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Sebring Chamber Visitor's Guide & Member Directory

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Golfing<br />

It isn’t hard to figure out<br />

the most popular sport in<br />

Highlands County. With<br />

17 public golf courses and<br />

weather that makes it possible<br />

to play almost any day of<br />

the year, hitting the links is a<br />

popular activity locally and an<br />

attraction that draws tourists<br />

and new residents to the<br />

Greater <strong>Sebring</strong> area.<br />

Ten of those courses are in<br />

the <strong>Sebring</strong> area, with two<br />

more — Highland Ridge<br />

North and South — technically<br />

being in Avon Park but<br />

sitting closer to downtown<br />

<strong>Sebring</strong> that its neighbor to<br />

the north.<br />

<strong>Sebring</strong>’s first golf course<br />

was carved out of the pines<br />

and oaks just a pitching<br />

wedge away from the shores<br />

of Lake Jackson. The first<br />

nine holes were built along<br />

with the Harder Hall hotel<br />

back in the 1930s. In the<br />

1950s, those holes were<br />

given to the city and are<br />

22 Welcome to <strong>Sebring</strong><br />

now part of the <strong>Sebring</strong><br />

Golf Club, known to locals<br />

as “the Muni,” when Harder<br />

Hall built its 18-hole course<br />

across Golfview Road. That<br />

course hosts the best amateur<br />

female golfers in the<br />

world for January’s Harder<br />

Hall Women’s Invitational.<br />

Sun ’n Lake features two<br />

championship length<br />

courses, as does Spring Lake,<br />

which also has an executive<br />

course. The Country Club of<br />

<strong>Sebring</strong> course sits on the<br />

edge of Highlands Hammock<br />

State Park, and nearby<br />

Golf Hammock winds its<br />

way through the pines in a<br />

unique layout.<br />

Most courses have on-site<br />

driving ranges and fully<br />

stocked pro shops and restaurants.<br />

From long to short,<br />

challenging to forgiving,<br />

historic to modern, <strong>Sebring</strong>,<br />

and the rest of Highlands<br />

County has something to<br />

offer golfers of all ages.<br />

Sun ’n Lake Golf Club<br />

Kile Brewer<br />

<strong>Sebring</strong> Golf Courses<br />

Country Club of <strong>Sebring</strong>: 6,700 yards, par 71.<br />

4800 Haw Branch Road; 863-382-3500.<br />

Golf Hammock: 6,431 yards, par 72<br />

2222 Golf Hammock Drive; 863-382-2151.<br />

Harder Hall: 6,300 yards, par 72 (2,022 yard, par<br />

33 executive course open during winter months)<br />

3600 Golfview Road; 863-382-0500.<br />

<strong>Sebring</strong> Golf Club: 6,062 yards, par 71<br />

3129 Golfview Road; 863-314-5919.<br />

<strong>Sebring</strong> Golf Links: 1,167 yards, par 36<br />

1062 Lake <strong>Sebring</strong> Drive; 863-402-4653,<br />

Spring Lake Bobcat Run: 2,561 yards, par 34<br />

100 Clubhouse Lane; 863-655-0202.<br />

Spring Lake Cougar Trail: 6,924 yards, par 72<br />

100 Clubhouse Lane; 863-655-5555.<br />

Spring Lake Panther Creek: 5,886 yards, par 70<br />

100 Clubhouse Lane; 863-655-5555.<br />

Sun ’n Lake Deer Run: 6,731 yards, par 72<br />

5223 Sun ’n Lake Blvd.; 863-385-4830.<br />

Sun ’n Lake Turtle Run: 6,500 yards, par 72<br />

5223 Sun ’n Lake Blvd.; 863-385-4830.<br />

Avon Park Golf Courses<br />

Crystal Lake Club (private): 2,573 yards, par 61.<br />

533 E. Crystal Lake Drive; 863-385-0575.<br />

Highlands Ridge North: 7,234 yards, par 72.<br />

4100 Carter Creek Road; 863-453-9991.<br />

Highlands Ridge South: 6,176 yards, par 71.<br />

3455 E. Fairway Vista Drive; 863-471-2299.<br />

Pinecrest Golf Club: 6,574 yards, par 72.<br />

2250 W. Little Lake Bonnet Road; 863-453-7555.<br />

River Greens Golf Course: 6,400 yards, par 72.<br />

47 Lake Damon Drive; 863-453-5210.

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