For more than 25 years, I’ve traveled the highways, byways and waterways of Florida. I’ve devoured conch fritters in America’s southernmost city, Key West, and feasted on fresh smoked grouper in the panhandle, so the Guru knows a thing or two about the good life in the Sunshine State. One of my favorite places...
On Location: Saddlebrook Resort
Much like a perennial favorite Cabernet Sauvignon wine you order at a steakhouse to accompany a butter slathered, grilled New York Strip, Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa provides a welcome comfort zone for golf vacationers. A mainstay on Florida’s golf resort menu for more than 35 years, Saddlebrook is designed with golfers in mind. The most...
UPDATE on Streamsong Resort’s Upcoming Black Course
Streamsong Black No. 7 (Photo by Larry Lambrecht) When golfers find out the Guru resides in Central Florida, one of the more frequent questions I get is about the much anticipated new Black Course at Streamsong Resort near Lakeland.After some intrepid research, here are my answers to that question:* The Black Course is slated...
Everything You Need to Know About Playing Golf in Florida
Hammock Bay Golf Club–Marco Island Marriott Ya gotta play Florida. There are nearly 1,400 reasons (golf courses) to tee up in the Sunshine State and more than 50 resorts with golf as their centerpiece amenity. I’ve walked the fairways of hundreds of courses in the state, lost golf balls in lakes, wetlands, swamps and...
Everything You Need to Know About Playing Golf in Orlando, Florida
10th Hole at Waldorf-Astoria Golf Club Overshadowed by a mouse named Mickey and a whale named Shamu, Orlando is nonetheless a bonafide golf destination with major resorts like Grand Cypress, Renuion, ChampionsGate, Shingle Creek and Mission Inn and more than 125 courses within a 45 mile radius of downtown. Check out the Guru’s various...