Hammock Beach Resort - The Conservatory Course

One of the best courses I've ever played. Even though the first week of February the huge greens were in spectacular condition. Lots of traps with soft white sand and lots of waste areas. 5 or 6 sets of tees so you can make the course easier or harder. Carts included GPS that showed pin placements which helped since the front to back of some greens could be almost 2 clubs different. Management and staff were great. The course has a 4 hour and 20 minute play time

Probably one of the nicest courses I've ever played although it ate my lunch if you play here you better bring your A game I'm not sure there are 10 people in the world who could break par from the tips ,The one thing I was disappointed with was no grass to speak of in fairways in January still if your in or around palm coast play the Conservatory it's memorable

great course excellent condition! greens were perfect.

Formidable yet playable. Visually stunning. Links style. Superb course condition.

Great course in excellent condition
very challenging
a must play

The day before playing the Hammock Beach Conservatory course, I played the better known Hammock Beach Ocean course. I found the Conservatory course to be more challenging and fun to play. It is a hidden gem, and is beautifully maintained. It is a must play if you are visiting Northeast Florida.

This course is well hidden but don't let it pass you by. It's a must for all levels but for you single-digit handicappers such s myself, do it! The staff was very considerate and ranger well mannered, asking others to let me play through. I will definitely play this course in the future and would recommend this over the Ocean course.

This is by far the best course i've played so far and probably one of the best courses you can play on this planet.
Staff was extremly welcoming and helpful, we felt treated like being members. There's no single hole which isn't thrilling, the design is just outstanding and fantastic. There's just two houses on the course, which gives a great feeling to be out in mother nature. A lot of water and 140 bunkers but it's fair as long as you can hit straight. We'll play the course again tomorrow since it's just so nice.
We like that course much better than the Ocean at Hammock, which is nice but not even close to the Conservatory.

Pristine conditions, great views, fast greens that roll true, very friendly staff with a starter who will try to make your experience a good one. Highly recommend play any time that you have a chance as this opportunity only lasts a short time.

Generous fairways. Interesting holes. Greens have subtle breaks, multiple levels and are fairly large. Nice practice area.

Rare are my visits to Palm Coast, so after taking the opportunity to play the Ocean Course at Hammock Beach over a year or so ago, I had never forgotten to keep Hammock Beach's other gem on my radar. Conservatory is another Watson design, which tells you there are bunkers everywhere...and many of the waste variety double as cart paths. This course plays long, plays hard and flat out ate me alive. Granted, I played in a steady rain and dealt with two-club winds, but I'm not using Mother Nature as any excuse. If you follow golf, you know the Black Course at Bethpage in New York actually posts warnings about its difficulty. Well, there's no such sign at Conservatory...so I'm warning you. This course is not for the average golfer and would probably bring many accomplished players to their knees. Biggest reason? There simply aren't many misses out there when hitting approach shots and, with the added length, you're now hitting hybrids and longer irons making it even tougher to stick it. Even well-struck tee shots can be gobbled up by deep bunkers, yet you cannot really pull anything but driver on all the Par 4's and Par 5's. Conservatory just eclipsed Tiburon Black as the toughest course I've played in the state of Florida. Good luck.

I played this course for the first time and wish I could play it every weekend. It's in perfect shape and you will more than likely have the course to yourself as we did. This works well as you can take your time and experience the spectacular scenery.

This course is a definite top 5 and is extremely challenging. Make the trip, it's well worth it!

In the top five Scottish style links courses I've played in the world.

PGA conditions for me with cut fairways and high speed green .
But we enjoy due to the quality.
Tom Watson design is perfect
The best

A bit of a trek to get there but well worth the drive.

The conditions when I played were very windy. The tee boxes were spotty on some holes. The greens really take the grain but were in decent condition. The staff was responsive and quite friendly. No cart personnel driving the course was a small annoyance.

Very tough course.Forget the tips 7800,Two tees up on the blue are 6800,If you want a good test this is it.

This course is the best I've played in a long time. Very interesting and not for the faint of heart but lots of fun. The fairway bunkers are killers

If you get a deal on Golfnow this course is a must. Make sure you play the correct tees. The course is long like one person posted. Played in Jan and would like to come back in and play in couple months when course is green and in better shape.

Greens are very difficult

A top notch golf course in a housing community that has not caught on yet. The course is very difficult especially the bunkers...but the conditions were perfect. The greens fees on Golf Now were very good at $75. but if you don't catch that one it could be $200. !! I would played again at the low rate.