THE CLUB AT WESTMINSTER

All tournaments open to public year round

Public Golf Course MAP #233

TEE INFORMATION

Yardage:

Gold: 6795 Blue: 6359 White: 5960 Green: 5268 Red: 5113 Purple: 4180

COURSE FACTS Number of Holes: 18 Architect: Ted McAnlis PGA Golf Pro: Jake Whitehouse

COURSE AMENITIES • Tee Times up to 7 days in advance • Range Memberships • Tournaments open to the public • Men’s and Ladies Leagues • Full size putting green • Fully Stocked Pro Shop and

Restaurant • Private and Group Golf

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Lehigh Acres

The Club at Westminster

The Club at Westminster golf course travels around eight lakes with generous landing areas making it both beautiful and player friendly as well as exciting to play. These strategically placed water hazards, as well as the “few” sand bunkers, make for a challenging round of golf. Amenities include a practice range, with driving, chipping, and putting practice areas. Westminster is enjoyed by all levels of golfers and is a player friendly course from the forward tees to the back tees that really challenges the lower handicapper. In addition, you can book your tee time on their website under the Tee Times link, six days in advance. The Club at Westminster is a semi-private golf course, restaurant, and practice facility open to the public, and accepts resident & non-resident memberships. Seasonal affordable prices, great course conditions, experienced friendly staff, and great practice range facilities is what brings golfers back year after year.

2199 Berkley Way Lehigh Acres, FL 33973 (239) 368-1110 www.westminster-golf.com

El Campeon, #7

Mission Inn Resort & Club

Las Colinas, #5

Located in the heart of Central Florida, in Howey-In-The-Hills, Mission Inn Resort is a one-of-a-kind 1,100 acre full-service resort located 35 minutes north of Orlando and 90 minutes from Tampa Bay. It is easily accessible by Interstate 75 or the Florida Turnpike. It is a resort destination with an abundant amount of activities for everyone.

Mission Inn features 176 freshly-decorated guest rooms and club suites with golf front patios. All rooms feature Stearns & Foster bedding, modern décor, safes, a new lock system and doors, plus much more. Club suites are larger and now include refrigerators for snacks and beverages, a separate sofa and second TV for relaxing over dinner. The resort setting features quaint courtyards, low profile buildings, red roof tiled accents and an intimate Spanish hacienda feeling. With four restaurants, two championship 18-hole golf courses, a luxury spa, fitness center and a wide range of outdoor recreation, the resort offers a perfect guest experience for couples, buddy groups, and family outings.

The golf is truly remarkable. The terrain provides hills that roll and pitch, mature pine and magnolia trees that tower, where eagles and ospreys fly overhead. The terrain of this part of Central Florida, originally orange groves, provides up to 85-foot elevation changes and a peaceful ambiance removed from busy city life. Golfers looking to hone their skills can practice on the 130 person golf range, several putting greens and chipping areas before their rounds. After golf, relax over lunch at Nicker’s clubhouse pub or relax at Spa Marbella over a refreshing massage. Special Summer/Fall Golf Package offers are now available. For example, book any two-night golf package with room, golf and daily breakfast for as low as $178 per person, per night, based on double occupancy.

For all stay and play packages, go online to MissionInnResort.com to review the many options for golf, spa, fishing, wine tours and more.

Howey-In-The Hills, Florida

Kevin Streelman, Defending Champion (888) 283-6363 MissionInnResort.com/summergolf

Southport Springs Golf & Country Club

Southport Springs offers a challenging par-69 golf course measuring 5,000 yards from the tips. But don’t be fooled. While short enough for senior players, it is also narrow and challenging for players with lower handicaps. You will be challenged! Located in beautiful Zephyrihills, Florida, the Southport Springs golf course is open to the public. Tee times can be booked up to two weeks in advance. Book online 24/7.

3737 Southport Springs Pkwy Zephyrhills, FL 33541 www.southportspringsfl.com Pro Shop: (813) 780-7637

Riverside Club Golf & Marina

The Riverside Club Golf and Marina Community is nestled along the southeastern shore of Tampa Bay in beautiful Ruskin, Florida, The 18-hole Riverside championship course features 6,117 yards of golf from the longest tees with a par of 70. Designed by Ward Northrup, the Riverside golf course opened in 1954. Join their eClub and receive golf specials and promotions. Book tee times online 24/7.

2550 Pier Drive Ruskin, FL 33570 www.riversideclub.golf Pro Shop: (813) 645-2000

Blue Heron Pines Golf Course

Blue Heron Pines offers an 18hole, par-60 executive golf course located in Punta Gorda, Florida. With a length of 3,180 yards from the back tees and 2,362 yards from the forward tees, the course allows players to get out and play in less time and aggravation. The course is semi-private, offering both memberships at very reasonable rates and daily fee play. Tee times can be booked a week in advance. Book tee times online 24/7.

29201 Jones Loop Road Punta Gorda, FL 33950 www.bhpgolfmembers.com Pro Shop: (941) 637-6191

The Hamptons Golf & Country Club

Located in Central Florida just off I-4 between Orlando & Tampa in Auburndale, The Hamptons Golf and Country Club features a challenging, 18-hole executive golf course which is open to the public. With par at 61, and the course measuring out to 3,488 yards at its longest, the course is friendly to all skill levels. Book tee times online 24/7.

900 Southhampton Boulevard Auburndale, FL 33823 www.hamptonsgolfcc.com Pro Shop: (863) 666-8442

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233 FEATURED COURSES Bonita Fairways Golf Club (239) 947-9100 E 18 61 3388 / 60.1 / 101 • • 14

26740 Sammoset Way, Bonita Springs, FL, 34135; 41S, L on W. Terry St., L on Bonita Fairways Blvd, R on Bonita Fairways Cr, Left on Sammoset Way

Cape Royal Golf Club (239) 283-5522 P 27 72 6611 / 71.0 / 129 • • 15

11460 Royal Tee Circle, Cape Coral, FL, 33991; I-75 to Exit 161 Jones Loop Road, Burnt Store Rd to Royal Tee

Eagle Lakes Golf Club (239) 732-0034 P 18 72 7177 / 74.5 / 134 • • 16

18100 Royal Tree Parkway, Naples, FL 34114; 41 South, right on Royal Hammock Blvd; Left on Royal Tree Pkwy

Herons Glen Golf and Country Club (239) 731-4520 SP 18 72 6468 / 71.2 / 136 • • 16

2250 Herons Glen Blvd, North Fort Myers, FL 33917; US 41 North, right on Herons Glen Blvd

Hibiscus Golf Club (239) 774-0088 P 18 72 6476 / 71.1 / 131 • • 17

5375 Hibiscus Dr, Naples, FL 34113; 41 South to Rattlesnake Hammock Rd.

Hideaway Country Club (239) 275-5581 PR 18 67 5146 / 66.1 / 120 • • • • • 17

5670 Trailwinds Dr., Fort Myers, FL 34907; S Cleveland, N from Daniels Pkwy, or S from Colonial Blvd, to Trailwinds Drive

Quail Run Golf Club (239) 261-3930 SP 18 70 5304 / 65.7 / 112 • • 18

1 Forest Lakes Blvd, Naples, FL 34105 ; I-75 Exit 107, Follow Pine Ridge Rd to Forest Lake Blvd.

Quail Village Golf Club (239) 598-2815 SP 18 69 4873 / 63.3 / 113 • • 20

11719 Quail Village Way, Naples, FL 34119 ; I-75 Exit 111, East on Immokalee Road, Left on Valewood to Quail Village Way

San Carlos Golf Club (239) 267-3131 P 18 71 6423 / 71.0 / 121 • • 22

7420 Constitution Circle, Ft. Myers, FL 33967 ; Off US41, 1 mile south of Alico Road to Constitution Blvd.

Valencia Golf & Country Club (239) 352-0777 P 18 72 7007/ 74.1 / 128 • • 23

1725 Double Eagle Trail, Naples, FL 34120 ; I-75 to Exit 111 off I-75 - West to Randall Blvd., N on Approach Blvd.

The Club at Westminster (239) 368-1110 SP 18 72 6795-4180 • • 24

2199 Berkley Way, Lehigh Acres, FL 33793; I-75 to CR-884 (Colonial Blvd) R on Westgate Blvd; L on Berkley Way

DESTINATION GOLF Mission Inn

10400 CR 48., Howey-In-The Hills, FL 33825

(800) 874-9053 R 18 72 7915 / 73.8 / 136 • • • • • 26

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Having Fun with SWFL Golf Community “Reciprocals!”

By Joe Morgan-GOLF HOME GURU ®

One of the KEY “perks” of owning and

living in a Southwest Florida golf community is having access to a large number of other golf courses during the off-season. Virtually every SWFL private golf community offers its members a “Reciprocal List” of 40-60 area golf courses that they can play during the period of May 1 through October 31. In most cases, the total cost of the golf round is just slightly more than the typical cost of a cart fee; and, the hosting club will also quite often throw in a discounted lunch/beverage in an effort to lure golfers into their dining facilities. Regardless of whether your home golf community is a bundled or non-bundled private club, the “Reciprocal List” of your community will typically include an outstanding mix of golf communities/golf courses. During summer months, each golf community shuts down one day per week for minor on-going maintenance, and shuts down at least two times for one-to-two weeks for major maintenance (aeration, etc). The reciprocal system allows individual golf members and golf groups to play other high-quality, challenging golf courses during these shutdown periods. The process for setting up reciprocal tee times is quick and easy...just call your local club pro and he/she will contact the reciprocal club and set up your preferred tee time.

After playing 40-60 (or more) rounds of golf on your home course during January though

April—and getting to know every square yard of fairway landing area and every inch of break on the greens—the

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reciprocal program offers you an affordable opportunity to test your finely-honed golf skills on other beautiful and challenging courses. As all golfers appreciate, playing a golf course for the first time can be an interesting—and often humbling— experience...but it also enables you to discover other courses, and golf communities, that you really like. You may like some of them so much that you play them multiple times during the reciprocal period, and some you’ll play year-after-year. And, your love of a particular course that you played in reciprocals may even guide your decision-making process for a future golf real estate purchase. If you haven’t bought in Southwest Florida yet and you’re in the process of scouting out housing and golf communities, please be sure to ask each club’s Membership Director and/or Golf Pro to give you a copy of their most recent “Reciprocal List”. In some cases, you can access this list on the community’s website. If you already own in one of our wonderful area golf communities, you’ll automatically receive a “Reciprocal List” each year, either online or via handouts or mailings. As you review a golf community’s “Reciprocal List”, I’d suggest that you look for the following outstanding golf venues. You’ll thoroughly enjoy playing each one of them. If you compare this list to my exclusive “GURU Top 25 SWFL Golf Communities” list on my website (GolfHomeGuru. com), you’ll see that all of these communities are also on that list. This is no coincidence, as a major consideration in formulating my “Top 25” list was the quality and playability of the golf course...as determined by my past/ current customers, and by me.

• Bundled Golf Communities

Naples: Esplanade; Heritage Bay; Naples Lakes; Treviso Bay; Vanderbilt. Bonita Springs: Bonita National. Estero: Pelican Sound. Ft. Myers: Colonial; Legends.

• Non-Bundled Golf Communities

Naples: Fiddler’s Creek; Greyhawk at Golf Club of the Everglades; Grey Oaks; Kensington; Mediterra; Olde Cypress; Quail Creek; Quail West; Talis Park; The Quarry; TwinEagles; Wyndemere. Bonita Springs: Bonita Bay; Palmira; Pelican Landing. Estero: Shadow Wood at the Brooks; West Bay Club. Ft. Myers: Fiddlesticks; Gateway; Gulf Harbour; Miromar Lakes; Renaissance; The Plantation; Verandah.

The above list features some of the premier golf courses in SWFL and you’ll undoubtedly enjoy every round on them. I offer my sincere apology to the other incredible area courses that didn’t make this list, as many of them are equallyworthy of your time and money. In my experience, though, the ones listed above are extraordinary opportunities for “Reciprocal” fun!

Joe Morgan—better known as the GOLF HOME GURU®—specializes in real estate sales in Naples/Southwest Florida golf communities. He’s an 11-year winner of Gulfshore Life magazine’s “FIVE STAR Client Satisfaction Award”, and an annual “Top Producer” for Downing-Frye Realty Inc., in Naples, Florida. Please visit his ultra- comprehensive website, GolfHomeGuru.com; and download his GOLF HOME GURU® App for iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. For help buying or selling in a SWFL Golf community, the “GURU” can be contacted at 239/438-6426 (Cell/Text), and Guru@

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Semi-Private Golf Club MAP #172 Punta Gorda

TEE INFORMATION

Par 70: Yardage/Rating/Slope:

Blue: 5836 / 68.9 / 124 White: 5424 / 66.9 / 115 Gold: 4942/ 64.8 / 113 Ladies Gold: 4942 / 69.0 / 121 Red: 4746 / 68.3 / 119

COURSE FACTS Number of Holes: 18 Architect: Mark McCumber

General Manager/PGA:

Todd Evans Superintendent: Josh Czarnecki

COURSE AMENITIES • Clubhouse - Restaurant • Practice Facilities • Short Game Area • Walking Allowed • Golf Club Rental • PGA Instruction • 7 Day Advanced T-Times

Deep Creek Golf Club

Established in 1985, Deep Creek GC has been voted one of the best golf courses in the Charlotte County area year after year. A Par 70, 18 hole layout designed by PGA Tour player Mark McCumber is truly an enjoyable experience with a friendly welcoming staff. From tee to green, whether high or low handicap your experience will be top notch. Public play is welcome, and a variety of memberships options are offered at an exceptional value. Our restaurant and lounge serves only the best quality food and drinks under a casual setting to enhance your experience.

1260 San Cristobal Avenue Punta Gorda, FL 33983 941-625-6911 www.deepcreekgolf.com Nice People, Great Golf!

Executive

MAP #119

TEE INFORMATION Yardage/Rating/Slope: Blue: 3976 / 59.3 / 100; White: 3445 / 57.2 / 93; Red: 2840 / 56.0 / 85

COURSE FACTS Number of Holes: 18 Architect: Ted McAnlis

General Manager:

Denny Burnham

COURSE AMENITIES • Clubhouse • Practice Greens • Pro Shop • Snack Bar - Lunch • Golf Club Rental Englewood

Oyster Creek Golf Club

RENTAL CLUBS AVAILABLE

Not your typical executive golf course, Oyster Creek, designed by Ted McAnlis, is both challenging and scenic. Accuracy off the tee is important as water comes into play on 13 of the 18 holes. Distance is critical on only a few of the par 4s, but even low-handicap golfers find they play to their handicap. Oyster Creek offers meticulouslymanicured greens surrounded by environmentally-protected natural wetlands.

6651 Oriole Blvd. Englewood, FL 34224 941-475-0334 www.oystercreekgolfclub.com

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The Hills A true test of accuracy and course management skills. 941-697-2414 Long Marsh Maintained greens framed by pines, oaks and palms. 941-698-0918 The Palms Featuring two of Florida’s most demanding holes. 941-697-8118 The Links Water covers 35 of this 80 acre executive course. 941-697-8877 Pinemoor Tree lined fairways and an abundance of sand traps. 941-697-7006

The Meadows Country Club

If you are in search of a lifestyle rooted in health and wellness for the entire family set in a casual country club atmosphere, look no further than The Meadows Country Club, located in Venice, Fl.

The Club revolves around an array of extraordinary amenities including golf, tennis, pickleball, a junior Olympic size pool, several dining and entertainment options, and a busy social calendar. The newest amenity to the club’s impressive list is a 5,000 square foot Lifestyle and Wellness Center that will guide members along the path to optimal health. It is home to individualized exercise and fitness programs, group yoga, dance, stretch & tone classes, and a large variety of equipment.

The 18-hole historic Members Course underwent a major renovation and reopened to rave reviews in January 2021. This Ron Garl-designed course was rebuilt from top to bottom. All 18 greens were reshaped and rebuilt using TifEagle bermudagrass, which offers improved speed, consistency and playability.

3101 Longmeadow Sarasota, FL 34235 (941) 371.6000 www.meadowscc.org

Venetian Golf Club is Now an Exclusively Private Club!

This jewel golf course is now back to its original glory after completing a million dollar course renovation, and under new ownership with Heritage Golf Group. There are a limited number of memberships available for both residents and non-residents. Membership includes unlimited golf, weekly golf games and year round social events.