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ch.articles = [ {article_id : 3175,head : 'Cheap, close and unpretentious: Florida\'s best municipal golf courses',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/clubhouse/crandon-park-golf-course.jpg',teaser : 'Sometimes you just want to take your hacks without taking a wallet hit. Florida golf is loaded with quality municipal courses like Crandon Park, Daytona Beach Golf Club and The Golf Club at Cypress Head where you can get in a quality round for a few C-notes.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Feature Story',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/clubhouse/florida-best-municipal-golf-courses-5981.htm'},{article_id : 3131,head : 'The Cypress golf course at the Grand Club shows off Palm Coast scenery near Jacksonville',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/coursereviews/cypress-golf-course.jpg',teaser : 'At the Grand Club\'s Cypress course, elevated tees set you up nicely above the wetlands. This the Gary Player design near Jacksonville, Fla., takes you through tight, tree-lined fairways, with some love grass and pot bunkers thrown in to please Scottish enthusiasts. Some nice, grass-topped bunkers guard the approaches to some of the greens.',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/coursereviews/florida/cypress-golf-course-grand-club-palm-coast-jacksonville-florida-5913.htm'},{article_id : 3056,head : 'At Jacksonville\'s landmark Hyde Park Golf Club, Ross\' touch lingers',image_url : 'http://www.floridagolfguide.com/images/golfcourses/hyde-park-gc-doglegs.jpg',teaser : 'A Jacksonville landmark and the site of Ben Hogan\'s infamous 11, Hyde Park Golf Club is a minor Donald Ross masterpiece owned by a pair of former PGA Tour pros. The golf course maintains a community feel and a focus on the subtler aspects of the game. Oh, and green fees top out at just $38.',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.floridagolfguide.com/course-reviews/hyde-park-golf-club-jacksonville-florida-donald-ross-5796.htm'},{article_id : 2037,head : 'Southern Oaks Golf Club: A hometown favorite owned by a hometown \'country boy\'',image_url : 'http://www.floridagolfguide.com/images/golfcourses/lakecity-southern-oaks2.jpg',teaser : 'The Southern Oaks Golf Club in north-central Florida is a happy, active place where on any given day you might see owner Ron Brooks out on the course, operating a backhoe or one of those big, industrial mowers. Or you might see him stop during a round, get down on his knees and yank out a clump of goose grass.',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.floridagolfguide.com/course-reviews/southern-oaks-golf-club-lake-city-4630.htm'},{article_id : 1507,head : 'King & Bear: A great golf course, but not quite as great as its designers',image_url : 'http://www.golfflorida.com/images/golfcourses/jax-king-and-bear4.jpg',teaser : 'By all accounts, The King & Bear golf course was a true collaboration between Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. They actually walked the layout together, consulted one another, even played the course together. It is an upscale daily-fee course that commands green fees up to $200 depending on the season. If you want to spend that kind of money to play a course with such vaunted names attached to it, so be it.',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.floridagolfguide.com/course-reviews/king-bear-golf-course-world-golf-village-2108.htm'},{article_id : 1496,head : 'Nicklaus moved heaven and earth at sublime Ocean Hammock Golf Club',image_url : 'http://www.golfflorida.com/images/golfcourses/jax-four-courses5.jpg',teaser : 'Ocean Hammock Golf Club down in Palm Coast is the first true oceanfront course to open in Florida in more than three-quarters of a century. Designer Jack Nicklaus got out the heavy machinery to build elevation into the tees and greens, lifting them above the dune line and lifting this course into the realm of the sublime. To play this track on a perfect Florida day is to know God and Donald Ross are in heaven, and all is right with the world.',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.floridagolfguide.com/course-reviews/ocean-hammock-golf-club-palm-coast-2096.htm'},{article_id : 1491,head : 'Cue the trumpets: Palencia Club a private golf jewel',image_url : 'http://www.golfflorida.com/images/golfcourses/jax-palencia6.jpg',teaser : 'This is the kind of place that\'s never even heard of tank tops. You walk through the high gates past the bag drop and think you\'ve entered a Roman arena. The layout spreads out below you like Shangri-La, green and inviting - a golfer\'s paradise.',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.floridagolfguide.com/course-reviews/palencia-club-st-augustine-2091.htm'},{article_id : 1522,head : 'Come join the family at Hidden Lakes golf course',image_url : 'http://www.golfflorida.com/images/golfcourses/daytona-hidden-lakes04.jpg',teaser : 'Hidden Lakes in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., is one of those rare, family owned, family run golf courses that\'s as enjoyable for the atmosphere as it is for the golf. The regulars show up early, looking to get a cup of coffee and walk nine holes to get their day started. Walking is encouraged; no rush to herd the masses through with carts. No corporate marketing here, just a couple of new owners with big dreams.',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.floridagolfguide.com/course-reviews/hidden-lakes-golf-course-new-smyrna-beach-2123.htm'},{article_id : 1490,head : 'Matanzas Woods: pines, palmettos and punches in bunches',image_url : 'http://www.golfflorida.com/images/features/jax-matanzas-woods1.jpg',teaser : 'Matanzas Woods Golf Club is indeed in the woods. Set out in the pinelands, well away from the big waters of the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean, the course is wide, but bordered with dense forest that will swallow errant shots like quicksand. Add to that some thick, nasty palmetto stands and know that you don\'t want to be inaccurate off the tee here.',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Feature Story',article_url : 'http://www.floridagolfguide.com/course-reviews/matanzas-woods-golf-club-jacksonville-2090.htm'},{article_id : 1723,head : 'Golf Club of Amelia Island well-suited to the well-heeled',image_url : 'http://www.golfflorida.com/images/golfcourses/inside-golf.jpg',teaser : 'Arriving at Amelia Island, it\'s easy to see the attraction of this resort paradise. This ritzy community of summer homes defines elegance. The Golf Club at Amelia Island fits in perfectly with the surrounding resort island, with bright flowers and gnarled, ancient old trees that add to the clubs character. As play goes, if you like doglegs to the left, you\'ll love it, though it does nothing to hurt the resort course feel of the club. ',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.golfflorida.com/departments/coursereviews/golf-club-of-amelia-island-1601.htm'},{article_id : 1477,head : 'Eagle Harbor: take away the homes and you have a great course',image_url : 'http://www.golfflorida.com/images/golfcourses/jax-eagle-harbor6.jpg',teaser : 'Eagle Harbor Golf Club is one of those good Jacksonville-area golf courses that could be great, if not for all the houses that crowd the layout. That\'s the main complaint you get from golfers who play this course, even as they take care to praise the layout and conditioning.',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.floridagolfguide.com/course-reviews/orange-park-eagle-harbor-golf-club-2074.htm'},{article_id : 1472,head : 'Hampton the Lesser: South is a good golf course to let it fly',image_url : 'http://www.golfflorida.com/images/golfcourses/jacksonville-south-hampton5.jpg',teaser : 'Pardon the Golf Club of South Hampton if it has a bit of an inferiority complex. Its brother course to the north, North Hampton, gets most - if not all - of the accolades from the critics who rate courses along Florida\'s First Coast, but there are those who prefer the South for a very definite reason. "It\'s more open and easier that the North," said Dennis Hall, who has played both. "South isn\'t that hard. I like it."',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.floridagolfguide.com/course-reviews/jacksonville-golf-club-of-south-hampton-2070.htm'},{article_id : 1610,head : 'First on the First Coast: Top-10 golf courses in Jacksonville, Fla.',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/clubhouse/jax-four-courses6.jpg',teaser : 'Florida\'s First Coast should probably be a better-known golf destination, what with PGA Tour and so many of its players calling it home. The area has some of the best golf courses in a state known for its sheer volume of golf. Here then are the Jacksonville area\'s top courses, including Ocean Hammock Golf Club in Palm Coast (No. 1) and the second-ranked Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. At No. 3 is the exclusive, private Pablo Creek Country Club.',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Feature Story',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/clubhouse/top-10-golf-courses-jacksonville-florida-2083.htm'},{article_id : 1469,head : 'Jacksonville\'s Bent Creek golf course gives munis a good name',image_url : 'http://www.golfflorida.com/images/golfcourses/jacksonville-bent-creek1.jpg',teaser : 'Billy Casper has done wonders with the place. Bent Creek is one of the better tracks on the First Coast, home to more than 80 golf courses, and certainly one of the better bargains.',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.golfflorida.com/departments/coursereviews/bent-creek-golf-club-jacksonville-2064.htm'},{article_id : 1596,head : 'Jacksonville\'s Bent Creek course gives munis a good name',image_url : 'http://www.golfflorida.com/images/golfcourses/jacksonville-bent-creek1.jpg',teaser : 'When most people think of a municipal golf course, they don\'t expect much, and often expect the least. But when Billy Casper Golf took over management of the Golf Club of Jacksonville, he did more than just change the name to the more poetic Bent Creek Golf Club. Now, with outstanding conditioning, a good design and reasonable green fees, this is a muni that may well be one of the top plays in the area.    ',author : 'Tim McDonald',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.floridagolfguide.com/course-reviews/bent-creek-golf-club-jacksonville-2064.htm'}]