Donald Ross Historic Golf Course in Coral Gables

By Carling Nolan The Biltmore Golf Course in Coral Gables is not only an incredible golf course, it's also full of history! The Biltmore is one of South Florida's oldest golf courses, designed in 1925 by Donald Ross. Hotel guests used to take gondolas through the local canals to the course, and…

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A Perfect Time for the Resort at Longboat Key Club

By Carling Nolan It's the perfect time of year to shed all those layers and escape into paradise. At the Resort at Longboat Key Club, you can have access to some of the most beautiful beaches and luxurious golf courses off the Gulf of America. The resort features 45 holes of golf that have earned…

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'Snowbird School:' Polk County

By Tim McDonald As part of an occasional series geared toward our visiting golfers/snowbirds, I like to highlight different counties and regions and their golf options, in case you're still deciding where to visit in Florida. If you're one of Florida's regular Michigan snowbirds, you've probably…

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The Top-Five Florida Golf Resorts

By Tim McDonald What are the top-five Florida golf resorts? Ask 10 people, get 10 different answers. I've been to pretty much every golf resort in the state as a journalist and critic and here's my list. Before I hear any howling out there, let me say my criteria is different from say, Golf…

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Top-Five Scenic Golf Courses in Florida

By Tim McDonald It's usually fun coming up with "top-five" or "top-10" lists. Not so with scenic, Florida golf courses. It's almost impossible to pick the five most scenic courses in Florida, because the state's terrain is as varied as it is beautiful, and that reflects the courses themselves…

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Endless Golf, Of Course

By Frank Fenton Believe it or not, Florida boasts over 1,200 golf courses. With those kinds of choices, where do you start? What do you bring? Where can you play? VISIT FLORIDA’s former Golf Expert, Frank Fenton, offers his advice on golf in Florida. At the moment of my writing (and according to…

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Top-Five Residential Golf Courses in Florida

By Tim McDonald Houses are funny things to golfers. They like to live in them -- as opposed to say, tents, caves or under bridges -- but many golfers don't like to encounter them when they play golf. Probably because they're scared of hitting them and having to pay for damages. It's also funny…

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