PGA National Resort and Spa
Information & Amenities
Hotel Information: Graced by small lakes and stream, this Palm Beach Gardens resort includes the PGA's national headquarters, a symbol of its focus on golf. Nongolfing leisure travelers come here for the health spa, pools, spa tubs, and other facilities that make this a destination resort for families and couples.
Amenity highlights: A 22,000-square-foot health-and-beauty spa offers massage, body treatments, facials, and hydrotherapy in addition to an outdoor complex of swimming, soaking, and bubbling pools. A 32,000-square-foot health club provides a 45-foot outdoor lap pool and complimentary classes such as yoga and Pilates. Two large pools offer year-round swimming. Two levels of spa tubs, each accommodating up to 12, adjoin one pool. Golf caddies are available (surcharge) for guests using the championship golf course. Complimentary 24-hour shuttle service transports guests around the 2,340-acre resort.
Property Amenities
A 22,000-square-foot, cell-phone-free health-and-beauty spa offers saunas, steam rooms, eight-person spa tubs, and relaxation lounges. The spa's private garden, outdoor Waters of the World complex contains six pools: a large, round, heated swimming pool; two large soaking pools heated to 92 degrees, one containing salt from Salies-de-Béarn in the French Pyrenees, the other salt from the Dead Sea; two 11-person spa tubs (one sunny, one shaded); and a cool plunge pool. Access to the pools is complimentary for guests booking spa treatments. Others may use the pools for a daily surcharge when the spa isn't busy.
Spa facilities include 21 massage rooms, eight facial rooms, and two hydrotherapy rooms. Treatment options include massage for couples, Reiki massage, hot-and-cold stone therapy, alpha-beta-peel facials, seastone facials, body scrubs and wraps, and water therapies in the salt pools. The beauty salon offers hair and nail care (including aromatherapy pedicures), waxing, and makeup and makeover services.
Caddies are available to all golfers using the PGA National Resort and Spa's championship course. Caddy services are available for a surcharge only and include golf-ball and club cleaning, golf-course information, location assistance, club-selection assistance.
A 32,000-square-foot, complimentary Health & Racquet Club contains a racquetball court, cardio and weight machines, free weights, spinners, and features a separate personal-training room (surcharges for trainers) and locker-room spa tubs. (The men's side also contains a sauna.) Complimentary classes include Pilates, dance step, yoga, line dance, stretch, pool aerobics, and spinning. Tap-dance and individual Pilates sessions are available for surcharges. Other services offered for surcharges include nutrition counseling, fitness evaluations, and body-composition testing. Outside the club is a 45-foot, five-lane lap pool.
The PGA National Resort and Spa provides wireless Internet access in the lobby and around the main pool, with complimentary network cards available. A business center includes computers with high-speed Internet connections (surcharges). A game room contains video and other games for children. A gift shop sells resortwear and sundries, and golf and tennis pro shops sell clothing.
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Poolside bar
- Swimming pool - children's
- Spa tub
- Full-service health spa
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Concierge desk
- Pool table on site
- Health club
- Fitness equipment
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (limited hours)
- Bar/lounge
- Parking (valet)
- Parking (free)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Parking (secure)
- Ballroom(s)
- Banquet facilities
- Business center
- Exhibit space
- Conference room(s)
- Event catering
- Audio-visual equipment
- Secretarial services
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Internet access - wireless
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Security guard
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Number of rooms: 339
- Hair salon
- ATM/banking
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Shopping on site
- Currency exchange
- Tour assistance
- Laundry facilities
- Dry cleaning service
- Arcade/game room
- Shoe shine
- Elevator/lift
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Wedding services
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
Room Descriptions
The PGA National Resort and Spa offers 339 guestrooms in a four-story building and 56 two-bedroom, two-bathroom guest cottages clustered around little lakes and a swimming pool about 500 yards from the main building.
Rooms include balconies or patios with two chairs and a cocktail table and feature complimentary wireless Internet access, pay movies, PlayStation video games, minibars, and pillowtop mattresses. Decor includes textured grass-pattern wallpaper, carved-wood headboards, marble entries and bathrooms, and botanical and zoological prints.
Cottages include a patio with a two-chair dining set, fully equipped kitchens with four-burner ranges, microwave ovens, refrigerators, and dishwashers. Other features include washer/dryers, four- or six-chair dining sets, dial-up Internet access, and VCRs. Contemporary decor and furniture varies from cottage to cottage.
All guestrooms are nonsmoking. Smoking is permitted on balconies.
Room Features
- Cable/satellite TV
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Complimentary newspaper
- Climate control
- Voice mail
- Multi-line phone
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Turndown service (on request)
- Complimentary toiletries
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Television
- Clock radio
- Rollaway beds
- Cribs (infant beds) available
Area Attractions
Palm Beach Princess (gambling ship) - 7 miles
Ocean beaches - 8 miles
West Palm Beach - 8 miles
Juno Beach/Marine Life Center - 8 miles
Flagler Museum - 8 miles
Palm Beach Convention Center - 9 miles
Norton Museum of Art - 9 miles
Worth Avenue (shopping) - 9 miles
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts - 9 miles
Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park - 16 miles
South Florida Science Museum - 16 miles
Lion Country Safari - 25 miles
Palm Beach International Airport (PBI): Approximate driving time to PGA National Resort and Spa is 25 minutes and distance is 15 miles.
Driving directions from Palm Beach International Airport: Depart airport to I-95 north. Exit west on PGA Blvd. Turn left into resort at sign.
Getting there: Shuttle vans ($16–$25) and taxis ($26–$35) are available at the airport (prices subject to change). Car rentals are available online.
Activities
The PGA National Resort features five championship golf courses: The General designed by Arnold Palmer, with grass bunkers and undulating fairways; the Estate designed by Karl Litten, with open meadows lined by pine trees; the Haig designed by George and Tom Fazio, featuring non-crossing water hazards; the Squire designed by the Fazios requiring precise shotmaking; and the Champion designed by the Fazios and updated by Jack Nicklaus and home to PGA tour and Ryder Cup events. A golf academy offers clinics and lessons (surcharges). Clubs and shoes can be rented. As of December 1, 2004, fore caddies will be available to all golfers using the hotel’s championship course. Caddy services are available for a surcharge only and include golf-ball and club cleaning, golf-course information, location assistance, club-selection assistance.
A large main pool features two levels of spa tubs, each accommodating 12. Near the pool and screened by palm trees is a 26-acre lake edged by 50 yards of sand for sunbathing and volleyball, but swimming is forbidden because of the possible presence of alligators. Another swimming pool lies within the Cottages complex. A heated, 45-foot, five-lane lap pool is located outside the health club.
The PGA Resort's tennis center comprises 19 Har-Tru courts, 12 lighted. Surcharges are levied for play and for children's and adult's lessons and clinics. Other facilities include three croquet lawns and an indoor racquetball court (surcharges for both). A variety of workout classes, including yoga and Pilates, are complimentary. Water sports are available on Singer Island five miles east of the resort on the Atlantic Ocean.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
- Golf - driving range on site
- Golfing on site
- Swimming on site
- Racquetball/squash on site
- Tennis on site
- Running track/path on site
- Basketball on site
- Volleyball on site
- Aerobics on site
- Pilates classes/instruction on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Hiking/biking trails on site
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Bird watching nearby
- Playground on site
Restaurants & Bars
The Bear Trap Bar & Grille - Adjacent to Champion golf course. Eleven televisions for sports and 11 beers on tap. PGA Championship memorabilia. American food. Sunday brunch.
Ironwood Grille
I-Bar - Lobby bar.
19th Hole - Located next to golf pro shop. Snack food and drinks. Open daily.
Waters of the World Café - Located in health spa. Spa cuisine, smoothies, sandwiches.
Location
400 Avenue Of Champions
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
USA
Nearest major airport:
West Palm Beach, FL (PBI-Palm Beach Intl.)
Area:
Palm Beach Gardens - Palm Beach Shores, Florida, United States of America
Important Information
Extra-person charges apply.
Rollaway beds (surcharges) and complimentary cribs (infant beds) are available and should be requested at the time of booking.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
- Pets accepted
- Pet fee charged at hotel/condo
- Resort fee charged at hotel/condo
- Check-in time is 4 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
