AMELIA ISLAND PLANTATION - Long Point Golf Club
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Resort Information
Long Point is a Tom Fazio award winning design and is one of three championship courses at Amelia Island
Plantation Resort. Located just north of Jacksonville, AIP features a variety of accommodations (670 rooms)
situated on 1350 acres adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean. Amenities at this AAA-Four Diamond property include
23 clay tennis courts, a health and fitness center, full service spa, fine shops and dining options, heated outdoor
and indoor pool areas (with lap lanes) with Jacuzzis, a beach, conference and meeting facilities, seven miles of
bike trails, plus fishing and sailing charters. For photos and information on the resort and to log on to their web site, visit our page for Amelia Island Plantation Resort by clicking here. Keep in mind - You Must Stay Here To Play Here, as golf course play is available to guests and members only!
Long Point Golf Club Review 2/21/04
Long Point is the premier layout at Amelia Island - a 6,775 yard design that has been awarded 4 1/2 stars by
Golf Digest Places to Play. It also has been honored as the fifth best course in the state by the Miami Herald,
and has been a qualifying site for the men's US Open, US Amateur, and the Florida Women's Amateur. This par
-72 golf course features rolling fairways that wind through a variety of landscapes, including magnificent marshes
, thick oak and pine forest, and scenic oceanfront dunes. The Amelia River, expansive salt marshes and natural waste areas, plus distinctive back to back oceanfront par threes add to the allure.
The Amelia Island Plantation School of Golf is on property, with its own private driving range and practice green.
The Long Point clubhouse features a pro shop with golf accessories, equipment rental, customized gifts and
sportswear. Across the walkway there is a separate building with locker rooms/showers for men and women,
plus a restaurant and lounge. A complimentary grass range and putting/chipping green are available for
members and guests. On course golfers will find that the course is well marked with 150-yard stakes, yardage
blocks in the middle of the fairways, and sprinkler heads measured to the center of the green. Daily information
is provided for the different sets of rotating pin placements. Each cart is equipped with cart covers which protect clubs during inclement weather.
Four sets of tees allow golfers of varying skill levels to choose a distance that meets their game. The blue tees
play to 6706 yards and a 132 slope rating, and the whites are playable for the average golfer at 6121 yards/125
slope. An alternate set (green tees) measure 5480 /114 slope and the forward tees are 4825 yards with a 123
slope rating. 15 water hazards, 46 sand bunkers and the high quality but slippery Tif Eagle putting surfaces will
make golfers earn their scores. Long Point, as with the other two courses at Amelia Island, features challenging
green complexes, with undulations, ridges, collection areas and strategically placed bunkers all in play. There is
not much call for bump and run approaches, and golfers that miss the greens will frequently be confronted with tough up and downs from greenside swales.
The par five first plays along a severely undulating fairway. Mounding in the middle will funnel mis-hit shots even
further off line, and swales and collection areas serve to gather balls bouncing along this roller coaster fairway.
The green complex is noticeably elevated, requiring an extra club on the approach. Number two presents an
open fairway, but is demanding on the approach as shots hit left of center will catch a slope leading to the marsh.
The safe target area is the right side of the green. The third is a long par three that plays all of the distance
advertised. Pay attention to the pin placement as the putting surface is deep and undulating. Four doglegs left
around a marsh, and can be cut with a shot aimed just left of the bunker lying deep of the fairway. There is more
room for error than it appears on the second shot. The short par three 5th is very score-able, and is followed by
beautiful par five, which can be reached in two by long hitters. Played cautiously with a lay up about 50-100
yards out, this hole becomes a possible birdie, easy par. Though not as severe as hole # 1, the seventh also has
mounding in the middle that directs balls away from the center of the fairway from about 140 in. With a deep
green and ominous bunker winding around the left and back side, this is a tight approach. Number 8 demands a
long, accurate tee shot placed to the center of the fairway in front of the marsh that awaits about 110 yards out.
The second shot is nearly all carry, with a small landing area short right of the green. The finishing hole on the
front is a long par four along a tree lined fairway with swales and collection areas greenside.
The back side plays a bit shorter than the front, and features back to back ocean front par threes on 15 and 16.
Number ten invites a tee shot placed in the left center of a fairway that narrows as the double tiered green is
approached. Check the pin placement. The par five 11th doglegs left around a marsh and is a true 3-shot hole,
with the approach an extremely demanding one - to a small putting surface surrounded by trouble in the form of
bunkers and drop-offs into grassy swales. The green location on 12 is diabolical. The pot bunker short right
makes chipping from that side a tough proposition, and a marsh runs the length of the hole along the left, with the
green tucked in between. This is one of the tougher # 14 handicapped holes we have encountered. Thirteen is a
tight par four that can elicit some high scores if the green is missed on the approach - tough up and down here.
The narrow fairway on 14 slopes left to right, inviting a tee shot to the left center - a good scoring hole if on the
short grass. The next two holes are gorgeous par threes that play parallel to the ocean. This means a couple of
things: 1) the scenery is extremely beautiful and 2) the wind together with the pin placements can make up to a
four club difference. On 15 it is a good idea to stay below the hole as the downslope is sneaky fast. The green on
16 has a "bowl" effect - which will funnel shots hit along the edges towards the center. Seventeen is a mid range
four par that plays from an ample fairway to a two-tiered putting surface that is quite undulating. Pay attention to
the pin placement here. On the final hole golfers will encounter a tight tree lined par five that can be reached in
two if the tee shot is played long and down the middle. The fairway opens up a bit past the trees on the right, and
mounds and gullies between the 150 and 80 yard markers provide incentive to avoid this section of the fairway. The green complex is shallow, making a high wedge approach on the third shot on good idea.
Long Point is a great compliment to the two other courses at Amelia Island Plantation - with the combination of
the three featuring distinctive features and nice variety. The putting surfaces here are the best on property,
presenting scoring opportunities when approached efficiently. The views of the surrounding marshes, water
hazards and the ocean are at times spectacular. This is a " must play" while at AIP. Highly recommended!
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