SouthWood Golf Club, the award-winning, upscale public course at the heart of one of Tallahassee's most comprehensively designed communities, announced that it achieved a rounds-played increase of nearly 10 percent in 2004.
"It's remarkable that we were able to record this substantial increase, considering we suffered the effects of four hurricanes in six weeks," says Director of Golf Mike Cooney. "It's quite humbling and demonstrates that the awards SouthWood continues to accumulate are well-founded."
To further introduce players to one of the region's best public courses, located near Florida State University and home to the university's men's and women's golf teams, SouthWood is offering a "10 Play Card" whereby golfers can play the course 10 times for $375, which includes greens fees, golf carts and taxes.
"Our player surveys tell us golfers - both our members and the general public - find the course design and conditions to be outstanding and the customer service top notch, all the things we aspired to achieve when we set out to build SouthWood," Cooney says.
Evidence of SouthWood's excellence is found in the many honors it has garnered since opening in November 2002. The most recent one came from Travel + Leisure Golf and its list of the Top 10 courses to open in Florida since the turn of the millennium, which took into account overall layout strength, conditioning and playability.
SouthWood Golf Club also was named to Golf Digest's list of "America's Best New Courses" (January 2004), selected by GOLF Magazine as one of the top 35 public courses - out of 325 nationwide - to open in 2002, and named Tallahassee's best golf course by Tallahassee Magazine.
SouthWood is a Fred Couples signature/Gene Bates-designed 7,172-yard, par-72 course owned and operated by The St. Joe Company, one of Florida's largest real estate operating companies. It offers multiple tees for all player levels, including everything from forward tees, which are great for juniors and beginning golfers, to the "Boom Boom" tees, a nod to Couples' nickname and the muscular challenge they issue players.
"We take great pride in developing golf courses that are true to their natural environment while also proving to be a test to players at every skill level," says Rod Wilson, president of St. Joe's residential operations in the Northwest Florida region. "St. Joe's dedication to customer service, combined with our long established commitment to working with the world's best golf course architects, provides our residents, members and guests with a memorable playing experience."
No more results found. "It's remarkable that we were able to record this substantial increase, considering we suffered the effects of four hurricanes in six weeks," says Director of Golf Mike Cooney. "It's quite humbling and demonstrates that the awards SouthWood continues to accumulate are well-founded."
To further introduce players to one of the region's best public courses, located near Florida State University and home to the university's men's and women's golf teams, SouthWood is offering a "10 Play Card" whereby golfers can play the course 10 times for $375, which includes greens fees, golf carts and taxes.
"Our player surveys tell us golfers - both our members and the general public - find the course design and conditions to be outstanding and the customer service top notch, all the things we aspired to achieve when we set out to build SouthWood," Cooney says.
Evidence of SouthWood's excellence is found in the many honors it has garnered since opening in November 2002. The most recent one came from Travel + Leisure Golf and its list of the Top 10 courses to open in Florida since the turn of the millennium, which took into account overall layout strength, conditioning and playability.
SouthWood Golf Club also was named to Golf Digest's list of "America's Best New Courses" (January 2004), selected by GOLF Magazine as one of the top 35 public courses - out of 325 nationwide - to open in 2002, and named Tallahassee's best golf course by Tallahassee Magazine.
SouthWood is a Fred Couples signature/Gene Bates-designed 7,172-yard, par-72 course owned and operated by The St. Joe Company, one of Florida's largest real estate operating companies. It offers multiple tees for all player levels, including everything from forward tees, which are great for juniors and beginning golfers, to the "Boom Boom" tees, a nod to Couples' nickname and the muscular challenge they issue players.
"We take great pride in developing golf courses that are true to their natural environment while also proving to be a test to players at every skill level," says Rod Wilson, president of St. Joe's residential operations in the Northwest Florida region. "St. Joe's dedication to customer service, combined with our long established commitment to working with the world's best golf course architects, provides our residents, members and guests with a memorable playing experience."