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Tampa golf scene boasts phenoms, PGA Tour, Tom Fazio courses and much more
Looking for a diverse mix of the best golf in the Tampa area? Well, Brandon Tucker played 36 holes a day for four days in the Tampa area. What did he find out? Whether you play a world-class venue or a tiny municipal, you can find a great bargain in Tampa compared to other destinations.
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Photo gallery: Tom Fazio is at his best at the World Woods Golf Club's Pine Barrens Course
One of the most affordable and accessible Tom Fazio designs in existence can be found an hour's drive north of Tampa at the World Woods Golf Club in Brooksville. Home to two Fazio designs, the Pine Barrens is a dramatic course set in the mold of Pine Valley and is a mainstay on top 100 public courses lists.
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Photo gallery: Pleasant, low-key Florida golf awaits at Pebble Creek Golf Club
Located just north of Tampa, Pebble Creek Golf Club is a traditional, player-friendly, favorite area course. Opened in 1967, the course plays through mossy oaks and small ponds in a quiet, residential neighborhood. Some gentle doglegs and raised, well-guarded greens help keep the 6,500-yard course a challenge to the modern game.
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Photo gallery: Tom Fazio is at his best at the World Woods Golf Club's Pine Barrens Course
One of the most affordable and accessible Tom Fazio designs in existence can be found an hour's drive north of Tampa at the World Woods Golf Club in Brooksville. Home to two Fazio designs, the Pine Barrens is a dramatic course set in the mold of Pine Valley and is a mainstay on top 100 public courses lists.
... full article »Photo gallery: Pleasant, low-key Florida golf awaits at Pebble Creek Golf Club
Located just north of Tampa, Pebble Creek Golf Club is a traditional, player-friendly, favorite area course. Opened in 1967, the course plays through mossy oaks and small ponds in a quiet, residential neighborhood. Some gentle doglegs and raised, well-guarded greens help keep the 6,500-yard course a challenge to the modern game.
... full article »Photo gallery: Original Saddlebrook Course at Saddlebrook Resort is a classic Tampa-area play
Saddlebrook Resort, set on a scenic 480 acres just north of Tampa in Wesley Chapel, is home to two 18-hole golf courses. The original Saddlebrook Course, which opened in 1976, features gentler, flatter land compared to the more sculpted Palmer Course, and the result is a more traditional, old-Florida feel.
... full article »Photo gallery: Challenging greens on the Palmer Course at Saddlebrook Resort will take you to school
Located in Wesley Chapel just north of Tampa, Saddlebrook Resort is home to 36 holes of golf including the newer Palmer Course. The course features a pleasant and quiet setting within this large tennis and golf retreat. The real difficulty in the Palmer Course is in the green complexes. While fairways are generous and feature lots of mounding, the greens are often raised and well protected.
... full article »Photo gallery: Seminole Lake C.C. offers a private-like setting for Tampa-area golf
Located just south of Tampa, Seminole Lake C.C. is a semi-private facility set near the popular vacation communities of Reddington Beach. The golf course sits on a peninsula beside Long Bayou and is surrounded with water on three sides. Gentle breezes and a wealth of bird life is a hint that the Gulf of Mexico is just a short distance off. The course even has its own family of bald eagles that live on site.
... full article »Scenic Tampa golf with a friendly atmosphere awaits at Pebble Creek Golf Club
Some of the most pleasant golf course experiences in the Tampa area come thanks to mature, mossy oaks shading the fairways. Pebble Creek Golf Club offers not only a preserve-like setting for golf but also a low-key, friendly environment that makes any golfer feel like they're at their home club.
... full article »Hole-by-hole: Innisbrook's Highlands North brings pinpoint accuracy into play
The small greens and distinctly different front and back nines make the Highlands North course unique from the other 54 holes at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club. The front nine winds through a marsh and sandhill area and the back nine looks like an extension of the undulating hills and pine and oak trees of Copperhead.
... full article »Hole-by-hole: Highlands South combines the best of past and present
Innisbrook Resort's Highlands South course a combination of nine holes of the original Sandpiper course that was set in a lowland area. In 1995, the resort carved out nine more holes from a citrus grove and cattle farm, forming the new loop. The younger holes are a little more wide open at the landing areas; the older holes resemble a tighter, more Florida-style, tree-lined layout.
... full article »Hole-by-hole: Innisbrook's Island golf course demands attention to details
Innisbrook's Island course has a reputation for being just as tough as the resort's famed Copperhead course. It has the same rolling terrain and dips and rises and curves that demands you pay attention on every shot. Here, Host Professional Jay Overton offers his analysis on Island's design and a few of its more challenging holes.
... full article »Hole-by-hole breakdown: Innisbrook's Copperhead keeps challenging your game
The Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club's Copperhead course isn't one of the PGA Tour's most popular stops because it's a pushover. From the dips and rises to the elevated greens and double-dogleg par 5s, it's a layout that demands golfers pay attention to every shot. Host Professional Jay Overton offers his analysis on Copperhead's design and a few of its more challenging holes.
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