Florida Caverns at Florida Caverns Golf Course

Florida Caverns Golf Course sits in Marianna, a small city in the Florida Panhandle's Jackson County, within the grounds of Florida Caverns State Park. The course was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and opened in the 1960s, part of an era when Jones was creating public-access layouts across the American South. The park itself is known for its limestone cave system, one of the few air-filled caverns accessible to visitors in Florida, and the golf course occupies rolling terrain that is unusual for the state—gently undulating rather than flat, with mature hardwoods and pines framing the holes.

The routing takes advantage of the natural elevation changes and wooded corridors typical of this region near the Chipola River valley. Jones incorporated his characteristic strategic bunkering and generous greens, though the course plays shorter and more modestly than his championship designs. The layout serves primarily local and regional golfers, as well as visitors to the state park who combine cave tours and outdoor recreation with a round of golf.

The course operates as a public facility managed by the park concessionaire. It offers a straightforward test suited to recreational play, with enough variety in hole length and direction to maintain interest. The setting remains quiet and natural, removed from Florida's coastal resort corridors, and the course reflects both its mid-century design lineage and its role as an accessible amenity within a state park environment.