Orlando Golf News

The Education Foundation of Osceola County is sponsoring its 16th Annual Scholarships for Kids Golf Classic on Friday, November 20, 2009, at the beautiful ChampionsGate Golf Resort.

ChampionsGate, located 10 minutes from Disney World, offers a challenging 36-hole course designed by accomplished architect and golfer, Greg Norman. Thanks to the involvement of many local businesses and community members, Osceola County students have benefited from the Annual Scholarships for Kids Golf Classic for sixteen years. Generous community-wide support has provided deserving Osceola County students the assistance they need in their efforts to pursue higher education.

Do the math and it adds up to an incredible deal. Buy one night at $99.39 at the AAA Four Diamond Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando and receive the second night free with the hotel's new "Back to School" promotion.

Guests booking the promotion also have the option to purchase two rounds of golf for the price of one at the hotel's award-winning Shingle Creek Golf Club, rated a "Four Star Best Places to Play" by Golf Digest magazine.

Great deals are par for the course at Orlando's Rosen Plaza this summer, as the award-winning International Drive hotel drives home the savings for golfers with an incredible two-night "Golfer's Stimulus" package.

Valid now through Sept. 29, 2009, the Golfer's Stimulus package costs just $189 plus tax and includes two nights deluxe accommodations for two at Rosen Plaza and two rounds of golf at the championship Shingle Creek Golf Club, including greens fees, a golf cart with GPS, range balls and transportation from Rosen Plaza to the nearby Shingle Creek Golf Club. For reservations and information, visit www.rosenplaza.com or call 1-800-627-8258. 

ORLANDO – The golf course maintenance project which began this spring at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge continues on schedule, with the course looking to fully re-open this October.

In May, Bay Hill began refurbishment work on its Championship Course, resulting in temporary closure of that course over the summer. While the primary focus of the project is to re-grass the greens, other key elements include the addition of a few more runoff areas and the elimination of some unnecessary bunkers in exchange for new sand traps which will be more visible from the tee areas. 

Lake City's Blayne Barber tamed the tough Stadium Course and dominated a talented field to take home the 92nd Florida State Amateur Championship.

The 19-year-old Barber finished the four-day event with an 11-under-par total of 277, nine strokes better than his nearest competitor.

For nearly 16 years, Falcon’s Fire Golf Club has consistently been recognized as one of the finest public golf courses in Orlando. In order to maintain the highest quality golf experience for their guests, the Club will be using this summer as an opportunity to renovate the course in an effort to return it to the championship quality that golfers have come to expect.

Some of Falcon's Fire's honors include being named “Best Public Course in Florida” in 2006 by Florida Monthly, one of “Florida’s 50 Finest Golf Courses” in 2000 by Golf & Travel and consistently receiving four stars from Golf Digest.

“When you help someone through a health issue, positively impact someone’s personal wealth, or take a sincere interest in their children, you engender life-bonding loyalty”
– Michael Milken

Bruce Thompson just started playing golf but saw the power of the game for business. He wanted to host a customer appreciation event but wanted to be different. I suggested a parent-child clinic with a cookout after. He loved the idea and we put it together.

The owner of Grenelefe Golf and Tennis Resort has opened up a select number of units to offer to the public as apartment homes all at incredibly low rates.

Available is an array of one-bedroom (902 to 929 sq. ft.), two-bedroom (1162 to 1275 sq. ft.) and three-bedroom (1346 to 1728 sq. ft.) apartment homes.

OK, you’re done with your round and your shirt’s dripping wet from the heat – time to put on the funniest golf shirt around! Introducing “Out-of-Bounds Gear,” a new line of fun, edgy and irreverent T-shirts that makes light of golf and those who play it.

Perfect for the gym, running errands or wearing around the house, the “OB” line of Premium casual wear features zany foursomes of “cool” animal characters, utilizing popular sayings & phrases to get a laugh. (Visit the OB Web site for all current designs.)

Marriott Golf has selected Orlando's Marriott's Grande Pines Golf Club as its "Property of the Year."

This award is based on performance excellence for current and previous years in various categories such as golf sales, round improvements, customer satisfaction, program development, personnel development and leadership and more.