Timuquana Country Club, Private golf course in Ortega, Jacksonville, United States.
Timuquana Country Club is a private golf course in the Ortega neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida, set along the St. Johns River and designed by Donald Ross. The layout alternates between open stretches and wooded sections, which creates varying playing conditions across the course.
The club was founded in 1923 and named after the Timucua, a Native people who had lived along the St. Johns River for centuries before European contact. The golf course was laid out by Donald Ross, one of the most sought-after course designers of that era.
The club is named after the Timucua, the Native people who lived along the St. Johns River. The 1923 charter was signed on 12 February, and three months later the club had 185 members. The Southern-style clubhouse that opened on 16 December 1958 was designed to resemble Tara from the film Gone with the Wind.
Timuquana Country Club is a private club, so access for non-members is limited and not guaranteed. Anyone interested in visiting or playing as a guest should reach out to the club in advance to ask about the conditions that apply.
The 5th hole's tee shot must carry a lake added in the 1950s on Robert Trent Jones's advice; it became the course's signature hole. In 1996 Bobby Weed restored Donald Ross's design using only a 1943 aerial photo of the nearby Navy base, cutting 800 trees and finding 1923 bush markers 20 yards into the rough.
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