The next morning it was off to The Squire – the shortest of the five courses at PGA National, named after the immortal Gene Sarazen, the first golfer ever to win the professional career Grand Slam.

The dogleg 13th on The Squire - photo courtesy of PGA Nat'l

George and Tom Fazio designed this course, as well, opening in 1981 with the goal to be the ultimate test of accuracy and precision, and in turn has been dubbed, “the thinking man’s course.”  With water on 17 holes, and many doglegs, it looked and played very much like the Fazio course the day before.  And just like the Fazio course, it was a in excellent shape and made for a thoroughly enjoyable round of golf for both me and my wife.

After the round we decided to have lunch at The Wave restaurant, at the pool complex, where we spent the rest of the day so easily relaxing.

The heated mineral pools at the Spa & Salon

The next morning, before leaving for the airport, we took a tour of the Spa facility.  I must say that it was quite something, especially the heated mineral pools from the Dead Sea in Israel & the French Pyrenees Mountains.  After taking this tour we understood full well why our friends in Jupiter use it as often as they do.  We’re sorry that we didn’t take advantage of it this time, and we plan on doing so when we come back.




Bottom line, we had a very enjoyable and relaxing time. We got to play The Champion, a course we were longing to see -- and one we actually both played pretty well.  The other two resort courses only added to our golfing experience, which is not all that there is at PGA National. 

The location of the resort is terrific, there is so much to see and do in the neighboring areas.  The ammenities are wonderful, the staff was all excellent -- and there happened to be some really good golf.  What more can you ask for?