Royal St. Augustine Golf and Country Club

About
Located in Florida’s oldest city, Royal St. Augustine Golf & Country Club offers a glimpse of the area’s lush foliage and native marshlands. The course has a visually interesting layout with elevated, sprawling greens and a variety of bunker shapes and sizes. The moguled fairways and sandy waste areas are two other distinguishing features of the course. It is a tight course with large greens and gentle undulations. The layout provides a “target-golf” experience that puts a premium on accuracy and distance control. The numerous bends in the course in combination with the blustery winds also makes proper club selection very important.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Gold | 71 | 6529 yards | 71.9 | 137 |
Blue | 71 | 6115 yards | 69.3 | 131 |
White | 71 | 5363 yards | 66.6 | 121 |
Red | 70 | 4670 yards | 64.5 | 120 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Gold M: 71.9/137 | 549 | 212 | 357 | 509 | 379 | 151 | 457 | 397 | 181 | 3192 | 381 | 207 | 504 | 399 | 179 | 405 | 339 | 415 | 508 | 3337 | 6529 |
Blue M: 69.3/131 | 529 | 189 | 329 | 471 | 338 | 139 | 446 | 359 | 169 | 2969 | 356 | 196 | 494 | 369 | 161 | 379 | 317 | 378 | 496 | 3146 | 6115 |
Silver M: 66.6/121 | 507 | 144 | 292 | 413 | 293 | 120 | 328 | 329 | 152 | 2578 | 320 | 177 | 401 | 339 | 129 | 338 | 281 | 340 | 460 | 2785 | 5363 |
Red W: 64.5/120 | 448 | 127 | 248 | 389 | 276 | 109 | 265 | 308 | 138 | 2308 | 273 | 161 | 374 | 232 | 96 | 290 | 138 | 283 | 414 | 2261 | 4569 |
Handicap | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 13 | |||
Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
Handicap (W) | 6 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
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Photo submitted by Qjt9m6w1Tx01873gM2P7 on 12/30/2021
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Photo submitted by Qjt9m6w1Tx01873gM2P7 on 12/30/2021
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Photo submitted by Qjt9m6w1Tx01873gM2P7 on 12/30/2021
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Burnt fairways Photo submitted by Bill3851356 on 04/07/2021
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Tom before 2 balls in the woods. Photo submitted by normaxelson on 04/07/2020
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Very nice!! Photo submitted by golfing49 on 09/30/2019
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My first round in Florida ... never going back to PA :P Photo submitted by Eric3413 on 08/06/2013
Terrible course maintenance
Although there has been a lack of rain, the conditions were not good at all
In a word….awful
Poor excuse for a golf course. Abysmal conditions. Greens were unplayable. Tee boxes bare. Should be embarrassed to charge what they do. Don’t be fooled by website. Stay away from this one.
Goat Farm Conditions
I have never seen a course with such poor lack of care and mainitence. Uncut tee boxes, greens that look like pot holes, covered in crab grass, tee boxes unlevel, weeds and mold covering fences. I have pictures. No water, no ball washers, worn off paint for yard markers, terrible sand in traps. The place is a wreck. When I specifically asked about course conditions, I was not told about what horrible condition the greens were in. Only that they were punched. This woman I am sure has never seen the condition of the greens. I could not count my round score, the putting surface was in such bad condition. Large areas of fairway were totally dead and brown, or covered in sand.
Course not maintained
The greens were horrible - little sprouting weeds made a put bump and jump - super frustrating - not enjoyable.
Cow Pasture
This course is in terrible condition, take it off as an option. They should not allow us use it until it’s repaired. Tee boxes were dry the fairways with patches of grass and weeds. Waters smell horrible. The greens were with almost no grass weeds were cut low on the greens which made the surface lumpy and irregular. I’ve never played on a course reserved through GOLFNOW this poor.
Do Not Waste Your Time
As a person in their mid-50s, I've played a host of course in my lifetime -- dog tracks included.
But this just may be the worst-maintained course I've ever played. There is not a single redeeming aspect of this course. I played the course the first week of June 2022, which should be when courses are in their prime condition.
No such luck here.
The tee boxes are barren and the fairways aren't much better. And the greens are an embarrassment -- a third of them have sections that have absolutely no grass on them while the others are mostly crabgrass.
And to make matters worse the people that work there do not see to care. When I voiced my opinion to the person working the Pro Shop I received a weak "I'm sorry" with a shrug.
GolfNow should remove this course as an option for players because it simply lacks any basic standard of a working golf course.
Poor condition
The first hole was totally dead from to green it did get a little better but greens are full of weeds and art aren’t very putable
What has happened to the course?
Not played here for a year. The course is in terrible condition.
Greens fairways and bunkers all awful.
Such a shame
Terrible shape
I mean was my day fun? Yes, I was playing golf and not working. With that said though, the course was in terrible shape. The greens were ate up and the fairways incredibly spotty. I don’t remember this course being in such bad shape before.
Great Staff
Friendly staff and nice amenities. Greens could use a little work. Great food and drinks. Shannon and Barb are terrific!!!
Don’t group people together who book solo rounds
This wasn’t the first time I’ve played 18 at The Royal, won’t be my last but won’t be back for a while. I booked a solo tee time for 08:00 for 18. Upon arrival, the man with the clipboard at the beginning of the course grouped me with a set of 3 other players. This should not have been done, and he did not give me an option to opt out of group play. The “starter” as he labeled himself needs to be more polite when addressing people. On a course note, the greens were patchy and inconsistent. Otherwise the course is beautiful. Please, if someone books a solo spot for themselves, let them play by themselves…..was not happy with that.
Bad shape
2nd time playing there and course keeps going down hill fast. Haven't mowed in weeks because weeds are only thing growing. Greens are as dead as fairways.