GOLF ACCOMMODATIONS Taking full advantage of its Atlantic Ocean setting, the resort has 404 oceanfront guest rooms and suites with patios and balconies. With an impressive amenity package, the rooms (as all Omni rooms) are, in the Guru’s humble opinion, an exceptional value. –Furnished balcony or patio –Exclusive skin care products RESORT AMENITIES –10,000-square-foot...
On Location: Saddlebrook Resort
The golf menu at Saddlebrook consists of two on-site 18-hole courses that take full advantage of the lush, palm-, pine-, -cypress and lake-dotted rolling terrain. Both courses-the Palmer and Saddlebrook- are not long, but they’re testy because of the undulating terrain, sometimes narrow fairways and strategically placed bunkers. If I had to pick a...
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.
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...