South/North at Fernandina Beach Golf Club

This course is in terrible condition. For the money this is one of the worst courses I have ever seen. Cost over $55 to play and the fairways, roughs, and tee boxes were garage. Maybe for $20 it wouldn’t be bad.

The course layout created very enjoyable and staffs are friendly and nice but the course need to improve much.

Thanks

Im a City resident, single handicap and play the course 2-3 times a week. If you only focus on the negative, yes there are issues: Tee boxes, primarily on the South course, and some fairways have bald spots. Fully acknowledged. Note that the course condition was not managed well by the third party manager retained by the City until they were terminated in 2020. This 27 hole course has 200 acres to maintain and gets about $400k in labor and supplies to maintain while most other courses, public as well as private, get close to double that amount for 18 holes with nearly half the acreage. City budgets are a challenge. Then we had the course completely shut down for a couple of months by the City during the spring of 2020 due to COVID reaction by the city. No revenue and limited maintenance at the start of the 2020 growing season. The new general manager and new course superintendent have each been on board for less than one year. 2022 is the first growing season that reflects their efforts on a limited budget. Results are obviously positive if you played last fall and now. Plenty of growth in most fairways, though a few need more work that is coming. Tee boxes - 1 And 8 South in particular- are getting significant help shortly. The course also has huge, overgrown Live Oak trees that adversely affect grass growth due to sun blockage and root intrusion. That is also starting to get addressed. While work remains to be done, it is still a great experience. The greens are in very good shape and have a lot of slope to challenge you. The South is a target layout - precise tee shots matter on every non par 3 - definitely not a grip it and rip it layout. If you can’t handle some challenging tee boxes, I suggest playing North and West. If you play South, and are loose off the tee, you will be complaining about the tee boxes all day and ignoring the issues with your swing and club selection. As far as value, it is quickly becoming the only game in Nassau County. Shop prices and you’ll see.

I had a great time, just please for the love of god fix your tee boxes. Like hitting out of a sand trap. And if you’re going to have a ranger you should actually have him speeding up slow people, especially on a Saturday.

Municipal course in a great location - just needs more TLC. Turf is pretty rough in places. BUt a great place to start the season for a northerner.

I’ve played this course in the past and was disappointed that it was in such bad shape. Tee boxes are all dirt. No ranger on site for assistance and no cart girl for drinks. Food in clubhouse was expensive (hotdog $7.50) and drinks weren’t real cold. Just disappointed overall ☹️

Should have done more research before playing. Half the tee boxes were just dirt, literally no grass on the tee box! Greens were not impressive. Wasn’t worth the $60 bucks to play.

Beautiful layout, lots of dog legs and narrow tee shots. Greens were great, tees and fairways need work. Cool layout and good price.