Coastal
The Ocean Course at Hammock
Beach Resort features stunning
holes along the Atlantic coast.
designed with water hazards, a round of
golf here offers stunning views from tee
boxes and plenty of challenge to hit both
fairways and greens.
True to Dye’s design reputation, the
course features narrow fairways and small
greens positioned alongside brackish salt-
marsh creeks that can quickly gobble up
errant shots. Every effort was taken to
preserve native coastal plants throughout
the course and cart paths utilize native
coquina shell.
The course features Bermuda-grass
fairways, Tifdwarf Bermuda greens (con-
vsga.org
“The coastal courses, as well as landlocked courses in our
area are regularly top-ranked in surveys for
quality compared to other Florida golf destinations.”
–David Reese
sidered comparable to more speedy bent-
grass putting surfaces), and Zoysia-Ber-
muda tee boxes. Oak Marsh has made Golf
Digest’s list of “Top 75 Resort Courses in
the U.S.” and Travel & Leisure Golf’s list of
“Florida’s 50 Finest Courses.”
Block particularly enjoys the challenge
and beauty of Oak Marsh’s 17th hole, the
course’s No. 1 handicap hole. The hole
demands accuracy from the first swing.
“The tee box puts you right out in the
middle of the marsh with a spectacular
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