TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- SouthWood Golf Club – the award winning, upscale public course at the heart of Tallahassee’s most comprehensively designed community – announces it will host the inaugural Tallahassee Amateur Golf Championship March 24-25.
The first round will be played at Killearn Country Club and Inn, and the second and final round at SouthWood. Both rounds will start at 11:30 a.m., and players must be residents of Leon County to enter (proof of residency required). The $125 entry fee includes prize fund, green/cart fees, range balls and one practice round at each course during the week of the tournament.
Players will be flighted by their handicap index and must have a valid 2007 USGA index to enter. Six flights will accommodate indexes ranging from 2.9 and lower to 17 and higher. The first flight will play both courses from 6,800 yards.
“The Tallahassee Amateur Golf Championship is positioned to become the city’s premier golf event and we’re honored to host the inaugural tournament,” says Beth Murphy, SouthWood’s General Manager. “As the official course of the Florida State University men’s and women’s golf teams and site of numerous other local and regional tournaments, we believe the course is well-suited to provide an enjoyable, challenging setting for the Tallahassee Amateur Golf Championship.”
For entry forms must be received by Sunday, March 18 at 6 p.m. Please visit www.stjoegolf.com or call 850.942.4653 to obtain a form.
About SouthWood Golf Club
Designed by PGA Tour star Fred Couples and renowned architect Gene Bates, SouthWood Golf Club is among the region’s most-acclaimed courses. Highlighted by stands of stunning, Spanish moss-draped oak trees, the 7,172-yard layout meanders over rolling hills, through wooded areas and open land.
A course that tests members of the Florida State University men’s and women’s golf teams while providing an enjoyable experience for golfers of all abilities, SouthWood features five sets of tees on every hole. The 2,986-yard “Wee Tees” provide the ideal course set-up for juniors, beginners or players seeking to improve their short game.
SouthWood Golf Club has garnered numerous honors since opening in November 2002. Most recently, it was named among the Top-10 courses of the new millennium by Travel + Leisure Golf. SouthWood was also named to Golf Digest’s list of “America’s Best New Courses,” selected by GOLF Magazine as one of the top 35 public courses – out of 325 nationwide – to open in 2002, and named Tallahassee’s best golf course by Tallahassee Magazine.
About SouthWood
Set on 3,300-acres of land complete with hills, open pastures, natural lakes and towering oaks, St. Joe’s SouthWood is one of the largest and most comprehensively planned communities in Florida’s capital region. SouthWood is located in Tallahassee, just four miles from Florida’s Capitol building and includes St. Joe-built and custom-designed homes.
SouthWood is a place where neighbors will be able to walk or bike to Town Center for shopping, dinner, or work, and currently enjoy the SouthWood Education Village for lifelong learning opportunities and other events. There also are abundant outdoor recreational activities, including a nationally recognized, upscale public golf course designed by PGA Tour pro Fred Couples, a community center and golf club house and miles of paved walking and biking trails that wind through the community.
SouthWood is tucked among 1,000 acres of parks, lakes and ponds surrounded by massive Patriarch oaks that gracefully sweep the ground. An abundance of native wildlife creates an ever-changing landscape for birdwatchers and nature lovers.
About JOE
The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE), a publicly held company based in Jacksonville, is one of Florida’s largest real estate development companies. We are primarily engaged in real estate development and sales, with significant interests in timber. Our mission is to create places that inspire people and make JOE’s Florida an even better place to live, work and play. We’re no ordinary JOE.
More information about JOE can be found online at JOE.com .
