Archive for the ‘Golf’ Category

Mark your calendar now for October  2011 because that is when LEGOLAND Florida is set to debut in Winter Haven. The announcement was formally made just minutes ago at Cypress Gardens, the new home of LEGOLAND. All in all, Merlin Entertainments Group plans to invest $300 million in the park over the next few years, [...]

Ok, so you have your Spring Training tickets and are waiting for the Tigers first pitch of Spring Training. What next? How about joining the Tigers players and coaches on the golf course as they raise money for local youth sports organizations? Before they throw out their first pitch for the 2010 Spring Training season, the [...]

The Club at Eaglebrooke in Lakeland is offering a very special rate every Monday through April 15. You can play the 4-1/2 star course for just $49. This is a great deal and definitely reason enough to use one of those vacation days you have stashed away. For more information, or to book your tee [...]

This is the best time of year if you are a sports fan. Major League Baseball is in the home stretch heading towards the post season, the NBA and NHL are getting ready for another season and the NFL and college football is in full swing. Ridgewood Lakes Golf and Country Club in Davenport is [...]

It is never too early to start planning to participate in the Polk Senior Games. The Games just released their registration information and participants can begin registering in January. More than 2,500 men and women, 50 and over, are expected to participate in 82 Olympic-style events including: Badminton, Basketball Shooting and 3 on 3, Billiards, [...]

If you were not able to attend the 2009 Polk County All Sports Awards, or if you would like to relive Polk County’s biggest sports celebration, the event will be televised on Bright House Sports Network this Sunday night at 7pm. Bright House Sports Network is Channel 47 on Bright House and can be seen [...]

For three years now, the Central Florida Junior Golf Tour has been helping the young Tiger Woods and Lorena Ochoa’s of Central Florida improve their game and the 2009 season is already underway. The tour is for boys and girls ages 8-18 and is designed to help prepare young golfers for tournament play by teaching them golf tournament [...]

When the 2008 Florida Senior Games State Championships begin in Lee County and the City of Cape Coral this Saturday, with over 2,000 athletes competing during the nine-day event, Polk County will be represented by 143 individual athletes and two teams. The opening day of the 17th Annual Florida Senior Games State Championships, Saturday, December [...]

The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) is here this week for the Boys and Girls Golf State Championships. Here is our photoset from the final day of competition for the Class 1A Girls Finals from The Club at Eaglebrooke in Lakeland. Competition also took place at Providence Golf Club in Davenport, Ridgewood Lakes Golf [...]

Best of luck to Florida Southern College Alum Rocco Mediate (1984) as he faces Tiger Woods in a playoff for the 2008 U.S. Open Championship tomorrow. Coverage begins at noon (EST) on ESPN with the front nine and picks up at 2pm on NBC for the back nine. We do not condone missing work or [...]