Lake Nona Golf & Country Club

Lake Nona Golf & Country Club
Club information
Coordinates 28°24′53″N 81°15′44″W / 28.414753°N 81.262172°W / 28.414753; -81.262172Coordinates: 28°24′53″N 81°15′44″W / 28.414753°N 81.262172°W / 28.414753; -81.262172
Location Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Established 1986
Type Private
Total holes 18
Tournaments hosted Tavistock Cup, Solheim Cup
Website www.lakenona.club
Designed by Tom Fazio[1]

Lake Nona Golf & Country Club is a private residential golf club community in southeast Orlando, Florida.[2] The 600-acre (2.4 km2) community features an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Tom Fazio. Set amidst freshwater lakes and oak, pine and cypress trees, Lake Nona Golf & Country Club offers a range of residences, including custom-built estate homes.

Lake Nona Golf & Country Club

Lake Nona Golf & Country Club's 40,000-square-foot clubhouse includes main dining rooms and a lounge, extensive wine cellar, grill room, men’s and ladies’ locker rooms and a golf professional shop.[3] An 18-room guest lodge overlooking Lake Nona and the 18th fairway has private accommodations and a swimming pool for the convenience of members and guests.[4] Lake Nona’s Bath & Racquet Club includes a newly renovated fitness center, tennis courts, resort-style pool, kids’ playground and boat ramp access to the lake. A trio of waterways provide freshwater fishing and boating opportunities. Lake Nona Golf & Country Club offers 24-hour gated security and concierge services as well as year-round youth programming.

Golf Course

Designed by Tom Fazio in 1986, Lake Nona's golf course offers five sets of tees for all levels of players. Stretching from 5,389 yards for ladies to 7,200 yards from the champions tees. Lake Nona was Fazio's first solo design. Beyond the main play, junior golfers have the Sunley Course, a short set of tees for those learning the game. The head golf professional is Gregor Jamieson.

HoleParProfessional YardsMen's YardsLadies Yards Sunley Yards
14424351322 145
25563508451 255
34451389336 180
4319814995 90
54359327253 140
63209160105 102
74442397316 155
84427373327 160
95534499441 260
104441403367 160
115582517424 240
124418392342 180
133157145122 83
144318294253 140
155578514441 275
164461393360 190
173198162123 120
184440393311 175

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Golf Tournaments

Lake Nona has hosted a variety of professional and amateur golf tournaments including:[6]

  • Inaugural Solheim Cup: 1990[7]
  • World Cup of Golf: 1993
  • U.S. Open Qualifier (Men): 1993, 2003, 2009
  • U.S. Open Qualifier (Ladies): 1993
  • PGA TOUR-sanctioned Tavistock Cup: 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012
  • Florida State Amateur: 1989 1999
  • U.S. Southern Amateur (Men): 1994, 2008
  • U.S. Southern Amateur (Ladies): 1995
  • USGA Centennial Men's State Team Tournament: 1995
  • Florida Women's State Amateur Championship: 1996
  • USGA Senior Amateur Championship: 2010
  • Tavistock Collegiate Invitational: 2014[8]

Amenities

  • 18-hole championship golf course
  • Driving range and practice greens
  • Sunley tees for junior golfers
  • Clubhouse with Professional Shop, locker rooms, lounge, and formal and casual dining options
  • 18-room Guest Lodge
  • Bath & Racquet Club
  • Water sports
  • Banquets and catering
  • Nona Crew youth program
  • Member partnership with the Ritz-Carton Spa Orlando, Grande Lakes[9]

Lake Nona Region

Owned by Tavistock Group, Lake Nona Golf & Country Club is located 20 minutes from downtown Orlando, 10 minutes from the Orlando International Airport and 30 minutes from the Atlantic beaches. The community is centered in Tavistock Group's current 11,000 acres (4,500 ha) mixed-use development plan for the Lake Nona Region, which is home to a Life Sciences Cluster, Lake Nona Medical City, and a Sports & Performance District.

Medical City includes the University of Central Florida Health Sciences Campus, University of Florida Research & Academic Center, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Guidewell Innovation Center.

Lake Nona’s Sports and Performance District creates opportunities and environments to advance sports science and athletic and personal performance. Developed in collaboration with our long-term partners and anchored by the USTA’s National Campus, Orlando City Soccer’s training facility and the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, this athletic district pushes limits and tests boundaries.

KPMG broke ground on their 55-acre learning, development, and innovation facility in 2017.

The Lake Nona Town Center is a 100-acre, 3.8 million square foot mixed-use experiential magnet and regional destination nestled within the 11,000-acre, 17-square-mile Lake Nona master-planned community. Lake Nona Town Center has already successfully opened and leased 85,000 square feet of class A office, a dual branded Courtyard by Marriott and Residence Inn by Marriott hotel, 16,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and a multi-level parking structure that doubles as public art adorned with colorful dichroic glass, lighting and a ‘Code Wall’ and is attached to a six-story digital art monument called ‘The Beacon.’ At full build out, Lake Nona Town Center will include more than 80 specialty retailers, anchors, junior anchors and restaurants.

Notable residents

Lake Nona Golf & Country Club is a popular residence for top professional golfers, including Annika Sörenstam, Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, and Yani Tseng. The club was founded by John "Sunshine" Sunley, a British property developer.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lakenona.club/about-us/
  2. ↑ Cheryl Markosky and Peter Swain (February 2, 2008). "Lake Nona golf: Out of the rough, into the smooth". The Daily Telegraph.
  3. ↑ http://www.lakenona.club/amenities/
  4. ↑ http://www.lakenona.club/amenities/the-lodge/
  5. ↑ http://www.lakenona.club/golf/scorecard/
  6. ↑ http://issuu.com/lakenona/docs/lng_cc_magazine_volume_iii_final_di/0
  7. ↑ http://www.lakenona.club/golf/tournaments/
  8. ↑ http://www.tavistockcollegiate.com/about-2/
  9. ↑ http://issuu.com/lakenona/docs/lng_cc_magazine_volume_iii_final_di/0
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