Courses, Travel & Tee Times

Play where the pros play at the Copperhead at Tampa's Innisbrook Golf & Spa Resort

The Copperhead Course is the most well known of the four at Innisbrook Golf and Spa Resort. That's because Copperhead is where the PGA Tour's Transitions Championship is played every March. Copperhead is a worthy host and is a must-play course for anyone who travels to the Tampa Bay area, Jeff Berlinicke writes.

Stay out of the sand at Wentworth Golf Club in Tarpon Springs

With so many choices for golf in the Tampa Bay area, it's tough for one course to stand out, but Wentworth Golf Club in Tarpon Springs offers great facilities and a challenging course that requires every club in the bag. Just remember to stay out of the sand -- and there is plenty, Jeff Berlinicke writes.

Be sure to make Serenoa Golf Club part of your Sarasota golf plans

Serenoa Golf Club isn't the longest golf course in Sarasota, but it might 'play' the longest. Designer Mark Alden decided to bring water into play on every hole and make it a shotmaker's course, giving the 6,333-yard layout the feel of a 7,000-yard design. Serenoa isn't your typical Florida golf course, Jeff Berlinicke writes.

Be sure to make Serenoa Golf Club part of your Sarasota golf plans

Serenoa Golf Club isn't the longest golf course in Sarasota, but it might 'play' the longest. Designer Mark Alden decided to bring water into play on every hole and make it a shotmaker's course, giving the 6,333-yard layout the feel of a 7,000-yard design. Serenoa isn't your typical Florida golf course, Jeff Berlinicke writes.

Be sure to make Serenoa Golf Club part of your Sarasota golf plans

Serenoa Golf Club isn't the longest golf course in Sarasota, but it might 'play' the longest. Designer Mark Alden decided to bring water into play on every hole and make it a shotmaker's course, giving the 6,333-yard layout the feel of a 7,000-yard design. Serenoa isn't your typical Florida golf course, Jeff Berlinicke writes.

Palm Harbor's Brooker Creek Golf Club is back among the elite in Tampa golf

If you live in the Tampa Bay area, you may have heard Brooker Creek Golf Club wasn't in the best shape. Don't listen. The course is one of the best in west Tampa and a great stop on the way to some of the more well known courses that are minutes away. It's not a long track, but it's one of the most scenic around, Jeff Berlinicke writes.

Brooksville Country Club is off the beaten path but worth the trip

Brooksville Country Club might be a little off the beaten path, but with its rolling fairways and elevations, it is unique to typical Florida golf. It might not be worth planning a vacation around, but if you want a day away from Tampa or Orlando -- and to see some courses that do not look the same -- head for Brooksville and take advantage of golf with a Northern-style.

The Claw golf course at the University of South Florida in Tampa has a bite to it

If you come down to the University of South Florida for a football game, don't miss The Claw at USF, a championship layout just off the college campus. It's a great golf course to get a good start on a Tampa golf junket, Jeff Berlinicke writes.

Nature makes Seven Springs Golf and Country Club in New Port Richey a challenging and fun round

At Seven Springs Golf and Country Club in New Port Richey, the key is to keep it in the fairway. Most Tampa Bay-area golf courses use water as their defense, but Seven Springs offers foliage and even alligators in addition to the water. Most of the holes are straight, but the trees and water make Seven Springs more difficult than most courses in the Tampa Bay area.

Tampa Bay Golf and Country Club is tough but worth the drive north to San Antonio Fla

If you want a great round and don't mind driving around, the Tampa Bay Golf and Country Club in San Antonio, Fla., is for you. It's about a 45-minute drive from the Tampa International Airport, and the distance between many of the holes is long, but it's worth the trip, Jeff Berlinicke writes.