Omni Amelia Island Plantation

The golf at Omni Amelia Island began with Oak Marsh, a Pete Dye design that opened in 1972 on a barrier island just south of the Georgia line. Built around the same era as Dye's celebrated Harbour Town at Hilton Head, Oak Marsh threads through a vast salt marsh beneath live oaks draped in Spanish moss, rewarding precise, thoughtful shotmaking. A second layout, Ocean Links, followed and reflects the mentorship pipeline of golf architecture: Bobby Weed helped Dye build the front nine as an intern, then returned after graduation to design the back nine himself, producing a shorter shotmaker's course with several holes hard along the Atlantic dunes. Oak Marsh recently completed a multimillion-dollar renovation led by Beau Welling, preserving its Dye character while modernizing conditioning and playability for resort guests.