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4.1
443 Reviews (443)
5 Stars
279
4 Stars
105
3 Stars
40
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
5
Conditions
4.2
Value
3.4
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.2
75.8%
Recommend this course
403 out of 443 reviews
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4.4
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
20
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.5
Value
3.9
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.8
87.1%
Recommend this course
27 out of 31 reviews
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4.3
37 Reviews (37)
5 Stars
22
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.4
Value
3.8
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.8
81.1%
Recommend this course
30 out of 37 reviews
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Course Highlights
The staff consistently earns top marks for being genuinely friendly, helpful, and attentive from the clubhouse to the course. The layout impresses with a challenging, water-featured design that rewards big hitters and strategic play.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 7279 yards
Slope 141
Rating 74.6

The King & Bear Course at World Golf Village is named for its designers, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. It is the first and only collaboration between the two legendary golfers. Combining the contrasting styles of the two designers created a challenging course that incorporates features from both traditional Scottish-links courses and new traditions in American golf. The course is known for the numerous lakes bordered by large coquina rock that come into play throughout. The front nine is dotted with loblolly pines while decades-old oak trees provide shade for the back nine. In addition to King & Bear, World Golf Village also offers another excellent 18-hole course, Slammer & Squire.

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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Fairways 419 Bermuda Grass
Greens 419 Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round. Peak Season: Mid-February - May
Architect Arnold Palmer (2000) Jack Nicklaus (2000) Ed Seay (2000) MacCurrach Golf (2017) Nicklaus (2017) Bruce Borland Jim Lipe

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
GPS Yes
Caddies Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Jacuzzi

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis

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Reviews

4.1
443 Reviews (443)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 37
Brunch 19
Dinner 15
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 74
Bunkers 71
Undulating Greens 47
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 54
A Weekend Splurge 44
A Bucket list/Top 100 Pick 43
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 42
At a Resort 35
Near Local Attractions 35

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Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Good course layout and playtime pace.

Great layout and course care at this time of year. .

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Perfect weather
Used cart

Perfect winter conditions

Weather has been colder than normal in Jax but K&B was in impeccable shape. Greens ran true & fairways were in spring form. Staff & experience was great!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Course!

Greens looked and rolled amazing! It's a long course regardless of what tees you play from.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course in great shape. Very friendly and helpful staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great course

Best in the area from what I’ve played. There’s actually topsoil and grass unlike many local courses

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

The juice isn’t worth the squeeze

I booked on GolfNow and I am still unclear how much I paid. Stated price was $135 for a Tuesday afternoon but I think all in it was closer to $150. For reference I paid half that at a beautiful course in Waverly GA on Monday on the way down. Overpriced in my opinion. There were a lot of positives but for the cost I cannot justify more than 3 stars. Talking about stars, the staff were all-stars. From the clubhouse, to the starter, to the marshals - all gentlemen. Genuinely nice, concerned, and honest - when questioned lol. One witnessed a 175 yd 7-iron 2nd shot that landed - and firmly bounced OFF the green. Watching me skull a 56 back over the green added insult to injury. I’m a 15 so we both laughed. Point being, the greens are terrible. Sometimes cart path only is necessary. However, when every drive plugs and every GIR bounces off the green aggressively there’s a problem. The green speeds were consistent except for 9 and 18. Both slow. Layout was pretty cool. Lots of water. Usually I hit OB 1-3 times and miss greens. Today I hit greens that ricocheted into the rough. One landed center green and rolled OB. I like the idea of the course. The houses around the course were beautiful- it’s like the course didn’t belong because it wasn’t as nice. No GPS in carts was a little weird too considering the clubhouse looks like it should be on Hilton Head or Sea Island. Lots of reviews complain about resort fees and cc fees. The $13 is annoying but balls bouncing off greens and plugging in every fairway was a bigger problem for me. I like the name and idea of this course but the hype doesn’t justify the cost. If I wasn’t passing through I’d gamble on less known courses. I hope you enjoy the review.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 102
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

not worth the $116.08 I paid ..The course layout was good . but cart path only turned into a 6 hr round .

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Overall very pleased

The course was in fantastic shape, the staff did warm me prior to the start of round that the greens are very firm and they were not kidding, it was very challenging to hold a ball on the green, but other than that the course was in great shape. The staff were super friendly and helpful.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

What a treat

This course was immaculate, challenging, and beautiful.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Total let down

Can’t believe they charged $169 bucks to play with the conditions the way they are. Not worth it at all, stay away until conditions improve especially at the price points they are trying to charge.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful layout, greens hard as a rock and too bumpy.

This is a beautifully laid out golf course that seems to be a bit neglected for the price paid to play it. Was impossible to hold any green from anywhere beyond 100 yards. The greens were also quite bumpy, so no true roll to the hole. Some tee boxes were very beat up and sandy. For the money this course should be better taken care of or less money charged to play it.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Over sold

This course two days in a row way over sold. There’s no chance to stay warm. Pace of play is awful it’s 20 minutes in between shots. Staff is great though and course is nice.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 26
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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