Local Golf Course News

Update- Falcons Fire - Previewed on 9/30. Will open as scheduled on 10/1/09.

The new Falcons Fire is in tremendous shape and is more challenging than before, especially the back nine. The new greens have more slope and speed. Very nice!

Falcons Fire will be closed this summer while the greens are being rebuilt. New Tif-Eagle greens will be ready October 1st. for the grand re-opening.

Do the math and it adds up to an incredible deal. Buy one night at $99.39 at the AAA Four Diamond Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando and receive the second night free with the hotel's new "Back to School" promotion.

Guests booking the promotion also have the option to purchase two rounds of golf for the price of one at the hotel's award-winning Shingle Creek Golf Club, rated a "Four Star Best Places to Play" by Golf Digest magazine.

Great deals are par for the course at Orlando's Rosen Plaza this summer, as the award-winning International Drive hotel drives home the savings for golfers with an incredible two-night "Golfer's Stimulus" package.

Valid now through Sept. 29, 2009, the Golfer's Stimulus package costs just $189 plus tax and includes two nights deluxe accommodations for two at Rosen Plaza and two rounds of golf at the championship Shingle Creek Golf Club, including greens fees, a golf cart with GPS, range balls and transportation from Rosen Plaza to the nearby Shingle Creek Golf Club. For reservations and information, visit www.rosenplaza.com or call 1-800-627-8258.

ORLANDO – The golf course maintenance project which began this spring at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge continues on schedule, with the course looking to fully re-open this October.

In May, Bay Hill began refurbishment work on its Championship Course, resulting in temporary closure of that course over the summer. While the primary focus of the project is to re-grass the greens, other key elements include the addition of a few more runoff areas and the elimination of some unnecessary bunkers in exchange for new sand traps which will be more visible from the tee areas.

Marriott Golf is reaching out to families all over the world and promoting togetherness in golf.

Marriott's Grande Pines Golf Club and Faldo Golf Institute, both in Orlando, Fla., jointly announced that they'll be coming together to host the second annual Family Golf Festival on Saturday, July 18 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The festival will take place at Faldo Golf Institute at 12001 Avenida Verde, Orlando FL, 32821.