World Golf Village - Slammer & Squire

Bobby Weed designed the Slammer & Squire at World Golf Village with two World Golf Hall of Fame members serving as player consultants: 'Slammin' Sammy' Snead and Gene 'The Squire' Sarazen. The course opened May 1998, two years before its sister King & Bear (Nicklaus-Palmer co-design), as the resort's first golf offering. 6,939 yards par-72. The design brief was explicitly to reward good shotmaking rather than raw distance, and Weed delivered: the front nine strolls through gentle forests and marshes with varying hole rhythms, while the back nine plays more open across the resort campus with no forced carries. Large bunkers mask certain landing areas for visual intimidation without punishing the average-handicapper who finds the generous fairway widths. Peak green fee runs $95-165 for resort guests. Fits a St. Augustine / Ponte Vedra trip as the 'four Hall of Famers on one property' card paired with King & Bear (Nicklaus + Palmer) next door.