373 rooms, two golf courses, 23 tennis courts, and enough resort infrastructure to anchor a trip without leaving the property.
The Omni Amelia Island Resort operates as a self-contained destination 55 miles north of Ponte Vedra Beach. Two golf courses, Long Point and Oak Marsh, sit on the property. Twenty-three tennis courts, eight restaurants, a spa, a nature center, and the largest pool deck in Northeast Florida fill the non-golf hours. For groups that include non-golfers, the Omni solves the companion problem more thoroughly than any other property in the destination.
The golf access is the strategic advantage. Long Point, a Tom Fazio design through salt marsh and oceanfront dunes, is available to resort guests on a limited basis, providing access to a course that otherwise operates as a private club facility. Oak Marsh, Pete Dye's 1972 design freshly renovated by Beau Welling in 2025, is open to both guests and the public. Together, the two courses offer premium and mid-range options without leaving the resort gates.
At 373 rooms with AAA Four Diamond recognition, the Omni sits between the Marriott's scale and the Ponte Vedra Inn's exclusivity. The eight restaurants provide genuine dining variety across a multi-night stay, and the nature center adds a distinctive element that connects the resort to Amelia Island's barrier island ecology.
Nightly rates of $300 to $500 are competitive with the Sawgrass Marriott, and the total cost of a two-night stay including golf on both courses compares favorably to a TPC-focused trip. The trade-off is distance: reaching TPC Sawgrass requires a one-hour drive, and World Golf Village is roughly 45 minutes south. For trips that combine Amelia Island golf with a single day at TPC, the Omni works as a base with a planned excursion. For trips focused entirely on TPC, the drive is too far for a daily commute.
The Omni is the right choice for travelers who value resort breadth and coastal atmosphere over proximity to TPC Sawgrass. Amelia Island offers something the Ponte Vedra corridor does not: a barrier island with uncrowded beaches, a Victorian downtown in Fernandina Beach, and a pace that feels distinctly unhurried.