Florida Golf – Spoiled for Choice

Florida is not only is it famous for it’s family entertainment, celebrated attractions, great shopping, deep sea fishing, world class restaurants, and exciting nightlife, it’s also the home to the Best Golf Courses the world has to offer.

There is no true “off-season” Florida, but some months are not so crowded as others. The beautiful climate of Florida is near perfect year round, and experts to just-for-fun golfers will find the perfect course among the variety of golf courses available to golfers of all levels However, many golf enthusiasts take their vacation in Florida, not to play, but to watch it others – where else can you enjoy the PGA play their many Golf Events year round?

We all know how tough it is to make it on the PGA, but there is a way to become a Florida tour player. However, there are many local Florida golf associations and golf tours where the average golfer can feel like a PGA pro. With most of these golf associations catering to golfers with medium to high handicaps, any Florida golfer can join and not have to worry about how good or bad they are. Plus these golf associations are not limited to just male golfers, you will find the is something for everyone to enjoy the game of golf at all levels, age and gender

The major golf association in the State is the Florida State Golf Association (FSGA). This is a volunteer-based organization that includes over 800 member clubs and over 180,000 individual members from across the state. Formed in 1913 to preserve and protect the game of golf,, the FSGA provides a variety of services to its member clubs, their members and the general golfing community of Florida. The association conducts more than 250 tournament days each year, including 25 state championships and over 40 days of USGA qualifying events. So once a member, your spoilt for choice. Not only in quantity, but also quality

In 2004 the FSGA launched the Florida Junior Tour for the benefit of junior golfers throughout the state. The FJT organizes and conducts high-quality, affordable competitions for junior golfers in Florida. The tour continually emphasizes to the players the best values of the game including integrity, honesty and person responsibility. The junior golfers playing on the tour are some of the finest players in the country and the FJT serves as a proving ground for their future in the game.

And of course, don’t let us forget the ladies. The FWSGA: Florida Women’s State Golf Association. The Florida Women’s State Golf Association is an organization of individual members and golf clubs throughout the state. Organized in 1927, the FWSGA’s purpose is to “develop, promote, maintain and protect the game of golf among Florida’s women amateur golfers.”

FWSGA Tournaments are designed to give armature golfers the opportunity to develop their game by playing in competitive events on many of the finest courses in Florida. Not to mention further developing your golf game, seeing parts of Florida you may never have known existed, meeting new players and developing new friendships.

So if you can drag yourself away from meeting new friends, competing in a tournament, or watching others play the game of golf.

I’ll see you on the tee.