The Preserve at Turnbull Bay

The Preserve at Turnbull Bay is an eighteen hole public golf course in New Smyrna Beach that describes itself directly on its own website as locally owned and operated, distinguishing it from courses managed by national golf management companies that operate multiple properties across different states or regions. The course plays to a par of seventy two across roughly 6,700 yards, built with Seashore Paspalum greens and Bermuda fairways, and winds through a nature preserve setting with wildlife and water features worked into the layout, consistent with its name.

The facility has added fifteen covered Toptracer Range bays with touchscreen monitors, a technology that tracks ball flight data and turns a standard driving range session into something closer to an interactive golf simulator experience, open nightly from seven in the morning until nine at night. That range investment reflects a broader trend among golf courses adding technology-driven practice amenities to draw both serious golfers working on their game and more casual visitors looking for an evening activity that does not require playing a full eighteen holes.

GPS-equipped carts, a fully stocked pro shop, and an on-site snack bar round out the course’s amenities, the standard package for a full-service public course aimed at both regular local play and visiting golfers looking for a round while in town. Turnbull Bay, the area of New Smyrna Beach where the course sits, is on the western side of the city, part of the same general inland golf corridor that includes several of the town’s other courses, offering a different landscape and pace from the barrier island beaches most visitors associate with New Smyrna Beach.

As a course that explicitly identifies itself as locally owned and operated rather than affiliated with a golf management chain, The Preserve at Turnbull Bay fits cleanly within the kind of independent, non-franchise business this directory is built around. Its combination of a nature preserve setting, modern Toptracer technology, and public accessibility gives New Smyrna Beach residents and visiting golfers a course option that sits apart from both the municipal Donald Ross layout downtown and the private member-owned clubs also located within city limits, adding another distinct thread to the town’s overall golf offerings. Golfers should note that the covered Toptracer bays operate on a schedule independent of standard course play, open from early morning into the evening, which effectively extends the property’s usable hours well past a typical eighteen hole round and gives the course a second identity as an evening practice and entertainment venue alongside its role as a full length golf course.