Michigan Golf Journal January 2021

Michigan Golf Journal Affordable Florida Golf throughout. Stay & plays in lovely on-site condos and suites are available, with the Sebring International Raceway, home of the 12 Hours of Sebring, a few miles away. Call 863-655- 5555 or visit SIResort.com. Sebring Municipal Golf Course is a prime example of an old Florida track that opened in 1928. With small push-up greens, four sets of tees, and 6204 yards in length, the flat muni is a great walk. In 2009, Ron Garl, Mr. Florida Golf, came in and spruced up the golf course to make it an up-to-date challenge for golfers who like a great value and a well- maintained place to play. Sebring Municipal is near Inn on the Lakes just off Highway 27. Call-863-314- 5919 or VisitSebring.com/ Sebring-Municipal-Golf- Course. Sun-N-Lake Golf Club is a semi-private community club home to two outstanding golf courses, Deer Run & Turtle Run. Deer Run is the longest and most challenging of the duo. Ron Garl was asked to give the closing 18th hole a dramatic new look and changed it to a fabulous risk-reward par 3 about 10 years ago. Turtle Run was carved out of a Scrub Jay Preservation area by Charles Ankrom in 1999 which plays tighter and shorter to smallish greens. Visit SunLakeGolfClub.com or call 863-385-5483. Pinecrest Golf Club is a 1926 Donald Ross design that took full advantage of the topography near Avon Park, Florida, just north of Sebring. The traditional layout of the 6,719-yard course winds its way