Cape Coral - Southwest Florida - USA
Southwest Florida is the region in the state of Florida, also known as the “Sunshine State”, that extends along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. To be more exact: Southerly of the region of the bay of Tampa, westerly of the Lake Okeechobee and northerly of the Everglades. The region consists of 5 counties located at the coast, from Manatee County in the North, to Collier County in the South. But the best known and most liked is Lee County, where Cape Coral is situated, the biggest town with a calculated number of citizens of 180.000.
Due to the pleasant temperatures around 25 to 30 degrees C° during all year, Southwest Florida above all symbolizes for tourists sunshine, charming beaches, water sports, playing golf boating, shopping, making excursions, or just relaxing and enjoying delicious food.
A paradise for golfers, for beginners as well!
Radiating sun, ideal temperatures of 25 °C in the shadow, and more than 1.100 golf courses. Many of them are so beautiful, that one might have difficulties to concentrate on the game. The greens are huge and fast, in short, they are in a condition to make one shiver remembering the winter-greens at home. All that is only nine hours per plane away. Florida is the perfect destination for those, who want to play Golf also in autumn and winter, the climate is ideal for that purpose from October to May. Who likes it really warm, of course can also play in summer, and take advantage of the cheaper green fees at that season.
Just in a radius of 1 hour driving time around Cape Coral you will find more then 100 golf courses. Most of them can be used by paying a green fee, some of them are “private courses”, which does not really matter, considering the big amount of courses to choose from. Like almost everything in life, the feeling about the quality of a golf course is a matter of taste.
Some rather prefer the kind of rustic character of the typical “public course”, where you can meet (in the most positive sense) the whole bandwidth of the American society. These courses, in most cases, are maintained and cared in the same way that much more expensive facilities, although, due to their lower green fee, they are much more frequented. A good example for that very nice kind of course is the “Coral Oaks Golf Course” in Cape Coral.
Others rather prefer the advantages provided by more exclusive facilities, which often are part of exclusive Hotels or Resorts. Fashionable club houses, famous architects, few players on the course, sophisticated landscape designs also away from the fairways and greens are typical characteristics of that kind of facilities. That kind of luxury, which from time to time is definitely worth to enjoy it, must be purchased with an accordingly higher green fee. Two of many examples of such facilities: The “Ritz-Carlton Tiburón Golf Course” designed by Greg Norman, or the “Old Corkscrew Golf Club” designed by Jack Nicklaus.
In the middle of this spectrum, you will find many wonderful courses, which often are part of so called golf communities. Some examples: River Hall Country Club, Magnolia Landing, Pelican Preserve or Pelican´s Nest.
A suggestion: Create a list of golf courses where you would like to play, before you start your trip. Book your tee-times for the courses where you want to play at first through the homepage of the respective facility, or through a portal like www.golfnow.com. If you only travel in twos, or you are willing to take some risk in a bigger group, it will maybe a good idea not to book all start-times in advance. So you can maintain your flexibility, in order to react to positive surprises, or good advices beeing on site. Maybe that you like a course that much, that you want to play it again. Also important: Calculate enough time for the drive to the course, the check-in procedure and the driving range.
If you prefer, we would be glad to help you choosing your courses. In any case we wish: Have a nice game!
