Orlando based Golfweek magazine has released its fourth-annual Golfweek's Best Tour Courses You Can Play list as part of its April 22 issue. Featuring layouts from the PGA Tour, Champions Tour, Nationwide Tour and LPGA, the new list highlights the top 50 courses on the professional golf circuit in 2010-11 that allow any golfer to tee it up where the pros play.
"The quality of this list attests to the public nature of golf today, even at the big-time tournament level," said Bradley S. Klein, national director of Golfweek's Best Courses ratings program. "The list runs the gamut of wonderful courses here in the U.S. and elsewhere: from Pebble Beach Golf Links on the PGA Tour at No. 1, to Fallen Oak in Mississippi on the Championship Tour at No. 11, Kinderlou Forest Golf Course in Georgia for the Nationwide Tour at No. 16 and Pumpkin Ridge's Ghost Creek in Oregon on the LPGA circuit at No. 26."
Orlando is home to the new Waldorf Astoria Golf Academy at the Waldorf Astoria Golf Club, led by prominent golf figure Brian Mogg as director of instruction, according to resort Managing Director Peter Kacheris. The new Orlando golf academy will assist local, national and international golfers of all skill levels and ages in improving their game, using the popular Waldorf Astoria Golf Club as a “classroom.”
The academy will offer private individual instruction for junior and adult players, with a comprehensive half-day, single-day and two-day golf school program. It will also offer corporate outings and clinics for groups attending conferences in Orlando, including the adjacent convention center at Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek.
“We always envisioned a golf academy as the obvious next step for our golf club,” said Kacheris, “Brian and his team have the experience and skill of instructing top championship players from PGA, LPGA, and Nationwide, in addition to many years of experience instructing individuals.”
The 2nd annual 19th Hole at Dellagio is scheduled for Thursday, March 24th from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at the Dellagio Town Center on the corner of Sand Lake Road and Della Road. In conjunction with the PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational, the 19th Hole at Dellagio will feature live entertainment and a $10,000 Hole in One Putting Challenge.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit Hewell Kids' Kidney Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.
The Legends at Orange Lake is hosting its Masters Golf Scramble on Saturday, April 9, 2011. The golf tournament is open to all Central Florida Golfers. Showcase your skills by joining Orange Lake Resort at this Masters Golf Scramble.
Dress in a green shirt as you challenge The Legends, Central Florida’s premier Arnold Palmer Signature Course. Compete in on-course contests for prizes. Then catch the day’s Masters Action at Legacy Sports Bar & Grill. Customary egg salad sandwich and pimento and cheese sandwiches will be offered on our beverage carts for $2.50 each.