When people see the newest accommodations at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, they sometimes say, “Oh, I want to live here.”
The 41 new rooms and suites are located in The Ocean House and The Peyton House, which were built to replace the original Peyton House, bringing the total number of rooms to 262. They opened to guests at the end of August.
“They are the best of the best of the rooms that we have on the property,” said Craig Schoninger, director of sales and marketing.
Though a couple of the rooms overlook the pool area, a majority of them are located directly on the ocean. Each has a private patio or balcony.
A majority of the new rooms have soaker tubs with barn-style doors that open up to offer bathers a view of the ocean. Furniture and furnishings are in a residential style, and the color palette is one of “seaside elegance, yet casual and comfortable,” according to Schoninger.
The suites have kitchenettes with full-sized refrigerators, dishwashers and microwave ovens.
“All the suites can have a second room added on,” said Schoninger, “so you can turn it into a connecting two-bedroom suite.”
He cited another desirable quality of the accommodations: the campus-style setting.
“Guests don’t have to get in an elevator and go up to the 15th floor,” he said.
This may be a particularly appealing point for those concerned about propinquity during the ongoing pandemic.
Schoninger said the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, which originally opened in 1928, is always looking for ways to improve its offerings.
The combined size of The Ocean House and The Peyton House is 33,000 square feet. Rooms range in size from 500 to 600 square feet and suites are between 1,000 and 1,100 square feet.
Rooms overlooking the pool are $529 a night. Those on the ocean are $599. Suites start at $799.
In addition to these additional accommodations, the Ocean Course will be welcoming members back on Friday, Sept. 18, following a yearlong renovation project.
“It was a complete renovation of the course from the infrastructure to the grasses to the practice facility,” said Schoninger. “The grasses have been installed on the tees and the fairways and the greens. The retaining walls were redone. The plumbing was redone. The electrical was redone. It literally was a top-to-bottom renovation.”
The greens were lowered by an average of three feet, changing play on the 18-hole golf course, which went from a par 72 to a par 71.
The design work was done by Bobby Weed Golf Design and construction was by MacCurrach Golf Construction Inc.
The Ponte Vedra Inn & Club has taken numerous measures to protect the safety and wellness of members, guests and employees amidst the coronavirus outbreak. In addition to wearing masks, employees are screened each time they report for work and wear a colored bracelet to signify it.
When guests depart their room, it is left vacant for a day before it is cleaned. There are sanitizer stations and industrial-grade cleaning products are used everywhere.
For a complete description of actions being taken and a list of which dining options are available, go to pontevedra.com/covid-19.
