Stay at the Naples Grande Beach Resort or the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Naples and live like a country-clubber. Hotel guests receive access to the Naples Grande Golf Club, an otherwise private layout that ranks as one of the best in Southwest Florida. The Rees Jones-designed golf course is a breath of fresh air, Jason Scott Deegan writes.
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With an abundance of rolling fairways, large greens and water hazards, Shingle Creek Golf Club caters to low and high handicappers alike, but for different reasons. And it offers one attribute that few Orlando golf courses can beat - location, location, location, Erik Peterson writes.
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Orlando can make a case as America's golfing capital as well as its tourism capital, Brandon Tucker writes. There is the sheer quantity of golf courses, not to mention Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods and many other pro golfers set up here. We highlight five can't-miss Orlando courses for your next Florida golf vacation, including Bay Hill, Orange County National's Panther Lake course, and the underrated Palm course at Walt Disney World.
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Amelia River Golf Club was the perfect addition to Amelia Island Plantation's collection of courses. Located a couple miles down the Buccaneer Trail, the course winds through a pristine lowland forest of oak and pine trees. There are no houses lining the fairways.
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Tiger Woods sank a 12-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to edge Sean O'Hair by one stroke and claim his sixth Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard title Sunday at Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando. It was the first victory for Woods since his return from knee surgery last summer.
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Y.E. Yang shot a final-round score of 2-under 68 on Sunday to finish at 9-under 271 and win the 2009 Honda Classic by one stroke over John Rollins at PGA National Resort and Spa's Champion Course. It was the first PGA Tour victory for Yang, who won in his 47th career start.
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