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. 

SARASOTA / LAKEWOOD RANCH

Laurel Oak Country Club -- Private
Bent Tree Country Club -- Private
Bobby Jones Golf Complex – Public 
The Concession
Forest Lakes Golf & Country Club – Semi Private 
Gulf Gate Executive Club – Semi Private
Founders Club -- Private
Heritage Oaks Golf & Country Club -- Public
Lakewood Ranch Golf and 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
Rolling Green Golf Club -- Public
Ritz Carlton Gulf Club - Private
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

BRADENTON

Bradenton County Club -- Private
Concession Golf & Country Club
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
Stoneybrook Golf Club At Heritage Harbour -- Public
Waterlefe Golf & River Club – Semi Private

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
Sorrento Par 3 -- Public

LONGBOAT KEY 

Resort at Longboat Key -- Private

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