Orlando Golf

Mystic Dunes Golf Course would like to invite golfers to kickoff the football season at the "Kickoff Golf Classic" golf tournament on August 29, 2009. The two-person team scramble golf tournament is sure to offer some exciting plays. Bring your clubs, teammate, and favorite team gear while Mystic Dunes supplies all the football fun!

Registration for the two-man scramble will begin at 7:00 a.m. followed by an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start. Price includes an awards banquet and tailgate party with all your favorites!  A portion of the tournament's proceeds will benefit United Way, the nation's largest nonprofit. Since 1973, the National Football League (NFL) has partnered with United Way, and today it is the most visible and longest running charitable collaboration of its kind.

The Crooked Cat golf course at Orange County National will play host to the 7th annual Roper YMCA Youth Scholarship golf tournament on Friday, September 18, 2009.  The golf tournament will begin at 8:00 am with a shotgun start.

The golf tournament fundraiser will feature a scramble format, awards for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams, and numerous course contests.  A buffet luncheon and silent auction is scheduled following the tournament.

Kitson & Partners Clubs and the Orlando Magic have partnered to bring you the 2nd annual FREE GOLF DAY in Orlando, Florida.

On Monday, July 27, 2009 four Kitson & Partner courses, including Timacuan Golf Club in Lake Mary, will offer free golf while accepting donations to the Orlando Magic Youth Fund, a fund of the McCormick Foundation.

"It's not only a fun event but golfers are fulfilled knowing they help children in our community," said Timacuan General Manager Tony Johnson. "This is just one of the many ways that Timacuan Golf Club, and its owners Kitson & Partners, support the Orlando community."

Summer will be even more scorching now that LoudMouth Golf's first loud summer tour is underway at the Orange Tree Golf Club in Orlando. The tour features a strong line up of Nationwide Tour, Champions Tour and PGA Tour professionals ready to tee off at the Loudmouth Golf Disco Balls Open on July 20th. As usual, frenetic fashion is also served up on the links.

LoudMouth Golf Tour founder and Commissioner Dave Damesworth, the head golf pro at Orange Tree Golf Club, said the challenging course at Orange Tree keeps bringing back great players over and over to the LoudMouth Tours.

"It's not an easy course and we have several PGA and Champion's Tour winners that have played the golf course and haven't broken par," Damesworth said. "The lowest score ever shot in any LoudMouth event is 67, and we've had over 300 rounds of tournament golf."

On Saturday, August 1, 2009 the Swing Fore Susan Fundraiser Golf Tournament will be held at Mystic Dunes Golf Club. Registration fee is $100 per player and includes golf, lunch, range balls, raffle prizes, silent auction, contest holes and goody bags.   The tournament begins with a 8:00 am shotgun start.

The golf tournament fundraiser benefits the Susan Weber Cancer Fund.  Susan Weber is battling a very aggressive cancer known as Sarcomatoid Renal Cancer (SRC).  For more information and/or Sponsorship Opportunities, contact Patrick Buckles at 321-689-6220 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Peter Kacheris, managing director of Bonnet Creek, home to the Waldorf Astoria® Orlando and Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, announced the addition of the Waldorf Astoria Golf Club to the destination’s extensive list of amenities. Created by acclaimed golf course architect Rees Jones, the 18-hole, 7,113-yard championship course is the centerpiece of the first golf club for the Waldorf Astoria brand. The Waldorf Astoria Golf Club will also feature a clubhouse and be open for play October 1, 2009, the same day as all of Bonnet Creek, conveniently surrounded on three sides by Walt Disney World® Resort.

“As the first Waldorf Astoria to be built outside of New York City, our desire is to pay tribute to the landmark hotel’s legendary past and create new traditions. Due to our distinctive preserve setting, there is a sense of being alone with nature, playing the ‘game of kings’ in a fairy tale forest,” says Kacheris.

Mike Ditka, former NFL Coach of the 1985 Super Bowl Champions, the Chicago Bears, golfed with the public for his most beloved charity, GridIron Greats. The golf outing was held on June 24, 2009 at Orange County National Golf Course and was hosted by Mike Ditka Resorts in Kissimmee, FL. All proceeds from the event were donated to GridIron Greats.

A cocktail & hors d'oeuvres reception, along with a silent auction, immediately followed the golf outing at Mike Ditka Resorts - Runaway Beach Club. The silent auction was a sports fan's dream with items ranging from a Mike Ditka autographed leather jacket to Hall of Fame Helmets signed by multiple players.

Raffle tickets were sold with a grand prize of a $1000 gift certificate to Edwin Watts. Several contests were played at the holes with prizes being awarded, such as a new Titleist Driver, a new Titleist Putter, an Edwin Watts Gift Certificate, Callaway Clubs, Cruise or Airline Tickets, and $50,000 Cash. In addition to the contests, awards were presented at the reception by Coach Ditka for the best foursome score.