"Pairs with the King & Bear as the two World Golf Village courses — useful St. Augustine golf-trip content, tied to two legends' names rather than a single star architect."

The original World Golf Village course, opened 1998 next to what was then the World Golf Hall of Fame. Architect Bobby Weed did the designing with two Hall of Famers — 'Slammin' Sammy' Snead and Gene 'The Squire' Sarazen — as player consultants, and the result honors their finesse: a low-profile, textured layout through north-Florida flatwoods with bold flashed-face bunkers and tight-clipped green surrounds that make the short game the whole examination. It has hosted PGA Tour Champions and LPGA Legends events.

Resort golfers, short-game tinkerers, and anyone doing the World Golf Village pilgrimage who wants a second round that flatters more than it bruises.

The bold, flashed-face bunkering is the signature more than any single hole — Weed's shaping gives a flat site real definition. The closing holes around the old Hall of Fame lake, with the tower across the water, were the postcard shot of 1990s Florida golf.

The friendlier of the two WGV courses — playable width, moderate length, and trouble you can mostly see. Those shaved green surrounds will expose a rough chipping game, which is honestly good practice.

Same trip as the King & Bear — about 2.5 hours from Wesley Chapel. If you only play one WGV course, locals usually pick King & Bear for the name and this one for the value.

No verified GSPro recreation. On the sim, its calling card — tight-clipped chipping areas — is hard to replicate anyway. For Bobby Weed flatwoods Florida golf in GSPro, a TPC Sawgrass session (Weed built Dye's Valley course there) is the sensible substitute.

Public resort daily-fee at World Golf Village — easy online booking, generally a notch cheaper than its King & Bear sibling, with Florida-resident and twilight rates.