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Palatka Golf Club
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Neighbor to the beautiful Ravine State Gardens, Palatka Golf Club offers a game that is as scenic as it is entertaining. Designed by Donald Ross in 1925, the golf course was created with all skill levels of golfers in mind. The layout is player friendly, but there are still many challenging elements to keep golfers on their toes, including Ross' signature "turtleback" greens. There are also numerous bunkers fiercely guarding the greens. The signature hole of the course is the par-3 third. This 188-yard hole is a test of accuracy, requiring a difficult tee shot to a well bunkered green. Palatka Golf Club also offers a unique aqua driving range for golfers to use.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 5862 yards | 68.3 | 118 |
| White | 72 | 5589 yards | 66.9 | 115 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5589 yards | 73.0 | 119 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4748 yards | 67.5 | 113 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 68.9/125 W: 74.5/128 | 322 | 385 | 190 | 482 | 448 | 160 | 407 | 380 | 384 | 3158 | 475 | 362 | 170 | 299 | 181 | 377 | 168 | 370 | 451 | 2853 | 6011 |
| White M: 67.5/122 W: 73.0/125 | 311 | 367 | 183 | 473 | 428 | 145 | 386 | 368 | 356 | 3017 | 454 | 349 | 156 | 285 | 170 | 352 | 160 | 360 | 400 | 2686 | 5703 |
| Green M: 63.7/110 W: 68.5/115 | 257 | 295 | 125 | 460 | 402 | 128 | 353 | 313 | 302 | 2635 | 398 | 242 | 118 | 221 | 160 | 278 | 145 | 310 | 330 | 2202 | 4837 |
| Red M: 62.2/104 W: 66.2/111 | 247 | 291 | 88 | 275 | 306 | 121 | 350 | 310 | 297 | 2285 | 394 | 236 | 112 | 215 | 156 | 273 | 133 | 306 | 325 | 2150 | 4435 |
| Handicap | 15 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 70 |
| Handicap (W) | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
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Photo submitted by PalatkaGolfClub on 01/28/2017
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Photo submitted by PalatkaGolfClub on 01/28/2017
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Photo submitted by PCharlz61 on 06/21/2014
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John Daly's Golf Bag Photo submitted by f16hoops on 10/09/2012
Palatka
Course is in decent shape fairways are nice. Greens are very slow but classic Donald Ross. Small greens lots of tricky breaks.
Course is also very short from the tips, would have used hybrids for most holes if my driver was not working that day.
Par 3s are almost all the same distance.
Overall good course to have a good time.
Olds school feel with hill seldom seen in the area.
You won’t find many hills in Florida but this course backs up to the Ravine Gardens state park in Palatka Florida. I have seen YouTube videos of guys that have link courses in England and this is how it’s set up. I was able to get through 18 in just over 2 hours. The course is both easy in some ways but challenging in others. The greens have turtle shell so chipping and short game are challenged. I played from the whites and although sometimes the distance doesn’t seem to be a factor going uphill on some 350 plus par 4’s were challenging yet fun for a golfer of my skill level. 20 handicap. I loved the course and was overall in great condition for this time of year in Florida. Will be back for sure.
Great shape
Golf course is in the best condition I have ever seen it
The greens are very very slow. The rest of the course is in nice shape. We need to complain to management to improve the greens. One of my friends said the greens were the slowest ever. Increase the green speed.
Old course by Donald Ross
Fairways and greens in excellent condition. Bunkers and tea boxes needs attention. Overall a pleasurable experience.
Will definitely play it again when visiting Florida
A Round to Forget
The course was pretty cool, but we had the weirdest experience in our golfing history. We came in from out of town because we heard good things about the course. Unfortunately, we had 6-somes and 8-somes in front of us holding things up. It did not become a big issue until the last few holes. They refused to get off of greens and could not walk straight because of their alcohol use. We had a police officer behind us who decided to join our group, and by the last hole he went up to them and told them to get off the green because they had been on for literally 15-20 minutes. They verbally assaulted us and almost physically assaulted the police officer. We will never play there again.
Great course
This was the first time we played this course and it was a lot of fun. Can’t wait till the next time.
A GREAT OLD COURSE!!
BACK IN THE 1979'S I USED TO PLAY THIS COURSE 2-3 TIMES A WEEK!!! MANY MEMORIES ON THIS COURSE!!! TEE BOXES....FAIRWAYS....GREENS....EXCELLENT!!!
Pleasant Day
Course in very good condition for this time of year. Greens firm and true. Each year we come back in better condition
Nice Course
Nice traditional golf course. Relatively small, interesting greens, some tightness along the way. Over seeding makes for great lies in the fairways. I’ll be back.
Nice course
Wide open fairways; small undulating greens make it fun and challenging!
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