Golf in Black Diamond

Black Diamond is a residential community in Citrus County on the Nature Coast, in the limestone karst terrain north of Tampa where spring-fed rivers and the natural topography give the inland landscape a character distinct from Florida's flat coastal lowlands. Three courses operate within the Black Diamond Ranch property — Highlands Course, Quarry Course, and Ranch Course — making it an unusually extensive multi-course facility for a community of this size in a rural county. No hole-count data is in public records for any of the three layouts. The quarry-influenced terrain and the karst geology of Citrus County create a setting markedly different from the canal-and-palm landscape that defines most of the state's golf market.