The trip
Overview
Florida is the television backdrop of professional golf, and this journey plays the screen: the Ponte Vedra corner of the First Coast, home of TPC Sawgrass and its island-green seventeenth, then Orlando, where Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill hosts the tour every March. Both marquee venues operate defined public or resort-guest access routes — neither is a turn-up-and-play course, and we are precise about how access works before a dirham moves.
The structure is three nights at Ponte Vedra Beach and four in Orlando, with four rounds split evenly and rest days that Florida fills without effort: Atlantic beach time in the north, and in Orlando whatever your group means by rest — theme parks, outlet malls or a fifth round. Emirates’ direct Dubai–Orlando route makes this the rare American golf trip without a connection.
Highlights
- ✦TPC Sawgrass — THE PLAYERS Stadium Course and the island seventeenth
- ✦Dye’s Valley, the Stadium’s underrated sibling
- ✦Bay Hill — Arnold Palmer’s tour-venue home in Orlando
- ✦Ponte Vedra Beach’s Atlantic mornings
- ✦Orlando evenings — steakhouses, theme parks or both
Who it suits
- ●Golfers who grew up watching the Players and Bay Hill on television
- ●Families splitting the party between fairways and theme parks
- ●Groups wanting American service, yardage books and forecaddies
Why this journey works
- ✓Direct Dubai–Orlando flights carry clubs without a connection risk
- ✓Two marquee tour venues anchored by a deep bench of resort golf
- ✓Orlando absorbs non-golfers better than any city in world golf
Day by day
Day 1
Direct to Orlando, north to the coast
The direct Dubai–Orlando flight lands mid-afternoon; a two-and-a-half-hour transfer brings you to Ponte Vedra Beach by evening. Check in near the ocean, walk the sand, early night against the jet lag. Hotel style: coastal resort in the Sawgrass orbit.
Day 2
Dye’s Valley at TPC Sawgrass
Warm up on the Valley course — a tour-tested layout that would headline most states — and walk the Stadium’s seventeenth as a spectator in the afternoon. Clubhouse tour and pro-shop damage as required.
Day 3
THE PLAYERS Stadium Course
The round itself: Pete Dye’s amphitheatre of nerves, ending with the island green and the eighteenth along the water. Resort-access arrangements govern this tee sheet and are confirmed in writing beforehand. The scorecard matters less than the seventeenth-tee photograph — but it still matters.
Day 4
South to Orlando
Beach morning, then the transfer south. Check in on Orlando’s resort corridor; evening at a Winter Park restaurant row or the flagship steakhouses. Non-golfers begin plotting theme-park logistics with our pre-arranged park tickets.
Day 5
Bay Hill
Arnold Palmer’s club, where the tour stops every March: water-guarded closing holes and the King’s memorabilia through the clubhouse. Lodge-stay or invitation arrangements typically govern access — confirmed precisely at booking.
Day 6
Orlando’s pick of the rest
Round four from Orlando’s deep bench — Waldorf Astoria’s course, Shingle Creek or a Disney resort layout by preference. Alternatively swap golf for a full park day and keep the legs for tomorrow.
Day 7
Free day — parks, outlets or a fifth round
Entirely yours: Magic Kingdom or Universal with pre-booked tickets, outlet-mall reconnaissance, or an optional extra round priced on request. Farewell dinner on the resort corridor.
Day 8
Home direct
Morning at leisure, then the direct flight back to Dubai — one aircraft, no connections, arriving the following evening local time.
The golf
Rounds
4 rounds
Tee times
Not yet confirmed
Handicap
No formal handicap requirement is typical at US resort courses; pace-of-play standards are enforced
Buggies
Carts standard and generally included at US resort courses — confirmed per course at quote stage
Caddies
Forecaddies customary at premium US venues including TPC Sawgrass — fees and tips payable locally
Clubs
Check airline sports-baggage allowance on UAE departures; premium hire sets available at all venues
TPC Sawgrass — Dye’s Valley
Day 2 — the Stadium’s tour-tested sibling, an ideal opener.
TPC Sawgrass — THE PLAYERS Stadium Course
Day 3 — Pete Dye’s island-green amphitheatre; access runs via resort arrangements, never assumed.
Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge
Day 5 — the tour’s March stop; lodge-stay or invitation arrangements typically govern play.
Orlando resort course (Waldorf Astoria, Shingle Creek or similar)
Day 6 — selected with the group from Orlando’s deep resort bench.
We ask each club for tee times when you send your dates. Nothing is confirmed until the club confirms it, and we confirm it with you before you pay.
For non-golfers
When to go
October to May is Florida’s golf prime — warm, drier and buzzing around the March tournament weeks, when Bay Hill and Sawgrass tee sheets tighten and prices peak. June to September is hot, humid and thunderstorm-prone in the afternoons, though morning golf and lighter crowds have their advocates. Hurricane season formally runs June to November; travel insurance matters here.
What’s included
- ✓Return direct flights from Dubai to Orlando
- ✓Three nights at Ponte Vedra Beach and four nights in Orlando
- ✓Four rounds of golf with pre-booked tee times once confirmed
- ✓Golf transfers on playing days and the inter-city transfer
- ✓Daily breakfast
- ✓PCT golf travel consultant support
Not included
- —Buggies and caddies unless stated (forecaddie fees payable locally where required)
- —Golf club hire
- —Travel insurance
- —Personal spending
- —ESTA or US visa costs
Ways to extend it
- +Two nights in Miami or the Keys after the golf
- +Streamsong resort add-on for course-architecture obsessives
- +Kennedy Space Center day from Orlando
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