Havana Country Club

A private members' club in a community this size functions as something of a social anchor — a place where local relationships are built and maintained as much as golf games are. Access is by membership, so the course serves a tight-knit group rather than a rotating cast of visitors, which tends to produce the kind of course personality that develops slowly, shaped by the people who play it week after week rather than by outside expectations.

Without more detailed records on its architect or founding, what can be said confidently is that a club like this, rooted in this particular corner of the Florida Panhandle, almost certainly offers terrain and tree cover that set it apart from the state's more manicured, water-heavy designs. For anyone lucky enough to have a connection inside, it's likely a very different Florida golf experience.