The moment you arrive you will feel what draws people to PGA National. Golf is at the heart of it all, combined with great food and friends, an enviable year-round climate that lends itself to an active lifestyle - all offered in warm and welcoming elegant contemporary surroundings. You'll find resort guests and club members, local residents and international travellers, recreational golfers and even the pros mingling together on the sumptuous iDeck overlooking the spectacular pool and golf courses, or sipping cocktails at iBar - home to the hottest Happy Hour in Palm Beach Gardens. The PGA National now offers a splendid choice of eight restaurants, snack bars and lounges. There is a superb spa, 19 tennis courts and a fitness centre.

PGA National Golf Courses - If you are serious about your golf then you need to experience the PGA National Resort.Originally designed by Tom and George Fazio for major tournament play, The Champion Course at PGA National Resort & Spa was redesigned by Jack Nicklaus in 1990 and more recently in 2018, the course now hosts the Honda Classic each spring on the PGA Tour. Although The Champion has generous landing areas and spacious greens, golfers are presented with course management challenges throughout the round. A must-play on any avid golfer’s list, The Champion features the Bear Trap, which spans three demanding holes designed by Jack Nicklaus.

The Palmer Course named after its designer, Arnold Palmer, this course is one of the more forgiving at PGA National Resort from tee to fairway, known as a risk/reward game. The open fairways and larger greens can be quite accommodating and invite players to take a chance if they dare – as golfers are not overly penalized for missing the fairway or primary rough on most holes here. The Palmer has a great series of finishing holes, with the 18th being one of the most scenic par 5s on the property.

The new Fazio Course is a reinvention of The Haig, PGA National’s original 18-hole course that opened in 1980. The Haig was designed by George and Tom Fazio in tribute to five-time PGA champion Walter Hagen, and its renovation is being led by third-generation designer Tom Fazio II, who emphasized modernizing the course layout. While the original par-72 routing remains intact, the renovation improves the classic golf architecture with modern advances.

The Squire, named after the immortal Gene Sarazen, the first golfer ever to win the professional Grand Slam, “the thinking man’s course” is the ultimate test of accuracy and precision. The Squire is the shortest and most exacting of the courses at PGA National Resort. Accuracy with fairway woods and long irons is tested on many tees, and the new smaller greens demand precise approach shots. Several doglegs provide a risk/reward opportunity for any longer hitter as well.

The Estates course presents an enjoyable mix of challenging and docile holes. The course sets up for any level of player as it is one of the shorter courses at the PGA National. Where golfers are tested is in the formidable placement of fairway bunkers and water hazards. Generous fairways at this course will often make stray tee shots more manageable, and the large, inviting greens help keep the course fun for the high handicapper. The course is located off-property, 5 miles to the west of the resort.