The Champions Grill

The public can play this course, if you find a deal online. This is a classic A.W. Tillinghast layout in the Florida capital, which is amazing from a historical golf perspective. I've played this a couple of times in the past few months and the conditions are great. The greens roll fast and true, and you are challenged on every shot to place the ball in the correct side of fairways, and on the right tiers of greens, or you will pay, dearly. Don't let the shorter length of this golf course fool you, as it will test even the best of golfers skills. It's visually deceptive with strategic location of trees and hazards, etc. Tillinghast was a master of making a golfer think on every shot, well beyond what club to hit. Anyone who appreciates anything about the history of the game of golf would be a fool not to play this course at least once.

Excellent food & service

Great private club. Most new members seem to be 25-35 yrs old, and the seasoned members are all good people - friendly and kind. Staff is wonderful. It's a relatively laid-back club that clearly has pivoted in the right direction to attract both "millennials" and "boomers"; plus families and all good folks who want to have fun and relax. The course is beautiful and demands reverence. It's unlike 99% of Florida golf courses in that the designers in the early 1900s prioritized player strategy over power. There has been a lot of time and money invested into the club and its course over the past two years, and it's clear things are only going to get better.