Fall and winter are peak season for luxury golf vacations in The Sunshine State of Florida.
While most states shiver in increasingly chilly temperatures, the fall and winter months in The Sunshine State are also cooler by Florida standards, but that makes for perfect golfing weather.
During December and January, for example, daytime highs average 65 to 70°F, which means you can comfortably spend full days outside on the golf course. And while other states endure freezing rain and snow, winter is one of the driest times of the year in Florida, with precipitation averaging just 0.09 inches in December and 0.10 inches in January.
One of Florida’s premier luxury golfing resorts is the AAA Five Diamond-rated Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, just 20 miles southeast of Jacksonville. With two championship golf courses and one of golf’s “best island greens” according to Golf Digest, Ponte Vedra Inn & Club offers exceptional oceanfront lodging, elite course play and almost 100 years of golfing history:
- First golf course to be built in the Northeast Florida region (opened in 1928).
- Ponte Vedra’s Ocean Course has hosted the U.S. Open qualifying round five times.
- In 1939, the Ocean Course was selected to host the prestigious Ryder Cup Match, an event that was later canceled due to WWII.
