled and surrounded with excessive weed growth, and little sand. I also doubt an attempt has been made to control mole crickets, they are rampant. It's obvious! The conditions are not a result of recent failures; this degradation has been ongoing for a long time. A course simply cannot get this bad within one season. Hopefully management and ownership will step up to the challenge and recover what could be a nice course. It's amazing a course so terrible could exist within a community surrounded by very good courses. I even noticed a large dead decaying bird laying very near the 10th tee box. You would have thought someone would have picked it up.

On a positive note; the gentleman who was working the morning we played was a fantastic representative of the facility. He tried to put a positive light on everything and promised things would be better if we returned. Hopefully for the future of the course, it will.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Redoing greens

It's a fun course when it's in good shape. 15 of 18 greens wore forward on the fairway

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Fake greens

They have fake greens at this time. There are a tremendous amount of weeds. It looks like who ever owns this property really doesn't care about the upkeep.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Greens being worked on

Greens being worked on. Course not kept up. Only 9 holes open

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Temp greens

The greens are not finished at this course... That's why it is so cheap. The greens at 50 yards short of where there supposed to be and they are not greens they are fairways shave down. So do not book this unless you want to take automatic 2 putts when you hit the green/fairway.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Not Great Right Now

Currently, all of the greens, except for 3, are all temporary greens. This means, you are basically putting on fairway grass, which is terrible. The course will be great once the greens are fixed.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Temp Greens

Weeds in the fairways and temp greens. Many of the "temp greens" are where the layup area was. Course was like a cow pasture. DO NOT PLAY until it's fixed. worst in Jax

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not worth your time

I can understand the greens being under repair, but the whole course was not maintained and in terrible shape. The club house was depressingly outdated with carpets coming up and a pro shop that looks like it was abandoned years ago. This course should not be open. I would not play this course again if it was free. Especially with so many other great courses within a short drive.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

a good course to play

The greens were under repair and course will be fine when they are back in shape.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Now is not the time to play this course

They are working on the course, but for now it is in horrible condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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