
Truman Course
Truman Executive Golf Course
About this course
Truman Executive Golf Course is a short-format facility located in Duval County, Florida, designed by the architectural team of Clifton and Ezell. The course serves the Jacksonville area as an accessible option for golfers seeking a quicker round or working on their short game, with a layout that emphasizes par-3s and shorter par-4s typical of executive course design. This format makes it particularly suitable for beginners, juniors, and experienced players looking to sharpen their iron play and scoring touch. The course sits within the flat, coastal plain topography characteristic of northeastern Florida, where modest elevation changes and natural vegetation frame the playing corridors. Water features and native grasses likely come into play on several holes, reflecting the region's landscape and adding strategic interest despite the abbreviated yardages. The design focuses on shot-making precision rather than distance, rewarding accuracy and course management over power. As a municipal facility in the Jacksonville area, Truman Executive serves a broad cross-section of the local golfing community. Executive courses like this one fill an important role in public golf infrastructure, offering an affordable and time-efficient alternative to regulation-length courses while maintaining legitimate design interest and playing challenge within their shorter framework.
Getting there
Truman Executive Golf Course sits in the quiet agricultural expanse west of Ocala, roughly an hour and a half north of Orlando International Airport (MCO) via the Florida Turnpike and State Road 40. The drive trades the theme park corridor for open pastureland and horse country, the landscape flattening into the kind of unassuming rural Florida that feels a world apart from the coast. As you turn off the main highway near Dunnellon, the final approach winds through modest residential roads and citrus groves, arriving at a straightforward municipal facility that serves the local community with unpretentious charm.
FAQ
Common questions about Truman
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Truman was designed by Clifton and Ezell.
Truman is listed as private on Course Vaults; guest access is typically restricted.
Par at Truman is 28.
Truman plays 1,605 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Truman is 90.
Truman is a 9-hole course.



