Found 92 blog entries tagged as Golf.

Okeeheelee Park is a natural preserve, just west of Palm Beach, which has miles of biking, running, and hiking trails spanning across 90 acres of woods and wetlands. Okeeheelee Park is located at 7715 Forest Hill Boulevard in West Palm Beach.  Additionally, nearby the park is the public Okeeheelee Golf Course.  The course offers 27 holes of championship golf in a pristine, quiet, park setting.

Okeeheelee Golf Course has offered quality golf to Palm Beach County for more than 20 years. The Okeeheelee Golf Course is set up in three nine-hole courses that can be played in multiple 18-hole combinations, providing the potential for a different golf experience on each visit to the facility. Every hole features five sets of tees, so all skill levels will…

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Medalist Golf Club, located in Hobe Sound, provides an exceptional golfing experience paying homage to the finest traditions of the game. Founded by Greg Norman and Pete Dye in 1995, it is in the Top Ten in Florida by Golf Digest and in the Top 100 in the United States by both Golf Magazine and Travel & Leisure Golf.

The course designers are Pete Dye, Greg Norman, and Bobby Weed. The 18-hole course is 7,571 yards and reflects and enhances natural South Florida surroundings, and presents an exceptional variety of shots, especially around greens. Its personality can change dramatically with varying wind conditions.

For more information about membership at Medalist Golf Club, please call 772-575-9700.

Address:  9908 SE Cottage Lane, Hobe Sound,…

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The Abacoa Golf Course is known as one of the best public golf courses in Southeast Florida and truly rivals many private courses. More than simply an amenity to the Abacoa neighborhood, the Abacoa Golf Club is intended to be a community resource. The golf course is an asset that can be shared with the entire community not just Abacoa residents. It is a public course, without membership requirements. Everyone is welcome!

The Abacoa Golf Course was the last course designed by renowned golf course architect, Joe Lee, before his passing. In classic Joe Lee style, Abacoa’s “lakes and bunkers meet its sloping fairways with little obstruction, and you’ll find scenic views with 14 of its 18 holes surrounded by water”.  All these features make the tees,…

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Just one year after turning pro, Jupiter Island resident Tiger Woods wins the 1997 Masters, shooting a then scoring record 18-under par for the week. The youngest person ever to claim the Green Jacket, Tiger won by a Masters record 12 shots, a record that still stands today.

Woods has since gone on to win the Masters 4 more times, with the latest being in 2019.

Woods' Scores In His 5 Masters Victories Are...

  • 1997:  270 (-18)
  • 2001:  272 (-16)
  • 2002:  276 (-12)
  • 2005:  276 (-12, won in playoff)
  • 2019:  275 (-13)

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BallenIsles Charities Foundation, 100 BallenIsles Circle, Palm Beach Gardens will award grants totaling $800,000 to 46 local Palm Beach County organizations in March 2021. Since the beginning of the establishment of the BallenIsles Charities Foundation they have raised over $4.6 million.

When times looked gloomy and the pandemic raged on and people struggled, the BallenIsles community stepped up in a big way to extend a helping hand to communities nearby. In the 10 years of the BallenIsles Charities Foundation’s existence, not a year passed in which they did not host a live fundraising event, whether it be a dinner, a golf outing, or party.

This year, due to COVID-19, the foundation had to rely solely on members big-hearted generosity. BallenIsles…

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The annual PGA Golf Tournament that is held at PGA National Resort and Spa is back in Palm Beach Gardens this week. Some of the world’s top golfers have joined the Player’s Field and will be playing for the playing for the next, Honda Classic winner.

For the past several years, the Honda Classic has been named the “Most Fan Friendly Event” on the PGA Tour. The award recognizes the event’s food options, amenity stations, social media engagements, affordable ticket options, parking, transportation, and more. This year is expected to do the same.

For the past fourteen years, The Honda Classic Golf Tournament has been played at Palm Beach Garden’s PGA National Resort and Spa. PGA National has been the home of the golf tournament since 2007 and the…

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The professional golf tournament held every year at Palm Beach Gardens, PGA National Resort and Spa is now selling tickets for their upcoming tournament in March. The tournament was moved to the end of March last year, in previous years the PGA Tournament was held in February. The tour rearranged its schedule, and The Honda Classic will now be held in Palm Beach County March 15th through March 21st.

Tickets are now on sale for the tournament. Due to the current circumstances, only a limited number of tickets will be sold prior to the event. In previous years, attendees could purchase tickets at the event, but this year, tickets are required to be purchased in advance. Tickets will be available on a first-come first-serve basis.

The famous Bear Trap…

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In early 2020, the Martin County Golf Course began renovations to the course and a name change. The new course is now called “Sailfish Sands” and the new course is going to be bolder, innovative, and more unique, nothing like any other course in Martin County.

Earlier this week, the Martin County Parks and Recreation Director announced that he went before the County Commission to update them on the progress of the massive project and to ask for additional funding. The director and course asked for $3 million dollars more which will bring the complete renovation cost to around $8 million dollars and the county approved the changes during the meeting. The county commissioners believe that the new high-end, modern facility will be a huge benefit to the…

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Since 2007 the legends of the game have made a stop in Boca Raton for the PGA TOUR Champions event at the Old Course at Broken Sound Golf Club. This year, the event will return to Broken Sound but not only take place in a month, it will also feature a brand new title sponsor. The TimberTech Championship will be played in front of a national TV audience the week of October 26 to November 1, 2020.

Since its inception, the newly named TimberTech Championship has raised over $2 million for local charities through the Boca Raton Champions Golf Charities (BRCGC), with the Boca Raton Regional Hospital serving as the primary charitable beneficiary.

World Golf Hall of Fame members Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson, as well as 2010 FedExCup Champion Jim Furyk,…

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Miniature Golf Day is a holiday celebrated by many golf enthusiasts on September 21st every year.  The day is similar to National Miniature Golf Day which is celebrated on the second Saturday in May.

Miniature Golf Day is a day when people can go to their favorite miniature golf courses around the area and enjoy a few hours of fun. Like, many unofficial holidays, no one really knows how or when this holiday was started. Miniature golf can be traced back to the 19th century in Scotland when women began to play golf.

Golfing is a big activity in Palm Beach County and South Florida. Palm Beach County is home to more than 160 private and public golf courses and has earned the title of Florida’s Golf Capital. In addition to the golf courses, there is…

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