Women-friendly golf courses abound in Naples, Marco Island and Bonita Springs
Naples, Marco Island and Bonita Springs in southwest Florida boast one of the best concentrations of women-friendly golf courses in the country. Highlights include courses such as Lely Mustang Golf Club, Lely Flamingo Island Club, Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club, Tiburon Golf Club, Raptor Bay and the Rookery at Marco, Katharine Dyson writes.
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Florida Golf: Vacation packages, tee times, course reviews and more!
Tally it up anyway you want. When it comes to golf vacations, no other state can boast the number of golf courses and resort destinations - more than 1,300 at last count - than Florida.
Just throw a dart at a map of the Sunshine State. You'll likely hit a hot-spot of Florida golf that you've either heard about or will soon brag about.
If your dart lands on Orlando, you'll start with a golf mecca that includes the Villas of Grand Cypress, Walt Disney World Resort and Celebration Golf. Or you can take a trip on the Orlando Golf Trail, a unique collection of nine central Florida golf courses that offer stay-and-play golf vacation packages with several area hotels.
Should your dart land on Jacksonville, the famed PGA Tour stop at TPC Sawgrass awaits, along with the pampering spas and miles of beaches throughout Ponte Vedra Beach. Head south on I-95 and you'll find the World Golf Village, home base for golf's Hall of Fame as well as two championship layouts, the King and the Bear, and Slammer and the Squire.
In Miami, the renown Doral Golf Resort and Spa boasts the Blue Monster course, an annual stop on the PGA Tour.
Naples typically ranks among the top golf destinations in the world when it comes to holes per capita. The Naples Beach Golf Club is one of the oldest golf courses in Florida, and if Greg Norman is one of your favorites, he designed two layouts at Tiburon Golf Club.
There's also no shortage of golf courses in Sarasota, where the Tom Fazio-designed Members Golf Club at The Ritz-Carlton has become the area's crown jewel. In Tampa, the TPC Tampa Bay rates as one of the toughest layouts among the Champions Tour seniors who play there every year.
Indeed, regardless of where you land, the options are seemingly endless when it comes to golf vacations and resort destinations in Florida.
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