Four public rounds from World Golf Village to LPGA International and a rental home in Palm Coast are the plan. A 12% lodging tax, golf bag fees, a rental car from Jacksonville and resort fees at World Golf Village are what push the total up.
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419 courses around St. Augustine & Daytona that take public tee times, by city, with peak green fees. Private member clubs are left out.
A Nicklaus course with six holes on the Atlantic, ranked No. 11 among Florida courses you can play.
inkl.com golfpass.comTom Watson's big inland course with heavy elevation for Florida, ranked No. 12 in Golfweek's Florida public list.
inkl.com hammockbeach.comA Palmer design in Palm Coast at a fraction of the Hammock Beach price.
golfdigest.com golflink.comThe City of Palm Coast's course, a good-value round near the Hammock Beach area.
golfdigest.com palmcoast.govThe only course Palmer and Nicklaus designed together, reopened in Oct 2024 after a $2.5M restoration.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comA wide, friendly resort course next to the World Golf Village hotel, easy to pair with King & Bear.
golfdigest.com golfpass.comA long neighborhood course renovated in 2022 that Golf Digest panelists rate near the top of the area.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comA Mark McCumber course through wetlands north of town, the top-rated St. Augustine course on Golf Digest's local guide.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comThe county course, freshly renovated in 2022, and one of the best values in the region.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comThe higher-rated of LPGA International's two courses, with rolling ground and lots of water.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comThe former LPGA Tour qualifying host, a long, open Rees Jones test.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comA 1921 Donald Ross city course, the cheapest good round in Daytona.
sports.yahoo.com golfdigest.comRare Florida hills and sandy waste areas, about 30 minutes west of Daytona.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comA restored Donald Ross city course rated well by Golf Digest panelists for the price.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comA newer community course in New Smyrna Beach, a simple add-on round.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comA long, quiet course through pines and oaks north of Ormond Beach.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comAn easy-going 1950s course near the beach in Ormond.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comA city-owned Arthur Hills course just south of Daytona with real teeth.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comA mature community course near Daytona that takes daily-fee play.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comThe sample is 4 travelers for 4 nights. Your plan ($7,080) covers the main costs most people budget for, the ones you enter on the left. Costs people forget ($2,802, about 40% more for this trip) are the fees, taxes, tips and extras listed in the calculator. Prices were last checked on October 17, 2026.
Share of the $9,882 real cost. Nights and travelers multiply most of these costs, so changing either one moves the total the most.
13 of this trip's numbers link to a published price or rate. The rest are our estimates, and each one says what it is based on. You can also read how we calculate every trip.
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Green fees per golfer (whole trip) | $575 per traveler | Four public peak rounds: King & Bear about $200, Slammer & Squire about $175, LPGA Hills about $120, Palm Harbor about $80. Live November Saturday rates show Slammer & Squire $108 to $242; reviewers report King & Bear $135 on a fall Tuesday afternoon. Judgment call. Source |
| Rental home per night (whole group) | $400 a night | Our estimate for a 4-bedroom rental home in Palm Coast in spring peak; not checked against a rental data source this run. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Airfare per person | $455 per traveler | US DOT/BTS average domestic fare from Jacksonville (JAX): $454.72 in 2026 Q2 ($458.99 in Q1), incl. taxes, excl. bag fees. Daytona Beach (DAB) average fare not checked. Source |
| Food per person, per day | $68 per traveler, per day | Flagler County (Palm Coast) is not a named GSA per diem area in Florida for FY2027, so the federal standard M&IE of $68 a day applies (St. Augustine/St. Johns is $80). Source |
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Checked bag fees | $90 per traveler | Major US airlines charge about $35 to $50 for a first checked bag each way, so about $90 round trip. Source |
| Golf bag fees | $110 per traveler | American, Delta, United and Southwest treat a golf bag as a standard checked bag; a second bag is $55 each way. Source |
| Shipping your clubs Off by default | $108 per traveler | Ground shipping for a golf bag starts around $54 each way. Source |
| Lodging taxes | 12% of the rental home (whole group) | Flagler County: 5% tourist development tax plus 7% sales tax (6% state + 1% county surtax, per the FL DOR 2026 surtax table) = 12%. St. Johns County is 11.5% (6% + 0.5% + 5% TDT) and Volusia 12.5% (6% + 0.5% + 6% TDT), per FL DOR DR-15DSS 2026 and the EDR 2026 tourist tax table. Source |
| Rental car | $85 a day | KAYAK JAX airport SUV averages: about $70 a day overall, March (priciest month) about $82; we use $85 for spring with airport fees. Source |
| World Golf Village resort fee | $20 per traveler | A March 2026 King & Bear reviewer reports a $10 per-person resort fee plus a 3% card fee; TeeOff notes a 5.3% resort fee on displayed prices. Source |
| Hammock Beach resort fee Off by default | $40 a night | Hammock Beach charges a mandatory 14% daily resort fee on the room rate; on a typical $290 room that is about $40 a night. Judgment call. Source |
| Rental clubs Off by default | $180 per traveler | LPGA International advertises Titleist rental clubs for $45; four rounds. Source |
| Drinks on the course | $80 per traveler | Our estimate of about $20 a round for beverage-cart drinks and snacks. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Golf balls | $55 per traveler | A dozen Titleist Pro V1 balls lists at $55. Source |
| Tips for bag drop and cart staff | $20 per traveler | A few dollars at bag drop and the turn; we use $5 a round. Judgment call. Source |
| Side bets and prizes | $50 per traveler | Our estimate for skins, team bets and a small trophy. Our estimate |
| Lessons and extras you picked Off by default | $0 for the trip | Set by the extras you pick in the tee-time planner. Our estimate |
| Travel insurance | 6% of your plan | Squaremouth says a comprehensive plan averages about 6% of the trip cost, usually 4% to 10%. Source |
| Pre-trip shopping | $60 for the trip | Our estimate for travel-size toiletries, sunscreen and small things bought before a trip. Our estimate |
| Pet boarding or sitter | $50 a day, if you check Pets | Dogster puts regular kennel boarding at about $35 to $85 a night. Overnight sitters at home cost more. Source |
For 4 golfers spending 4 nights in peak spring season, with four rounds each, a rental home, flights and food, plan on about $7,080. Once you add golf bag fees, lodging taxes, rental car, world Golf Village resort fee, drinks on the course, balls, tips and side bets, it's closer to $9,880, or about $2,470 each. Use the tee-time planner above to price the courses you want.
No. The Ocean Course and the Conservatory Course are for Hammock Beach resort guests, usually on a golf package. The resort's Just Golf package includes one round per person per night and a free afternoon round on the Conservatory course. Source
Summer, from June to August, runs about half of the spring peak at the resort courses: King & Bear starts around $100. City courses also cut rates from May 1; Palm Harbor drops to $66.75 for non-residents. Spring, from March to May, costs the most. Source
Yes. King & Bear and Slammer & Squire add a resort fee of about $10 per golfer each round, and a 3% fee if you pay by card. Carts are included in the green fee. Source
Jacksonville (JAX) has the most flights and is about 30 miles from World Golf Village and 75 miles from Palm Coast. Daytona Beach (DAB) is about 35 miles from Palm Coast and minutes from LPGA International, but has fewer flights.