Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orange Lake Resort celebrated its seventh year as the Central Florida host of the Group RCI Christel House Open on Monday, June 8, raising $110,000 for the charity. This was the first year that the tournament was hosted under Orange Lake Resort’s new timeshare brand, Holiday Inn Club Vacations.  Featuring two championship golf courses at the Orlando, Florida resort, Orange Lake’s 18-hole, Arnold Palmer-designed Legends golf course played host to the event.

Considered the largest single-day, charity golf tournament in the world, the Group RCI Christel House Open is spread out across 19 tournament sites spanning five continents. Approximately 2,000 golfers teed off on this day for the charity—and 100% of the worldwide proceeds went to programs and services that directly benefit the more than 3,000 children of Christel House.

Orlando’s AAA Four Diamond Rosen Shingle Creek hotel and the championship Shingle Creek Golf Club are proud to welcome back Lucille O’Neal and her son Shaquille O'Neal and friends for the “Sixth Annual Shaq’s Mama Said Knock You Out” charity fundraising event.

Taking place Sept. 18, 2009, this year’s “Shaq’s Mama Said Knock You Out Golf “ and new “Soulful Midday Soiree” will feature the ever-popular and exciting golf tournament at Shingle Creek Golf Club, followed by a fun-filled and nostalgic afternoon of good food, good music and good friends.  Evoking a 1930s-style “Cotton Club” atmosphere, the “Soulful Midday Soiree” will feature smooth jazz, a hearty buffet of soul food favorites, as well as friendly back-room poker, table games, dancing and more.

Falcon’s Fire Golf Club has held the honor as one of the finest Orlando public golf courses for nearly 16 years. In order to maintain the highest quality golf experience for their guests, the Club will be taking this summer as an opportunity to renovate the course to bring it back to the championship quality that our golfers have come to expect.

Some of their honors included being named “Best Public Course in Florida” in 2006 by Florida Monthly, one of “Florida’s 50 Finest Golf Courses” in 2000 by Golf & Travel and consistently receiving four stars from Golf Digest.

John Daly couldn't make it to this year's event, but LoudMouth Golf got even louder last week when 84 golfers collectively wore the kaleidoscopic trousers during the "Loudest, Funniest Orlando Golf Tournament Ever, sponsored by LoudMouth Golf Radio on June 4th at the Reunion Golf Resort.

It was the first mass outing for LoudMouth Golf pants on record, and the players came from throughout the United States to make a fashion statement.

"We had players from all over the country--California, Arizona, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas and Florida," said Scott Sterner, Tournament Host and Anchor of LoudMouth Golf Radio. "We even had Adrian Young, the drummer for No Doubt." (Young wore LoudMouth's Red & Gray shorts). Heather Burner and Jackie Barenburg of the Future Tour Girls played in the psychedelic patterns as well.

Marriott Golf announces Grande Pines Golf Club, located in Orlando, Florida, as the Marriott Golf "Property of the Year." This award is based on performance excellence for current and previous years in various categories such as golf sales, round improvements, customer satisfaction, program development, personnel development & leadership, and more.

As one of Marriott Golf's first properties to become an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, Grande Pines Golf Club has excelled in the area of promoting environmental stewardship and was also recognized with Golf Digest's prestigious "Environmental Leadership in Golf" award in the Resort Category for 2008.

Mystic Dunes Golf Club is hosting the third annual Red White & Blue Invitational on Sunday, July 12, 2009. A portion of the tournament's proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), a non-profit organization aimed at assisting those men and women of the United States armed forces who have been severely injured during war.

Victoria Hills Golf Club - an award-winning, Ron Garl designed course owned by The St. Joe Company and managed by Billy Casper Golf - announces its full participation in the PGA of America's summer Play Golf America programs including Family Golf Month, Bring Your Kids to the Range Day, Bring Your Daughter to the Course Day and Patriot Golf Day.

Play Golf America programs give everyone, regardless of age or skill level, the opportunity to learn or re-learn the game of golf through affordable programs. Celebrating five successful years, more than 1.28 million consumers have experienced golf through branded National Promotions, Play Golf America Days and special events since the program was launched in 2004.