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4.3
774 Reviews (774)
5 Stars
314
4 Stars
387
3 Stars
56
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
10
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.6
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.2
97.5%
Recommend this course
741 out of 774 reviews
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4.1
38 Reviews (38)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
23
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.6
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.5
97.4%
Recommend this course
37 out of 38 reviews
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4.3
80 Reviews (80)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
43
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.6
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.5
98.8%
Recommend this course
79 out of 80 reviews
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Course Highlights
Fast, true-rolling greens and well-maintained fairways make this course one of the top public options in the Jacksonville area. Outstanding value for money and a challenging layout featuring water, sand, and wind reward repeat visits.

About

Holes 18
Type Military
Par 72
Length 6395 yards
Slope 121
Rating 70.1

Windy Harbor Golf Club is a military golf course located at the Mayport Naval Station, it was formerly known as the Mayport Golf Club. The seaside course now takes its name from the blustery ocean breezes that sweep through the back nine. The golf course is narrow with tree-lined fairways and large, fast greens that are slightly sloped. There is also a defined cut of rough beside every fairway. Greenside bunkers and water hazards that come into play on nearly every hole make the course challenging for players of all abilities. Windy Harbor Golf Club also has practice facilities for golfers to use that include a driving range with grass and carpeted practice tees, a practice sand trap, and a large putting green.

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Course Details

Year Built 1960
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

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Reviews

4.3
774 Reviews (774)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 14
Brunch 7
Watching the Game 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 14
Water Hazards 10
Forced Carries 7
This course/club is great for:
Seniors 11
Locals 10
Walkers 10
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 7

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Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

New Windy Harbor

Always enjoy playing Windy Harbor and the new greens have made it challenging like never before. They putt well and true, but hard holding approach shots. New sand in bunkers is nice if it's been raked 😫

Fairways are in great condition and the rough is thick and penalizing at times but that's golf. Bogeys and pro shop staff are always providing excellent service.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Love the course but Very Slow

The new greens are great, fairways and tees are in decent shape.

The weather was very windy making the course very challenging but we had to quit with 4 holes to go and

we’d already been on the course for over 5 hours. As we went, we noticed that no one was on 17 or 18. Some group was at least 2 holes behind and nothing was done. They really need to have course Marshall on the weekend..

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 184
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Good challenging golf course with excellent staff!

Good challenging golf course with excellent staff! The recently rebuilt greens are good and will get better. Sand traps much improved.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 55
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

My first time playing windy harbor,the course is in great shape, greens are fast, fairway in good condition, course is open but challenging with some water and blind shots.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 55
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Picturesque golf course with water on every hole

Very nice challenging golf course with water on every hole and a nice restaurant.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Still fun

Seems a lot of talented players I get paired up with here which makes it even more enjoyable. Unfortunately it will

Be shutting down in a week for some maintenance and upgrading.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 78
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Greens well below expectations

I've played this course well over 500 times in 50 years. The current layout dating back about 30 years is very nice and usually the course is in very god to excellent condition. This time we found many greens with tufts of spikey grass all over them, making putting simply a game of luck. Something to do with transitioning the grass?? Even if that is the case, mowing them more frequently would remove the problem to a great extent.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 184
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 57
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Explanation of Conditions

I play Windy Harbor weekly. The course is usually in great condition but they are shutting the course down in March for a 6 month refurbish. As such, they have not maintained the greens and tee boxes as they normally would have..

They are redoing the greens, bunkers, and other improvements during this time.

The course should be fantastic when they open back up in September.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 21
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 43
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens are horrible

Greens are horrible ,And again as usual golf now patrons or treated like unwanted people

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY

I wish they would have warned me before I paid to play this course. This course was my favorite for a long time. I never would have imagined the greens to get so bad. The fairways were as expected for this time of year, however the greens were so horrible. This is not from the weather, someone does not know how to do their job. I’m sorry, I will not be returning unless someone post amazing reviews.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout right next to the Naval Base

Greens need a lot of work but that will start in 3 weeks!!!!!?

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 60
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Stay away - a once fine course is now a dump

I've played Windy for 5 years and from time to time there's been some fungus or slight lack of attention in terms of upkeep. In between all that its been a great course at a decent price. Today was shocking - turns out they are shutting down in 4 weeks for course alterations so they just stopped all work short of mowing. The fairways and greens are a mess. The only green is weeds on the greens resulting in bumpy non true putts. Management should be ashamed and cut prices in half until fixed.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 21
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 57
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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