Naples Golf News

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Golf clubs throughout Lee, Collier and Charlotte counties are gearing up to raise money for charity in the 27th Annual PGA Tournament of Charities, one of the area’s largest pro-amateur golf tournaments. This year, in addition to community support, Cors Light will donate $5000 to benefit our charities. Other sponsors include: Bingham Jewelers & Blue Results.

Club golf professionals have received materials to start scheduling birdie-a-thons or other activities during the next three months to benefit The Vince Smith Center of Southwest Florida Addiction Services, PGA Art Soderholm Scholarship Fund, Junior Golf and Florida Gulf Coast University PGM Program. The PGAsupported golf tournament is among the area’s most successful. In its 26 year history, $1,387,860 has been raised for charity.

The Southwest Florida Chapter PGA continues to support the Men’s & Women’s Golf Teams at FGCU. The Chapter donated $20,000 to the FGCU endowment fund and the state matched the donation making it $40,000. Snce then the chapter has donated $10,000 ever year for scholarships.

In 1999, Mike Last founded Last Minute Tee Times (LMTT.com) with a clipboard, a phone and a fax machine, booking hundreds of “last minute” tee times for visiting golfers at handful of golf courses. This win-win service began in Atlanta and has grown to serve nearly 600 golf courses in 37 cities throughout North America (LastMinuteGolfer.com).

The company now serves the nation’s largest community of golfers -- more than 325,000 members (“LastMinuteGolfers”) who enjoy a free membership that provides tremendous convenience and added value with each round. Members are also automatically eligible for the nation’s #1 frequent golfer program, rewarding members for each dollar they spend playing golf. This simple and easy-to-use website continues to add new features designed specifically to enhance the experience for LastMinuteGolfer members.

Golf clubs throughout Lee, Collier and Charlotte counties are gearing up to raise money for charity in the 28th Annual PGA Tournament of Charities, one of the area’s largest pro-amateur golf tournaments. This year, in addition to community support, Coors Light will donate $5000 to benefit our charities.

Club golf professionals will begin receiving materials to start scheduling birdie-athons or other activities during the next three months to benefi t The Vince Smith Center of Southwest Florida Addiction Services, PGA Art Soderholm Scholarship Fund, Junior Golf, Florida Gulf Coast University Men’s-Ladies’ Golf Teams and PGM Program. The PGA-supported golf tournament is among the areas most successful. In its 27-year history, $1,483,474 has been raised for charity.

NAPLES, FL — The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club has been named by Golfweek magazine to its prestigious list of “Best Resort Courses in 2007,” according to the resort’s general manager Jim Gunderson. The 125-acre resort features Naples’ original champonship golf course, and is Southwest Florida’s only resort directly on the beach that offers on-site championship golf, a world-class spa, and award-winning tennis center.

Golfweek cited The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club’s championship course, extensive golf offerings, superb amenities, Gulf-front location, world-class spa, and Old Florida charm for its inclusion in the list.

TAMPA, Fla. - For the upcoming season, the Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) has instituted two new policies. Distance measuring devices are now allowed in FSGA non-junior events and a two checkpoint system will be used to monitor pace of play.

With the exception of Junior competitions, distance measuring devices will be permitted in FSGA Championships and qualifiers. The policy states that a player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only. However, if, during a stipulated round, a player uses a distance-measuring device that is designed to gauge or measure other conditions that might affect his play (e.g., gradient, wind-speed, temperature, etc.), the player is in breach of Rule 14-3, for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional functions are actually used.

Whether you are just learning the game of golf or trying to lower your handicap, the Rick Smith Golf Academy at Tiburón has instructional programs specifically designed to improve your skills. Here’s a tip from the pro himself that can help you improve the impact position of your golf swing.

Everything we do before striking the ball, from focusing on our target line, to setting the clubface perpendicular to it, is for the sole purpose of promoting square, solid clubface-to-ball contact at our optimum attainable swing speed. That is why impact is the golf swing’s most critical position. 

Pelican Sound Golf and River Club - Southwest Florida's Championship Secret

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What lures people to this community is a phenomenal combination of great amenities and unique location. First and foremost the golf course is spectacular. It is both a scenic nature preserve and an exceptionally fun course to play.

Golf clubs throughout Lee, Collier and Charlotte counties are gearing up to raise money for charity in the 26th Annual PGA Tournament of Charities, one of the area’s largest pro-amateur golf tournaments. This year, in addition to community support, o-sponsors, Pepsi and Coors Light, will each donate $5000 to benefit our charities.