Seminole Legacy Golf Club
Overview
Seminole Legacy, the home course for the Florida State golf teams, can stretch to 7,800 yards, but begs the question: Is that even long enough? It's far more apt for today's collegiate players than the former 7,100-yard layout from 1962. The course underwent a full-bore $10 million remodel in 2019 by Nicklaus Design with Jack Nicklaus II leading the project. The new design somehow managed to reconfigure nearly every hole—switching directions, creating new green sites—while staying respectful of the original hole corridors and particularly the mature pines and live oaks that outline avenues across the property. Florida has a repuatation as a flat state, but that's not true in the northwest panhandle around Tallahassee and westward as evidenced by sites like this one with lovely rise and fall. That means Seminole Legacy retains a sense of established gentility infused with contemporary bunkering and slick, smooth-shouldered greens that do more than enough to challenge the game's best amateurs.
About
Awards
Ranking history:
America's Greatest College Courses: 22nd (2023).
Best In State: Ranked 57th in 2025-'26 debut appearance.
Panelists
Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists
100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES
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Reviews
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“A challenging course with fast and firm greens and several hazards to avoid. Well worth playing if in the area. Playing from the correct tees will increase player enjoyment."
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“The course does a very good job of creating a challenging course from the back tees for the FSU golf team and allowing regular play from shorter tees. The hazards such as forced carries and fairway bunkers are well laid out for the different golfer levels. Green complexes are difficult with firmness, high speeds and significant slopes and levels. Many greens also have slopes that run away from the player on approach shots. Good shot options on many holes with choices to be made on center hazards and good risk reward options. A difficult course for the low handicap player."
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“A solid redesign by Jack Nicklaus and his team for the Florida State Universtiy course. The course rolls gracefully over the gentle hills in the Tallahassee area which is hillier than one might expect for a Florida course. The bunkering around the greens and that frame the fairways appeals to the eye and the green complexes are interesting and were conditioned well. Wide fairways are a trademark of Nicklaus courses but lenthening to almost 7,800 yards provide a solid test for elite players. Holes 9 and 18 are very strong, long par 4's that require two solid shots to well guarded greens."
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“Excellent usage of the topography. Wonderful set of green complexes and the putting surfaces were so very interesting. It is the type of course that could play different each and everyday due to variety of greens."
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“Excellent college golf course- great layout, fairly difficult, good condition"
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“The renovation has turned this into one of the better college courses in the country. It is a fun test with ample width on the fairways but challenging enough to make you consider options on each tee shot. The greens and their surrounds have a lot of character to them. Definitely worth a visit if in the Tallahassee area."
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“Hidden gem alert! This is one of the better courses in Florida, even if most might not expect it to come from Tallahassee! It is also one of Nicklaus design's best!"
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“Veller complete remodel by Nicklaus group now called Seminole Legacy. Private with "member for a day" availability. Well worth playing. Pure golf, no buildings around course, with elevation changes. Big undulating greens that are tough to putt if you don't hit it close to flag."
Read More2021
