Sarasota is reputedly the home of America’s first golf course, built in 1905 by Sir John Hamilton Gillespie, a Scottish aristocrat and six-term mayor of Sarasota.  Now the region boasts an abundance of golf courses for every level of challenge.

BRADENTON

Bradenton Country Club - Private
El Conquistador Country Club - Private
The Links at Greenfield Plantation – Semi Private
Manatee County Golf Course - Public
Peridia Golf and Country Club – Semi Private
Pinebrook / Ironwood Golf Club – Semi Private
The Preserve Golf Club at Tara – Semi Private
River Run Golf Links - Public
The River Club – Semi Private
Rosedale Golf & Country Club – Semi Private
or http://www.rosedalegolf.com
Stoneybrook Golf Club At Heritage Harbour - Public
Tara Golf & Country Club
Waterlefe Golf & River Club – Semi Private
 or http://www.wcigolf.com

ENGLEWOOD

Boca Royale Golf & Country Club - Private
Duffy's Golf Center – Public
Lemon Bay Golf Club – Semi Private
Myakka Pines Golf Club – Semi Private
Oyster Creek Golf Club - Public
Wildflower Country Club - Public

NOKOMIS

Calusa Lakes Golf Club – Semi Private
Mission Valley Golf & Country Club –Private
Sorrento Par 3 - Public

LONGBOAT KEY

Resort at Longboat Key - Private
Longboat Key Club – Private

NORTH PORT

Bobcat Trail Golf Club - Public
Heron Creek Golf & Country Club – Semi Private
Sabal Trace Golf & Country Club – Semi Private

OSPREY

The Oaks - Private

PARRISH

River Wilderness – Private

PALMETTO

Buffalo Creek - Public
Imperial Lakewoods – Semi Private 

PORT CHARLOTTE

Deep Creek Golf Club - Public
Maple Leaf Golf and Country Club – Semi Private
Riverwood Golf Club – Semi Private

ROTONDA

Long Marsh Golf Club – Private
Rotonda Golf & Country Club—Semi Private

RUSKIN

The Golf Club at Cypress Creek –Semi Private

SARASOTA / LAKEWOOD RANCH

Bent Tree Country Club - Private
Bobby Jones Golf Complex – Public 
The Concession
Forest Lakes Golf & Country Club – Semi Private 
Founders Club - Private
Foxfire Golf Club - Public
Gulf Gate Executive Club – Semi Private
Heritage Oaks Golf & Country Club - Public
Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club - Private
Laurel Oak Country Club -  Private
The Legacy, Lakewood Ranch - Public
The Meadows Country Club - Private
Misty Creek Country Club - Private
Oak Ford Golf Club - Public
Palm-Aire Country Club - Private
The Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club
Rolling Green Golf Club - Public
Sara Bay Country Club – Private
Sarasota Golf Club - Public
Serenoa Golf Club – Semi Private
Stoneybrook Golf & Country Club
Suncoast Golf Center - Public
Sunrise Golf Club - Public
Tatum Ridge Golf Links - Public
TPC at Prestancia - Private
University Park Country Club - Private
Village Green - Public

VENICE

Bird Bay Golf Club
The Golf Club at Capri Isles – Semi Private
Jacaranda West Country Club - Private
Lake Venice Golf Club - Public
Pelican Pointe Golf & Country – Semi Private
Plantation Golf and Country Club - Rates
Venetian Golf & River Club – Semi Private
The Venice Golf and Country Club - Private
Waterford Golf Club – Semi Private