The Ritz-Carlton Members Club #12

Hole #12, at the Ritz-Carlton Members Club, is a beautiful par 4 with multiple elevation changes.  Golfers drive off an elevated tee,  hit their approach shot from a valley fairway, and finish putting on an elevated green. This is the #8 handicap hole with the average score being bogey.

Play Golf at the The Ritz-Carlton Members Club

Contact Play Golf Sarasota if you are a Private Club Member vacationing in the area, we can assist you with making reciprocal arrangements at The Ritz-Carlton Members Club

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Said Panico in a recent email: “We continue to work hard to provide savings for the locals and visitors at the public courses while promoting and driving play. The game is not being played like it used to be and Mark and I are determined to drive people back to the game if we can…”

Read more - Two Pros want locals and visitors to “Play Golf Sarasota”

I work with elite athletes and one thing I require is what I call a daily “check-in.”

Every elite athlete knows he/she must practice and practice for a long time, until technique is second nature. But have you tried checking in with yourself before you grab the clubs, before you start the day?

In learning to be present with yourself at the start of the day, you tune in to what you most need to pay attention to that day to increase your game, whether it is something distracting your focus or something with your body. To learn more about increasing your performance without drugs or supplements, visit www.dananellen.com. Set up a complimentary consultation to start learning practices and techniques that lead to sustained peak performance.

Dana Nellen
Coaching for Champions: The Nellen Method for Peak Performance.
Play Golf Sarasota Guest Writer

Violets are Blue,

They love to Golf,

almost as much as You!

It is not too late to
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Click here to browse our discounted rounds for some of the area’s best golf courses. These certificates can be used any season and at any time of day!

Coast Cadillac has teamed up with Laurel Oak Country Club for this year’s Laurel Oak Cup, a golf tournament that benefits special athletes of Sarasota County that participate in the Special Olympics.   The event will be will kickoff on March 11, 2012 with a dinner that includes both a live and silent auction.  The tournament will start with a shotgun start at noon on  March 12, 2012.

Four-Player Scramble with a “Professional Option”

The format is a four-player scramble that includes a “professional option” where the pro must play his own ball for the duration of the tournament.  The four-man team plays a regular scramble with a couple of variations:

• Teams  may choose to use the Pro’s drive any time they wish.
• Teams may also choose to take the Pro’s score for each hole.

The prize purse totals $7,500 and includes both gross and net awards.  Volunteers will ride with each group to attest scores.  Contact Laurel Oak Country Club to learn how you and your team can play in this event!

2012 Laurel Oak Cup Schedule

Cocktails, Dinner, Silent and Live Auctions
Date:     Sunday, March 11, 2012
Time: 6:30pm
Where: Laurel Oak Country Club

Laurel Oak Cup Golf Tournament
Date: Monday, March 12, 2012
Registration: Noon
Shotgun Start: 1:00pm
Awards Ceremony: 5:30pm
Where Laurel Oak Country Club

Mission Valley Country Club held their annual Rally for the Cure golf tournament raising over $5,000 for the Suncoast Chapter of Susan G. Koman for the Cure on Thursday, February 3, 2012. There were 67 golfers on the field with raffle prizes, silent auction and luncheon following golf.

The winners were: Front Nine; Carole Hoffman, Carol Fritsch, Tricia Eales and Suzanne Greenbaum Back Nine; Maxine Slattery, Christine Sobak, Nan Ferguson and Barbara O’Brian.

Learn more about Mission Valley Golf Club

Contact Stacy Brown, Director of Marketing
941.488.9683
http://www.missionvalleycc.com/

The Concession Golf Club

All 12 conference golf squads will compete in this event.  Matches between schools will consist of six head-to-head contests.  The first round of the event is scheduled Friday morning with the Championship and consolation matches taking place on Saturday.

Four Big Ten Team’s were ranked in the Top-50 in the final Golfweek/Sagarin rankings of the 2011 season.

• Illinois – No. 25
• Indiana – No. 31
• Iowa – No. 32
• Purdue – No. 41

Included in this field of competitors is the University of Michigan’s Matt Thompson.  Thompson is coming off of two straight tournament wins.

Spectators are invited to watch the 2012 Big Ten Match Play Championship.
Admission is Free.

Big Ten Match Play Championship at The Concession Golf Club

February 10 & 11, 2012
7700 Lindrick Lane
Bradenton, Fl 34202-4604
Located off of University Park
6.5 miles east of I-75 Exit 213.
Take University Park until it ends, go left to guard gate.

Play Golf Sarasota teamed up with ABC 7 to showcase the area’s best holes of golf. We call it our Dream 18.

University Park Country Club #5

This is the first Par 3 featured in the Dream 18.  University Park Country Club‘s #5 is 140 yards that has a water hazard and a sand bunker protecting the front of the green.

Watch us play University Park Country Club’s #5