Ocean Links course at Amelia Island Plantation in Florida

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. - Sure, there are plenty of beach vistas and postcard moments at Ocean Links golf course at Amelia Island Plantation, one of four courses at this northeast Florida resort.

So bring your camera and an appreciation for the beauty of nature. But also bring a golf game with strong iron play and accuracy.

You better not color too far outside the lines at this collaboration between Pete Dye and Bobby Weed. They designed Ocean Links to be playable for the resort guest, but what the layout might lack in muscle, it makes up for with a demand for accurate tee balls and tight approach shots to tiny greens.

Factor in the tricky, prevailing ocean breezes, and Ocean Links holds its own with neighboring Oak Marsh, Long Point and Amelia River Golf Club. Ocean Links is truly a seaside links course and a worthy golf adventure.

Ocean Links at Amelia Island Plantation - hole 4

The 333-yard fourth hole begins your trek along the Atlantic at Ocean Links.

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Ocean Links at Amelia Island Plantation - hole 4 green

The No. 4 green sits nestled among the beach dunes.

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Ocean Links at Amelia Island Plantation - hole 5

The fifth hole is the first of back-to-back par 3s on the front side of Ocean Links.

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Ocean Links at Amelia Island Plantation - hole 5 green

No. 5's green is only 15 feet deep by 40 feet wide, and slopes dramatically toward the sand.

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Ocean Links at Amelia Island Plantation - hole 6

A tee shot from atop a beach dune to a bowl-shaped green awaits at the 178-yard sixth hole.

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Ocean Links at Amelia Island Plantation - hole 18

Ocean Links' 18th green sticks out into a pond across from the seventh fairway.

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Ocean Links at Amelia Island Plantation - hole 15

Cut back toward the beach, No. 15 is the best of Ocean Links' six par 3s.

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Ocean Links at Amelia Island Plantation - hole 15 tee

The 15th hole requires a 187-yard uphill carry to a green stacked atop a large dune.

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Ocean Links at Amelia Island Plantation - hole 16

Ocean Links course architects Pete Dye and Bobby Weed neatly tucked the 16th green down among the dunes.

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