Disney Golf: My Happy Place
Planning a trip to Disney or the Orlando area? Don’t overlook golf as a way to diversify your vacation, as the destination offers 63 excellent holes conveniently adjacent to its other world-famous attractions.
The Karoo at Cabot Citrus Farms: And the Award for Most Improved Goes to…
Wonderfully designed by young up-and-coming architect Kyle Franz, the Karoo course is the centerpiece of Cabot Citrus Farms and will quickly become a must-play bucket list course for golf enthusiasts from around the world.
Cabot Citrus Farms: America’s Next Must-Play Destination
Last month the WiscoGolfAddict team visited Cabot Citrus Farms, America’s hottest new golf resort, and we saw firsthand how special this sand-based property is poised to be when it fully opens in the fall of 2024.
Brian’s 2024 PGA Show Recap: A Celebration of Everything Golf
My first trip to the PGA Show connected me with thousands of the similarly golf-obsessed, giving me a firsthand look at new trends in equipment, gear, apparel, clubs and other products.
Streamsong Black: High Drama in Central Florida
A unique par 73 layout fraught with drama and unique minimalistic design, the 2017 addition of the Black course at Streamsong gives this world-class resort a course for all golf enthusiasts.
Streamsong Resort Expanding With 18-Hole Coore & Crenshaw Short Course
With three 18-hole championship courses already open and thriving, and the resort’s 10-year anniversary underway, the time is right for expansion, and this investment in the facility’s infrastructure is a smart, strategic one that will allow guests to play more golf on-site in less time for a more affordable price tag.
Streamsong Resort: Hanse’s Black Course is on Track
Golf Channel’s “Morning Drive” did a nine-minute feature on the progress of Gil Hanse’s Black course at Streamsong Resort in Streamsong, Florida last week: Golf Channel Morning Drive: Streamsong Black Feature (12/9/15) The Black course will be the third 18-hole course at Streamsong, which burst on to the national/international golf scene in 2012 with the Red…
Great Golf Holes: Streamsong, Red Course #18 (FL)
Streamsong’s Red course, designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, was named by Golf Digest as the number one new course in the country in 2013, and Streamsong’s resort has thrived over the past two years to become the country’s hottest golf destination. The Red course ends in fantastic fashion, with a sensational par three sixteenth over…
Streamsong Red: C&C’s Scenic Central Florida Masterpiece
Streamsong Resort, Red Course Rankings: Golf Digest: #18 US public, #100 US greatest overall, #4 FloridaGolfWeek: #30 US modern, #2 Florida public, #12 US resortGolf.com: #52 US top 100, #12 US public, #2 Florida public Designer: Bill Coore, Ben Crensaw (2012) From the moment you turn on to the several mile long driveway of the extensively…
Streamsong Blue: The Resort’s Most Playable Design
Streamsong, Blue Course Rankings: Golf Digest: #24 US public, #6 FloridaGolfWeek: #43 US modern, #3 Florida public, #14 US resortGolf.com: #62 US top 100, #16 US public, #3 Florida public Designer: Tom Doak (2012) The Blue course at Streamsong, designed by Tom Doak and opened for public play in 2013, is the nation’s 24th best public course…
Golf Destination: Streamsong Resort (FL)
Last week, my girlfriend Kelly and I had the opportunity to check out the hottest new golf destination in the world: Streamsong Resort near Bowling Green, Florida. In their third year of operation, Streamsong became eligible this year for the semi-annual “Best-of” lists for both Golf Digest and GolfWeek. Their rankings in both, as well as…
Golf Course Review: TPC Tampa Bay (FL)
* Initial general disclaimer: The bulk of this article was written in March, and finished in May, 2014* Here in Wisconsin, this has been the winter that never seems like it will end. Six to eight feet of frost is said to be in the ground, and we’ve had temperatures below 20 degrees almost exclusively…
Golf Course Review: World Woods, Pine Barrens (FL)
World Woods Pine Barrens Course Rankings: Golf Digest: #66 US public, #23 Florida GolfWeek: #112 US modern, #5 Florida public Golf.com: #36 US public, #5 Florida public Designer: Tom Fazio (1993) A perpetual top five course in the state of Florida, and top 100 in the country (currently number 60), the Pine Barrens at World Woods is…
Golf Course Review: World Woods, Rolling Oaks (FL)
World Woods, Rolling Oaks Course Rankings: GolfWeek: #9 Florida public Golf.com: #11 Florida public Designer: Tom Fazio (1991) The yang to the Pine Barrens’ ying, the Rolling Oaks at World Woods is a wonderfully different course from the Pine Barrens. Both are world-class courses, challenging and long. The Rolling Oaks, in fact, is the longest…
Course Review: Juliette Falls (FL)
Juliette Falls Course Rankings: GolfWeek: #18 Florida public Designer: John Sanford (2008) Southwest Airlines has a bags-fly-free policy, which includes golf bags, and it was certainly my intention during a recent family dive trip to Florida to take advantage of it. Staying at a vacation rental home on the Rainbow River in Dunnellon, I was…