Spring is the month the whole thing flips. The golf season opens, the lake warms up, and the town starts doing its winter-escape thing for the people who are still in the cold.
The Polk County golf season opens in the spring, and the tee sheets start filling by phone. The Club at Eaglebrooke, the four-and-a-half-star Ron Garl links design, is the one everyone wants, and in the spring the waiting list is the thing. If you are the kind of person who plays, the spring is the month to get the round you want, and the off-season rates are the ones that are still available.
The water is warm enough now that the boat mornings are the good ones, and the docks are the front yard. The boat ramps are still empty because the summer crowds have not arrived, and the 35,000-acre lake is the third-largest body of fresh water in the state and, in the spring, mostly quiet.
The restaurant calendar fills up in the spring. Born & Bread is doing its line, Black & Brew is doing its Saturday rush, and the reservation dinners at Nineteen61 are the ones that are worth planning the week around. If the spring week includes a dinner, book it for the middle of the week.
The local tip: the spring weeks are the transition weeks, and the transition weeks are the ones that have the best rate for the best weather. Book the spring and you get the winter weather for the summer price.
Send us your dates and your group size. We manage seven houses in the Lakeland area and we will match you to the one that is the right size for a spring week and the right distance from the golf.