The Villages Executive Golf Trail, Sweetgum Course

The Sweetgum Course takes its name from the sweetgum tree, a common hardwood native to the American South that appears throughout central Florida’s mixed woodland areas. The executive layout is compact and well-suited to the social, active style of play that defines the golf experience at The Villages. Holes favor iron precision and short-game skill, and the course can typically be completed on foot in under two hours.

The Sweetgum Course is part of The Villages’ resident-access golf trail in Lady Lake. Central Florida’s temperate climate allows year-round play, and the trail’s executive courses stay in high demand among the community’s active residents. The tree-themed courses like Sweetgum tend to play through more wooded or shaded settings, offering a slightly different environment from the open, water-oriented layouts also found on the trail.