10 Courses Celebrating 20th Anniversaries in 2025

Frederica Golf Club—St. Simons Island, Ga.

On St. Simons Island just off the southern coast of Georgia, Sea Island Resort gets the lion’s share of exposure. In fact, about a dozen PGA Tour players all call the community home. That doesn’t mean the resort’s Seaside, Plantation, or Retreat courses are where they spend most of their time. Instead, many of the island’s Tour pros venture north to Frederica, which is known for its extensive practice facilities—a training ground that is unrivaled in the area. Of course, the Tom Fazio-designed golf course isn’t too shabby, either. Covering more than 300 acres, the layout was conceived with the help of Sir Michael Bonallack of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, and while the links courses in the Scottish county of Fife are known for their minimalist nature, such is not the case at Frederica. In short, Fazio and his team moved seven million cubic yards of soil to create what is now the highest ridge in Georgia’s Glynn County. Additionally, more than 1,100 live oaks were transplanted to the site and now reside across the 7,218-yard course’s series of dunes and ridges. 

10 Courses Celebrating 20th Anniversaries in 2025  Frederica Living