Candler Hills Golf Club

Dunnellon, FL · 9.5 mi away

Juliette Falls is an 18-hole golf course outside Dunnellon, Florida, roughly 10 miles from Ocala, built on a naturally rolling, sand-based property that gives it more elevation change than typical central Florida courses. It opened for play in 2008 and is family-owned, operating as a private course that welcomes public play. Notable elevation shifts appear on holes 8, 12, 13 and 15, and the sand-based soil allows the course to drain quickly after rain. The par-72 layout plays to more than 7,200 yards from its longest tees. Amenities include a practice facility with chipping and putting greens, a driving range, an on-site restaurant and bar, and a residential community surrounding the course.

Brooksville, FL · 32 mi away

Karoo at Cabot Citrus Farms in Brooksville, Florida, is a Kyle Franz design that opened in January 2024. It is a full rework of the former Pine Barrens course at World Woods, built on a sandy, ancient ridge with real elevation change, which is rare for Florida golf. Franz kept the sand as the defining feature. Wide fairways run between rugged, ragged edged sand areas, and the greens have bold contour with plenty of short grass around them, so recovery is often a running shot rather than a lob. Multiple tee positions on many holes change the angles of play from round to round, not just the yardage. The course plays to about 7,560 yards from the back tees and is walkable. It sits alongside Roost, the resort's other 18 hole course, plus two shorter courses, all part of Cabot's redevelopment of the former World Woods property. It is open to the public as part of the resort.

Brooksville, FL · 32 mi away

The Roost is an 18-hole, par-72 course at Cabot Citrus Farms in Brooksville, built as a collaboration between Kyle Franz, Mike Nuzzo and Rod Whitman, with Ran Morrissett as design consultant. It opened in 2024 and plays over varied ground next to Karoo, moving from sandy scrub into rolling meadows dotted with dogwoods and native wildflowers and past a 40-foot-deep sinkhole. At roughly 7,200 yards it is the calmer, more restrained of the pair, with low-profile green settings that sit into the land rather than perch above it. The multi-architect collaboration behind it is unusual in modern course design and shapes the variety from hole to hole.