These Florida golf resorts promise great family amenities that will keep the whole gang smiling. By James Y. Bartlett Experts tell us that guilt is a useless emotion. Try telling that to your carful of kids when, after getting them all excited about VACATION, you inform them: "Sorry, gang, but…
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By James Y. Bartlett These 18 golf picks take you around the state. In the Miss America pageant, the judges have to choose one winner from a field of 50 beauties. In baseball, 28 teams play all year long, but only one wins the World Series. In golf, especially in the Sunshine State, you can find…
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By Tim McDonald You may be looking for a place where the whole family can enjoy golf, not just mom and dad. There are plenty of family-friendly golf resorts in Florida. I've stayed and played at all of them at one time or another. Here are my top five picks. 1. Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort…
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By Tim McDonald Play Florida golf in the mountains? Not exactly. But there is golf in these here hills - or hills in this here golf. True story: When my wife first moved from Nebraska to Florida, when she crossed the Georgia line into the Sunshine State, she was stunned and amazed to see oak and…
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By Tim McDonald The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples is one of the swankiest golf resorts in the state and the country for that matter. You come here to play golf, you get treated like royalty. Speaking of royalty, at least in golf terms, the resort's two courses were designed by Greg Norman…
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By Tim McDonald The area from Jacksonville south to St. Augustine has some of the best golf courses in the state – in the country, actually – and they sometimes tend to overshadow some other fine tracks in the area. Cimarrone Golf Club is a good example. It's got good length – 6,891 yards from the…
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By Tim McDonald If you're heading for a golf trip to South Florida with no particular itinerary in mind, and you want to save some money over and above what you're already saving on summer rates, try these tracks: The West Palm Beach-Boca Raton corridor has some nice options, like: Cypress Creek…
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By Tim McDonald OK, maybe you've heard of some of these courses, but compared to Florida's famous golf resorts, these qualify as hidden gems. Most golfers, even many of those living in the four corners of the earth, have heard of Florida resorts like Doral and TPC Sawgrass, for example, but that's…
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From the historical Bobby Jones courses in Sarasota to the original home of the PGA in Dunedin, Florida’s municipal golf course offer a variety of challenges and venues. Boasting such “designer labels” as Donald Ross, Arthur Hills and Dick Wilson, municipal golf courses are a true Florida…
Read MoreBy Stephen Kubiak Enjoy miniature golf while visiting Universal CityWalk at the Universal Orlando Resort. Orlando is home to many great miniature golf courses, but none of them are quite like this. Located at Universal CityWalk at the Universal Orlando Resort is Hollywood Drive-In Golf, 36 holes…
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