Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Type
Custom-built estate homes, 56 in the enclave
Size
Roughly 3,240 to 8,213 SF, per third-party data
Era
Built 1989 to 2007, each one custom
Status
Established and built out; resale only
Costs & Fees
HOA
Three association layers (Island HOA, Players Club West, master)
CDD
None; master HOA with sub-associations, no CDD line
Property tax
St. Johns millage, among the lower county rates
Amenities
Setting
Gated Sawgrass Players Club, staffed master gates plus a private bridge
Recreation
Adjacent to the TPC Stadium and Dye's Valley courses; memberships separate
Pools
Private estate pools; the Island has no community pool of its own
Lots
Roughly one-acre lots, the largest in the Players Club
Location
Area
West of A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, ZIP 32082
Access
Off Seven Mile Drive via a private bridge inside the Players Club
Nearby
Sawgrass Village, the beach across A1A, Mayo Clinic 15 to 20 minutes
The Homes & Style
Sawgrass Island is 56 custom-built estate homes on roughly one-acre lots, the largest homes and the largest lots inside Sawgrass Players Club, per the master association. Third-party data puts the homes between about 3,240 and 8,213 square feet, built from 1989 through 2007, and because every one is a custom build, plans, quality, and renovation history vary house to house. There is no builder catalog to compare against here; each home is its own project.
In a ZIP code where new construction sits on a fraction of the land, the acre is the structural asset. The lagoons that wrap the enclave give most lots water exposure, and homes near the TPC Stadium Course, home of THE PLAYERS, or the Dye's Valley Course, carry golf-adjacent positioning that drives real price differences. With 56 homes and only a handful of trades in a good year, the market is thin and wide: local sources have long described a typical range of one to two million dollars, while a recent listing showed at 4.5 million at roughly 845 dollars per square foot per third-party aggregate data in mid-2026. Price any specific home off true comparables, not averages.
The renovation read is the whole game on a 1989-to-2007 custom. An original-condition estate and a fully reworked one can sit a wide spread apart, and an 8,000-square-foot home multiplies every line item, roof, windows, HVAC, pool, and lagoon edge. The homes that hold value on the Island are the ones kept like estates.
Living Here
Life on the Island is the full Ponte Vedra estate routine with one extra layer of seclusion. Behind the master association's staffed Main Gate on A1A and the Solana Road gate, with First Coast Security handling controlled access, the enclave is reached by a private bridge off Seven Mile Drive, surrounded by lagoons. The board even posts meeting notices at the bridge. Publix and Sawgrass Village sit just outside the main gate, the beach is across A1A, and Mayo Clinic is fifteen to twenty minutes away.
The golf is the scenery, not automatically the membership. Living near the Stadium and Valley courses is not the same as belonging to them; TPC Sawgrass, The Yards, and Sawgrass Country Club across A1A each offer separate memberships with their own initiation and dues, which you confirm directly with the clubs. THE PLAYERS arrives each spring with crowds and A1A traffic, and the Island sits close to the action. Some owners treat it as the best week of the year at their own address; others schedule travel around it.
The ownership profile is long-tenure and firmly owner-occupied: executives, retirees, and serious golfers who bought the land and the seclusion and stayed. Turnover is a handful of homes in a strong year, and the association is small enough that the board knows every roofline. Anyone weighing a rental idea should read the Island covenants first.
Before You Offer
This is coastal St. Johns County and the enclave is surrounded by lagoons, so wind exposure matters and flood exposure varies lot by lot. Pull the FEMA flood designation for the exact parcel before you write, get a real homeowners and wind quote early in your inspection window, and price the answer into the offer, because roof age and coastal wind exposure drive Florida premiums.
Inspect a 1989-to-2007 custom at estate grade. Customs of this era vary widely in roofs, windows, HVAC, pools, seawalls or lagoon edges, and renovation quality, and an 8,000-square-foot home multiplies every line item. Use inspectors who work the luxury tier, pull the permit history, and verify any prior renovation was permitted and done to code.
The fee stack is three layers and no CDD. Layer one is the Sawgrass Island HOA, managed by Total Professional Association Management. Layer two is the Players Club West Association, which Sawgrass Island and Seven Mile Drive share, covering the gatehouse and fountain off TPC Boulevard. Layer three is the Sawgrass Players Club master assessment, recently 969 dollars per residential unit semi-annually per the master budget. Third-party aggregates show combined association fees in the low thousands per year; confirm every current amount in writing, and pull all three association files, before you offer.
Comparisons
Buyers weighing Sawgrass Island are usually cross-shopping the other gated estate addresses of Ponte Vedra. Here is the honest shorthand.
| Community | The trade-off |
|---|---|
| Sawgrass Players Club | The parent community around the Island; the same gates and TPC setting across many sub-associations, with smaller lots and a wider price range than the one-acre Island enclave. |
| The Plantation at Ponte Vedra | A separate gated golf community with its own private club and beach club; trades the TPC proximity for an all-in membership lifestyle behind its own gates. |
| Sawgrass Country Club | The original oceanside Sawgrass community east of A1A with its own club and beach access; the choice usually comes down to ocean-side club life versus the Island's acre and TPC lagoons. |
The honest verdict: if you want the largest lots in the Players Club, the seclusion of a private bridge, and TPC lagoon-and-golf scenery, Sawgrass Island is one of the rarest addresses in Ponte Vedra. If you want an all-in club-and-beach membership baked into the address, the club communities are the right field, and we will help you weigh the acre against the amenity package.
Who It Fits
Sawgrass Island fits if you want
- The largest homes and roughly one-acre lots inside the Players Club.
- A second layer of seclusion behind a private bridge and staffed gates.
- TPC Stadium and Dye's Valley lagoon-and-golf scenery at your doorstep.
- A custom estate you can renovate to your own standard.
- Ponte Vedra estate life minutes from beach, Sawgrass Village, and Mayo.
Consider elsewhere if you want
- Golf or club membership included with the address; memberships are separate.
- A community pool or clubhouse owned by your own neighborhood.
- New construction with a builder warranty and uniform finishes.
- A deep, liquid market; only a handful of homes trade in a good year.
- To avoid estate-scale maintenance on an acre and a large custom home.













