Florida has more golf than any state in the union, and most of it is a day trip from the bays. This guide covers 99 real courses you can actually get on — public, resort, and semi-private — organized by drive time from Wesley Chapel. Every entry was researched and independently fact-checked; green-fee bands are honest ranges, not teasers.
- Tampa Bay & Home Turf — 0–1 hour · 11 courses
- Orlando & the Attractions Corridor — 1–1.5 hours · 12 courses
- Central Florida & The Villages — 1–1.5 hours · 11 courses
- Sarasota & the Gulf Beaches — 1–1.5 hours · 11 courses
- Naples & Southwest Florida — 2.5–3.5 hours · 10 courses
- Jacksonville & St. Augustine — 2.5–3.5 hours · 12 courses
- Palm Beach & the Treasure Coast — 2.5–3.5 hours · 12 courses
- Miami, the Keys & the Panhandle — 4+ hours (trip territory) · 11 courses
- Space Coast & Daytona — 1.5–2.5 hours · 9 courses
Play it in the sim first: courses marked with an encyclopedia link have full write-ups, and many are in the GSPro catalog in the bays.
Related reading: The Florida Guide: Tampa Bay & Home Turf · The Florida Guide: Orlando & the Attractions Corridor · The Florida Guide: Central Florida & The Villages · The Florida Guide: Sarasota & the Gulf Beaches
The Most Forgiving Drivers of the 2010s, Ranked by the Data
From roughly 2014 to 2019, every major manufacturer spent its entire driver budget chasing one number: MOI — how much the head resists twisting when you miss the middle. Carbon crowns, tungsten back weights, faces engineered to fight your specific mishit. Those flagships were the most forgiving drivers ever built to that point, and forgiveness does not expire. Your heel strike in 2026 is the same heel strike it was in 2018, and a head that held ball speed on it then holds ball speed on it now.