Twenty-three rooms, a rooftop bar, and Historic Hotels of America membership on Jacksonville Beach.
$180–$300/night
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The Casa Marina is a 23-room boutique hotel on Jacksonville Beach and a member of Historic Hotels of America. The scale alone separates it from the resort options at Ponte Vedra and Amelia Island; with this few keys, the property runs with a personal touch the bigger places can't replicate. The beachfront position gives the evenings more character than a resort corridor.
A rooftop bar, on-site restaurant, and complimentary breakfast handle the practical side without the sprawl of the larger properties. You're trading amenity depth for atmosphere, and that's the point. The 20-minute drive to TPC Sawgrass is the key logistical consideration: short enough for a multi-day TPC trip, particularly if you'd rather separate where you sleep from where you play. Jacksonville Beach also sits roughly midway between TPC Sawgrass and Amelia Island, so the Casa Marina works as a base for trips spanning both hubs.
$180 to $300 nightly, a meaningful saving against the larger Ponte Vedra and Amelia Island resorts. Best suited to couples or small groups who'd rather walk the beach in the evening than chase a resort amenity list.
Golf at Sawgrass and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Florida
Sawgrass and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Florida
Tom Fazio through salt marsh and oceanfront dunes, available to resort guests who know to ask.
Sawgrass and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Florida
Pete Dye's 1972 design, freshly renovated in 2025, with water on 14 holes and a green fee that respects the budget.
Sawgrass and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Florida
The second course at TPC Sawgrass, redesigned in 2014, that earns its tee time on its own terms.
Sawgrass and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Florida
The island green, the stadium mounding, and a Pete Dye design that changed how tournament courses are built.
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