Best Golf Courses in Florida (2026)

TheGrint Florida golf course directory page on thegrint.com on an iPhone, beside a card noting 10 Florida courses on the 2026 Top 100 lists

The best golf courses in Florida, according to golfers on TheGrint, are Adios Golf Club (98.0), Calusa Pines Golf Club (97.7) and the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass (96.9). Florida has 10 courses on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100: six on the U.S. Public list, led by the Stadium Course at No. 7, and four on the U.S. Private list, led by Adios at No. 11.

This guide covers all 10, the highly rated public courses just outside the Top 100, and how hard each one plays. Rankings come from golfers who played the courses, not a panel.

Every course links to its page in TheGrint's directory of 1,327 Florida golf courses, with the full scorecard for every set of tees.

What are the best public golf courses in Florida?

The best public golf courses in Florida are the six on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100 U.S. Public list, led by the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass at No. 7. Here they are with their rank on the list, TheGrint Rating out of 100, and TheGrint Difficulty:

Rank (U.S. Public)	Course	City	TheGrint Rating	Plays harder than
7	TPC Sawgrass: Stadium Course	Ponte Vedra Beach	96.9	99%
19	Streamsong Resort: Red	Bowling Green	95.5	85%
38	Streamsong Resort: Blue	Bowling Green	94.7	85%
54	Streamsong Resort: Black	Bowling Green	94.1	77%
56	Tiburon Golf Club: Gold	Naples	94.1	94%
74	PGA Golf Club: Dye Course	Port St. Lucie	93.6	97%

Three of the six are at Streamsong Resort in Bowling Green, the most of any Florida resort on the list.

What are the best private golf courses in Florida?

Four Florida clubs are on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100 U.S. Private list, and they include the two highest-rated courses in the state:

Rank (U.S. Private)	Course	City	TheGrint Rating	Plays harder than
11	Adios Golf Club	Pompano Beach	98.0	97%
26	Calusa Pines Golf Club	Naples	97.7	99%
66	Jupiter Hills Club: Hills	Jupiter	96.9	99%
76	Pelican Golf Course	Clearwater	96.7	30%

Adios, Calusa Pines, the Stadium Course, Jupiter Hills and Pelican are the five highest-rated courses of any kind in Florida on TheGrint.

Where should you play golf in Florida?

Florida's top-rated golf is spread across the state, so it helps to plan by region:

Central Florida: Streamsong Red, Blue, Black and The Chain at Streamsong Resort in Bowling Green. Around Orlando, Bay Hill Club & Lodge: Challenger/Champion and Grand Cypress: Links Course.
Northeast Florida: the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Southwest Florida: Naples has more courses than any other Florida city in the directory, with 90, including Tiburon Golf Club: Gold and Naples Grande Golf Club. Farther north are Fort Myers, Captiva and Longboat Key.
Treasure Coast: the Dye Course at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie.

Resort and club courses can have booking rules for guests, so check each course's page and the course itself before you plan around it.

What are the hidden gems in Florida golf?

These public and semi-private courses rate highly with golfers on TheGrint but aren't on the 2026 Top 100. Each ranks in the top 160 of the 1,134 well-reviewed courses in Florida:

Naples Grande Golf Club (Naples, 92.8): harder than 93% of rated courses.
Heritage Palms: Sabal (Fort Myers, 92.8): harder than 51%.
Soleta Golf Club (Myakka City, 92.8): east of Sarasota; its difficulty isn't rated yet.
Streamsong Resort: The Chain (Bowling Green, 92.8): Streamsong's fourth course, harder than only 9%.
Longboat Key Club: Harbourside Red/White (Longboat Key, 92.7): harder than 58%.
Grand Cypress: Links Course (Orlando, 92.6): harder than 49%.
Bay Hill Club & Lodge: Challenger/Champion (Orlando, 92.5): harder than 99%, the toughest course on this list.
Captiva Island Golf Club (Captiva, 92.5): harder than only 4%.

What is the hardest golf course in Florida?

Three of Florida's Top 100 courses play harder than 99% of rated courses on TheGrint: the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, Calusa Pines and Jupiter Hills. Bay Hill's Challenger/Champion course, one of the hidden gems above, also plays harder than 99%.

Pelican Golf Course in Clearwater is the exception on the Top 100: golfers rate it 96.7, but it plays harder than only 30% of rated courses. For more, see the hardest golf courses golfers rank among the best, and check what tees to play before a hard course.

How are these golf courses ranked?

TheGrint Rating is a score out of 100 built from golfers' reviews and their head-to-head course rankings on TheGrint. TheGrint Top 100 uses those signals, including the Course Ranking Game, and gives more weight to golfers who have played more courses.

TheGrint Rating: golfers' ratings of the course, plus where it places in their personal rankings. It is not the Course Rating^™ that the USGA^® and authorized golf associations assign to each set of tees.
TheGrint Difficulty: how hard a course plays compared with every other rated course, based on the scores golfers log there.
Hidden gems: public and semi-private courses with a state rank, meaning enough golfer reviews to be ranked, that aren't on the 2026 Top 100.

How we counted: ratings, difficulty and state ranks come from TheGrint's Florida directory and course pages on October 26, 2026. Ratings update as golfers add reviews and rankings. For more on the lists, see how TheGrint Top 100 works.

How does TheGrint help you plan a Florida golf trip?

TheGrint has the scorecard, ratings and difficulty for every course before you go, and GPS and scoring when you get there.

Browse the state: all 1,327 Florida courses by city. Naples has the most with 90, followed by Lady Lake with 77 and Fort Myers with 37.
See the full lists: TheGrint's 2026 Top 100 U.S. Public list, the U.S. Private list and the rest of TheGrint Top 100.
Play and rank: free GPS on more than 40,000 courses, live scoring for your group, and the Course Ranking Game to rank each course you play.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best golf course in Florida?

Adios Golf Club in Pompano Beach is the best golf course in Florida according to golfers on TheGrint, with a TheGrint Rating of 98.0. It is a private club and No. 11 on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100 U.S. Private list. Calusa Pines Golf Club in Naples (97.7) is next.

What is the best public golf course in Florida?

The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach is the best public golf course in Florida on TheGrint, with a TheGrint Rating of 96.9. It is No. 7 on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100 U.S. Public list. Streamsong Red is the next Florida course on that list, at No. 19.

How many Florida golf courses are on TheGrint Top 100?

Ten Florida golf courses are on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100: six on the U.S. Public list and four on the U.S. Private list. Three of the six public courses are at Streamsong Resort: Red, Blue and Black.

How many golf courses are in Florida?

TheGrint's golf course directory lists 1,327 golf courses in Florida. Naples has the most of any city with 90, followed by Lady Lake with 77 and Fort Myers with 37. Each course page has a free scorecard for every set of tees.

What is the hardest golf course in Florida?

The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, Calusa Pines and Jupiter Hills each play harder than 99% of rated courses on TheGrint, the most of any Florida Top 100 course. Bay Hill's Challenger/Champion course in Orlando also plays harder than 99%. Pelican Golf Course plays easier than most rated courses.

Plan your Florida round with TheGrint

Pick a course, check the scorecard and your tees, then keep score in TheGrint with free GPS distances and live scoring for your group. Rank the course when you're done to help shape next year's Top 100. Get started with TheGrint.