The late summer version of a golf round in Polk County is the one that does not require a waiting list, and the plan is the one that makes the week work around the rounds.
The early tee is the version of a late summer round that does not require a plan. The air is in the 70s before 8 a.m., the courses are empty, and the tee sheets are the ones that do not require a waiting list. The Club at Eaglebrooke is the one to play, a Ron Garl links-style design with over a hundred feet of elevation change and water in play on eleven holes, and in the late summer it is the course that is empty.
Polk County has 23 courses within a fifteen-mile radius, which means a week in a house here is a golf week by default. You can play a different course every day of a week and not repeat one, and in the late summer you can do it without a waiting list. The move is to book the tee times before you book the house, because the tee times are the scarce thing.
Early morning on the course, back to the house by 10, a slow lunch at Cob & Pen, an afternoon on the lake, and a late dinner at Nineteen61. That is the day, and you can do it five of them. The houses we manage are a short drive from the courses, and the dock houses are the ones that make the post-round afternoon work.
The local tip: the late summer tee times are the ones that are empty, and the late summer house rates are the ones that are still available. Book the house early and the tee times will take care of themselves.
Send us your dates and your golf plan. We manage seven houses in the Lakeland area and we will match you to the one that is the right distance from the courses and the right size for your group.