The city broke ground on a multi-million dollar restoration project Friday, less than two months after commissioners voted to protect the 261-acre property from development in perpetuity. The 45-hole golf club will be downsized to 27-holes, including the original Donald Ross design.
1905Golf's beginnings in Sarasota John Hamilton Gillespie built the first nine-hole course in what is now downtown Sarasota in 1905. It was the only course available for the next fifteen years.
OCALA, Fla. - Delray Beach claims the oldest municipal golf course in Florida, a Donald Ross design that opened in 1923. But, the Ocala Golf Club claims its opening, with nine holes, was in 1912. Ocala Golf Club has some moderate elevation, like here at the par-5 fifth hole.
In 1932, the Bobby Jones Golf Course opened as the first public golf course in Atlanta and a tribute to one of the greatest golfers of all time: Bob Jones.