3+ day, 23+ min ago  (799+ words) Sarasota Mayor Debbie Trice recalls that, when very young, she would pass by a golf course and marvel at the manicured and landscaped open space and ask if she could walk there. “I was told no, you have to pay…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1097+ words) Arnold Palmer Golf Management posed a question to Michael Blair. The company asked if he’d be interested in checking out a new club it acquired in Sarasota. Blair, employed by the company at Walt Disney World Golf since 2025, happily obliged....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1138+ words) A dizzying number of women’s golf programs exist at the NCAA Division I level alone. There are 249 Division I programs across the country, while Division II and Division III feature 478 combined. The list extends even farther when considering the NAIA…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (191+ words) Eighty-three golfers gathered at Colusa Country Club on May 8 for a bigger reason than chasing pars and birdies. They wanted to give back to their community. The second annual Lakewood Ranch Community Foundation Golf Tournament was held to raise money…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (139+ words) Members of the Women's Golf Association celebrated the end of the season with a morning scramble and luncheon on April 28 at the Longboat Key Club, enjoying fair weather on the fairway. Reflecting on the season, the club celebrated having only…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (828+ words) The cellphone buzzed with a text notification on the evening of April 18. Stewart Cink had received a message from his youngest son, Reagan. He knew his father was gearing up for the next day's final round of the Senior PGA…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (544+ words) Wesley Chapel's Roberto Cruz was deployed in the Army for 8-and-a-half months when he was shot by a sniper in Iraq in 2005. He felt numb, falling on his back. He was paralyzed. "When I got home, it was very challenging…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (958+ words) Florida has long laid claim to the title, “golf capital of the world.” Take a drive anywhere in the state and you’ll see it printed on plenty of license plates. No other part of the country has more courses. As…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1175+ words) Bruce Cassidy Sr. and Brian Weimann shared a dream. They imagined a major golf tournament in their back yard, and over the last five years, worked tirelessly to make it happen. The majority owner and general manager, respectively, of The…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (396+ words) Four consecutive days of covering the Senior PGA Championship took a toll on me. I spent hours upon hours following the action on foot, sweating under the beating sun. There was plenty of soreness in my feet and neck when…...