Retro MetroWest
MetroWest Country Club opened in 1987 and for a dozen or so years it was considered one of Orlando’s better… Read more »
FLORIDA
Rankings, Fazio and Camp Creek
Given the varieties of budget, location, sites, clients, temperament and eras, it’s fair to debate which golf courses are among… Read more »
Fleming Island is a Jacksonville No-Brainer
At first glance–from the road, the clubhouse, the scorecard–The Golf Club at Fleming Island looks like most 1990’s-early 2000’s Florida… Read more »
Swimming in Circles with Tiburon
Sod-wall bunkers with crisp upper lips. Wall to wall fairways. Waste areas bleeding into the underbrush. Greens that bubble like… Read more »
The Shape of Things at Shingle Creek
Shingle Creek in south-central Orlando sits at the north end of the same basin of wetlands as Greg Norman’s Grande Lakes less than… Read more »
An Evolving Nicklaus at Grand Haven
The two-shot holes are probably the strength of Grand Haven, a moderately high-end daily fee located in Palm Coast on… Read more »
Sugarloaf Mountain–A Central Florida Ideal
[Note: This course is permanently closed.] Sugarloaf Mountain should be the model for future golf course designs in Central Florida,… Read more »
Lost Proportions at Lost Key
Hurricane Ivan cleared out most of the trees, and a good amount of ambiance, at Lost Key. In 2004 Hurricane… Read more »
Afloat and Adrift at Regatta Bay
Regatta Bay is a pretty good name for a golf course, calling to mind swift vessels, salty ocean air and… Read more »
Lovely Bones: Victoria Hills Golf Club
One of the biggest surprises I encountered while covering Florida golf for Worldgolf.com was Victoria Hills in Deland. The golf… Read more »
