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Value
3.0
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
3.7
Pace
3.8
Amenities
2.7
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About

Holes 9
Type Semi-Private
Par 70
Length 6413 yards
Slope 138
Rating 71.4

Editor's Note: Course closed and reopen as The Yards.

The Oak Bridge Club (formerly known as Ponte Vedra Golf & Country Club at Sawgrass) in the heart of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., sits adjacent to the famed Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. The 6,413-yard, par-70 Arnold Palmer design features water on every hole, tree-lined fairways and undulating greens. Oak Bridge favors accuracy and strategy over power and distance. New owners have upgraded the clubhouse and introduced a new restaurant, The 3 Palms Grille. A tennis center is home to 10 Har-Tru clay courts.

Course Details

Year Built 1973
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ed Seay (1987) Arnold Palmer (1987) Robert Walker (1988) MacCurrach Golf

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Locker Rooms

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2017 #12)

Reviews

2.6
716 Reviews (716)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 25
19th Hole Specials 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 73
Bunkers 53
Narrow Fairways 25
This course/club is great for:
Locals 48
Beginners 33
Seniors 24
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 36
Worth the Drive 20
At a Resort 19

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Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Course was not in good condition

When i arrived i wondered why there were so few people playing. After playing a few holes it was obvious. The greens were the worst i have played, tee boxes were poor and the whole course had a an air of neglect. The layout was actually pretty good as is the location at sawgrass, si i find this difficult to understand. Practice facilities were ok but range balls were expensive. Didnt bother with the club house. Would not play again.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0

Selling Part of course

Lived near this course for 2 years and just recently learned they are selling the back 6 holes next to A1A to build condos.... so they are pretty much letting the course turn into weeds all over. For the money you can play somewhere else.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Great little course needs TLC

The Oak Bridge Golf Club offers a great layout with challenging shots. Club house and facilities are in great shape considering the age of the complex. Once greens are in better shape it will a hidden jewel in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Bad shape

The staff is awesome. The fairways are ok. The greens are really bad. Dry and patchy.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Poor conditions

The greens are in such bad shape, putting is almost impossible. May never play this course again.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Shouldn’t have Sawgrass affiliated with their name

Staff was very friendly. Quick start to first tee but the pace through front nine was a snails pace; many hazards through the first nine. Fairway conditions were fair; however, overall course conditions were absolutely horrid. There were many downed trees, a total invasion of geese, dark and muddy sand traps, cart paths had more holes than Swiss cheese, and worst of all the greens; there weren’t any. They were atrocious, poorly kept, dry and dead plus it looked like they aerated the greens with giant pitch forks. Unless one wants to just play practice, I would not recommend it to anyone.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 55
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Worst greens and tees I’ve seen

Thought previous reviewers were being harsh as Oakbridge Seemed improved awhile back
Nope - greens were a combo of bare areated and rough. We often teed off outside the tee box as it was so sandy we slipped.
Sad what’s happened here

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Planned renovation apparently delayed

Course is in horrid condition. Lumpy, weedy greens. Bare fairways.
3 Palms restaurant onsite is fantastic. Go for lunch or dinner and skip the golf.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/19/2019

This course is in horrible shape and should be shut down. Not to mention the change their rain policy daily to meet their needs. All respectable course prorate their greens fees based on rain. We were given nothing and were rained out half way through. Golf now should remove this course from their list.

Every green is a putt -putt, goofy golf adventure. This course used to be nice but needs too be closed and the disrespectful employees in the Pro shop fired.

Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens are horrible

Greens are horrible.
I wish they had some money to put into the course, it’s a great layout but the greens are just horrible.
The people in the clubhouse are great as are the cart guys, course just needs work

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 83
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Green are rough

Tee box and greens are in bad shape hope they get things back. I like this course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Horrible conditions

Don’t trust any positive reviews for the course, it’s in horrible shape, worst of any course I’ve ever played. They aren’t even trying to maintain the greens. It’s like putting on a beach on half of the greens.

I’ve literally never left a review for a course and am really easy going about things, figure you get what you pay for and never complain. But this course isn’t worth $20 on a weekday in the general Jacksonville/St Johns area. Certainly not worth $42 on a Sunday morning.

They will also stack tee times 10 minutes apart with foursomes and still not have the sense to send people down the back 9 in the early morning.

All around worst course I’ve ever played.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Poor greens and tee boxes

The greens and tee boxes were terrible. They should charge half of what I paid and let you know that every green is diseased and tee boxes sandy and barley any grass.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Water, water, and more water

Challenging layout/slope rating, and every hole has water!!. Only safe shot is straight down the middle. Bring plenty of extra balls, you’re going to need them.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Wish it was better conditions

greens are not being cared for
tee boxes atrocious.
Its a shame the course is in such poor shape this time of year.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course to get your quick every day play in

I take my son here all the time. Greens can be rough on some holes but overall it's great course for him to learn on and you cant beat the price and location.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Terible greens

Between the live oak seed pods and the generally hard, crusty, scarred turf the greens were almost unputtable

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Horrible condition

The greens in particular were in horrible condition. The rest of the course wasn’t far behind despite the potentially great course it could be. Do not be fooled by the name Sawgrass as it does not reflect the more famous course over the road.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Still a long way to go

It had been several years since I've played Oak Bridge, but I was encouraged by the recent positive reviews to give the place another try. The staff was friendly, and the updated club house was nice, but that's about the end of the positives. The tee boxes were all torn up and hard to find footing on, the fairways and rough weren't much better, and the greens were a bumpy mess. Also, with no hole overviews to work off of, many of us ended up in water hazards we simply didn't know were there. It's hard to believe a course in this condition is inside the gates at TPC.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice but.....

The price was right. The pace of play was right. The layout was right. Conditions were questionable. As I understand it, things are improving. Tee boxes were rough. Greens were rough but apparently are improving. I liked the whole experience very much. If the course conditions continue to improve, they’ll get much better reviews. I will, however, definitely go back, hoping things continue to improve.

The layout is tight. Target golf for sure. Don’t let the par 70 fool you. You need to be on top of your game to place some shots. As I said, the layout is good, very challenging. Lots of fun to try and get your ball in the right places. And the greens, while in rough shape ( but poss improving ) are not the typical Florida-flat. They’ve got some great undulations which make them interesting. Bunkers were pretty good, somewhat fluffy. Lots of crabgrass everywhere, by again, supposedly improving.

I paid $32 on Golf Now and, for now, worth it.

It’s a recommendation from me.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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