On the first day of our team trip to Florida for the PGA Show this past winter, we had the opportunity to take a guided tour of Streamsong’s fifth course, Bone Valley, with architect David McLay Kidd. Golf followed at Streamsong Black and The Chain, making this an unforgettable day to start our adventure.
Just 40 minutes from Orlando, the second course at Mission Resort + Club, Las Colinas, is a challenging tour across rolling hills and through dense woods. Paired with the original El Campeón course, this destination offers 36 holes of quality golf at surprisingly affordable rates.
Long considered the flagship layout of the Walt Disney World® golf operation, Disney’s Magnolia now basks in the limelight of an outstanding renovation, including comprehensive re-routing and redesign of holes 14-17 to form what is now known as “Grumpy’s Gauntlet!”
Streamsong Red is a rugged and beautifully designed Coore & Crenshaw course in Bowling Green, Florida. This hole-by-hole review highlights one of the top public golf experiences in the U.S.
This Fazio gem was the last stop on the WiscoGolfAddict Florida swing for Dario and Brian, ideally located right in the heart of the magic just down the street from Disney.
The new Roost course at Cabot Citrus Farms, designed in partnership by Mike Nuzzo, Kyle Franz, Rod Whitman and Ran Morrissett, is a wonderful blend of modern and classic parkland design with plenty of flares for the dramatic.
Streamsong Blue stole my heart on a trip filled with great golf – a playable, dramatic and engaging layout loaded with the hallmarks of Tom Doak’s architectural brilliance.
As we teed off on the first hole, Mother Nature had not yet unleashed her fury. Instead she lured us into the danger with a slight mist… as if she was saying “You can trust me, I know how special this place is. I won’t open the heavens on you…” only to have her fingers…
Disney’s Palm is my favorite course at the iconic Orlando destination, offering a playable, scenic and engaging golf experience just down the street from Disney’s Magic Kingdom.
WiscoGolfAddict’s team trip to Florida in January was an epic tale of poor weather, great camaraderie, connecting with industry figures and, as you probably figured, a lot of golf.
A wise man once said, “Sand is an architect’s best friend.”
That wise man is David McLay Kidd at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando this morning.
With golden age charm, interesting topography and affordable rates, the George O’Neill-designed El Campeón course at Mission Resort and Club is one of the Orlando area’s best value plays.
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all enjoyed 2024 as much as I did. Here are a few of my favorite memories from the season, and what we’re looking forward to in 2025.
30 courses shot, 23 articles written and a treasure trove of great golf experiences. What a season it’s been!
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.
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.
Part of Cabot Citrus Farm’s redevelopment from World Woods includes The Squeeze, an exciting 10-hole Mike Nuzzo design chocked full of half-pars and beautiful modern golf architecture.
A par 33 course with 11 holes ranging from 70-115 yards, The Wedge will be one of 23 courses in the US lit up at night when it debuts later this year, and it’s sure to be the most fun.
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.
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.
This year’s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida truly reflected the incredible momentum behind the golf industry today and shined as what can only be described as a pre-COVID-like event.
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.
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.
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…
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…
Located in Perdido Key, Florida, Lost Key Golf Club is an easy 15-minute drive from the eastern Gulf Shores area of Alabama, and one heck of a test of accurate golf. An Arnold Palmer signature design that opened to the public in 2006, I had heard prior to our Gulf Shores trip from several golf enthusiast friends…
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 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…
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…
* 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…
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…
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…
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…
