Architect Ron Garl and Golden Ocala Celebrate 30th Anniversary

May 4, 2017

GOLDEN OCALA CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and wants everyone to know about it. Carved out from 1200 acres in the rolling hills of Central Florida, about one hour northwest of Orlando, Golden Ocala is home to championship golf and tennis, an […]

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LPGA Starts Its 2016 Year at Golden Ocala For 2nd Year in a Row!

August 15, 2016

LPGA STARTS ITS 2016 YEAR AT GOLDEN OCALA FOR 2ND YEAR IN A ROW! The LPGA tour started their 2016 American season at Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club in Ocala Florida. The layout, designed by international golf course architect Ron Garl, was the first course in the world to feature tribute (inspired) holes. In […]

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An Open Letter from Ron Garl

August 15, 2016

An Open letter to All Golfers from Ron Garl For over forty years I have been designing and renovating golf courses throughout the world. I have worked on five continents and tried to live and design with the philosophy that my designed courses would ‘sit softly on the land, stand the test of time while […]

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LPGA Coates Golf Championship played at Golden Ocala

February 5, 2015

The Season Starts Here! Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club in Ocala, Florida was the venue for the inaugural LPGA Coates Golf Championship presented by R+L Carriers on January 28-31, 2015. They had a 120-player field of the world’s best female golfers with 72 holes of stroke play over four days of competition and a […]

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Guan Tianlang, Youngest Player To Ever Make The Cut At The Masters Plays Golf At Nine Dragons Open On The Ron Garl Designed Nine Dragons Golf Club

November 13, 2014

Tianlang Guan, from China, was the youngest golfer in any major tournament in 148 years and to ever make the cut in The Masters.  He started playing golf at 4 years old. He is playing in the Nine Dragons Open at the Ron Garl designed Nine Dragons Golf Club near Shanghai this week – November 10-14, 2014. Guan qualified for The Masters by winning the Asia […]

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Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club

June 9, 2014

Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club appeared in Links Magazine’s Spring 2014 issue. Ron Garl Golf Course Design was the inventor of “tribute/replica golf”. Golden Ocala in Ocala, Florida was the first tribute/replica golf course and has won many awards including: Best Replica Course in the Nation by Travel & Leisure Golf “America’s Best Top […]

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Guan Tianlang, youngest player to ever make the cut at the masters plays golf at Bradenton Country Club with Ron Garl

April 4, 2014

Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old phenom from China, who was the youngest player ever to make the cut at the Masters or any men’s major championship, played golf with Ron Garl, Golf Course Designer, at Bradenton Country Club, which is an exclusive private club established in 1924, with an 18-hole championship golf course, which was originally […]

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Ron Garl and Guan Tianlang at Longboat Key Club

March 5, 2014

Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old phenom from China, who was the youngest player ever to make the cut at the Masters or any men’s major championship, played golf with Ron Garl, Golf Course Designer, at Longboat Key Club’s 27 Hole HarboursideGolf Course, which Ron Garl has renovated over the last several years. By adding sand dunes […]

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Test your game on Taboo (a world class golf course) in Gravenhurst, Ontario – 2 hours north of Toronto.

October 9, 2013

Josh Reisman playing Hole #11 at Taboo. Just you, golf and Mother Nature!

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Ron Garl Entertains Chinese Clients for Potential New Golf Course Project

August 27, 2013

Ron Garl played golf with a potential new Chinese client at Eagle Creek Golf Club in Orlando, Florida (a Ron Garl designed course). Eagle Creek is ranked Top Ten Florida Courses of the Decade by Travel & Leisure Magazine. It is the home of the Graves Golf Academy. It is an Audubon International Silver Signature […]

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