Palatka Golf Club
About
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 |
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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 |
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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 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 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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Reviewer Photos
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Green Goodness Photo submitted by LowelM on 03/29/2023
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Wow Photo submitted by u000001662545 on 10/16/2022
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Photo submitted by stephen9712884 on 01/08/2022
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Photo submitted by peacekite on 06/10/2021
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Photo submitted by peacekite on 06/10/2021
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Photo submitted by Bill3851356 on 03/31/2021
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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 PalatkaGolfClub on 01/28/2017
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1937 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 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
Summertime
Considering the summer heat, the staff is doing a great job of keeping up the course. Looks to GE one of the best kept in the area that I have played on!
Palatka golf
In great condition for mid summer. Course continues to improve!
Great value
Excellent, timeless Donald Ross layout...small greens ( which should be in amazing condition in the coming weeks), well taken care of bunkers, and deadly rough make this an excellent option for anyone south of Jacksonville.
This course is in bad condition.
Played here the second time around. The conditions of the course is terrible. Will be the last time I’ll be playing here.
Fun Layout, Conditions bad
Course has a fun and unique layout. Great value for the money. But in its current state, the greens are terrible. Sandy and bumpy. The rough was over grown, balls that rolled through the fairway disappeared because the grass was so tall
What's happening here?
I've been playing this course for almost 25 years, maybe 6-8 times/year and have seen it anywhere close to this bad. The greens are bad but it seems that other courses are going through a similar thing so I don't know.
What stands out to me is the sloppiness of the course and how high the grass is off the fairway. It's difficult to find your ball in there and it just looks bad as well. Very unkempt and unattractive, quite different from what it has traditionally been.
It's a mess, frankly. Cut the grass.
Good Value for a municipal course.
Layout and fairways are fine and fair. A lot of bunkers steep and very near pins. Greens in terrible shape though - very patchy and bumpy with many bare spots.
Staff very friendly.
Was surprised
Overall condition of tee boxes, fairways, rough, and especially the greens left a lot to be desired. Not sure what happened but it got out of control in a big way. I really like the course, but difficult to recommend at this time.
June Round of Golf
Play at Palatka once every month or so and usually enjoy the round. However, this time it was generally in poor to terrible shape. All greens not playable, tees had no grass, fairways some grass.
Not sure what recently happened to this fun layout, but it needs help. Price and snack bar are good.
I'll try again in a few months.
Needs To Heal
Beautiful old Golf course.. Course layout was fair-- But the fairways and greens were absolute horror-- Patchy greens that you could not even putt on-- Fairways had to pick and place due to lack of grass--- As I said... A beautiful course layout that has to heal !!
Bad shape
Course is in very rough shape. All greens are ate up with fungus or burnt up. Tried getting a drink while at the turn and no one was available at the window and don’t want to slow up the pace. No beverage cart out. Overall disappointing outing.
Nice Donald Ross course
Great course for the money. Green had been recently punched, but should be good soon.
Nice Spring Day
Quick round for a twosome midweek. Fun course, greens and tees need some work.
Overall a good day of golf.
Rye is gone, greens mostly dirt for now
Winter grass all dead, no summer grass grown in on greens, they are mostly dirt, not even sanded to be smoothed. Just hard pan like concrete. Play short and bounce up because greens will not hold most approach shots. Fairways are fine. Tee boxes fair but not great. Not flat and pretty hacked up, but better than the greens. At least they had ice and water in all of the coolers, which is good.