Featured Golf Course

In this section learn more about the history of the course and its hometown, see a selection of historic and current images of the course, learn about what the course is like today, and discover nearby historic sites.

Sebring Golf Club

History

The Sebring Golf Club is located in the City of Sebring in Highlands County. In 1924, the City of Sebring appropriated funds to build a municipal golf course and selected 160 acres on the south side of Lake Jackson.

The contract to build the golf course was awarded to A.D. Taylor, a city planner and landscape architect from Cleveland, Ohio. Taylor hired golf course architect William Herbert “Bert” Way of the Mayfield Country Club of Cleveland, Ohio to layout the course. Way arrived in Sebring in January 1925 and was pleased with the lay of the land and felt that the City was wise to build nine holes first. Way was no stranger to Sebring. He had stayed at the Kenilworth Inn two years prior while recovering from an illness. Way purchased two lakefront lots in 1925 while in town laying out the course. At some point during that year, the City ended its contract with A.D. Taylor and hired Sam Degering to complete construction of the golf course.

On Thursday, February 18, 1926, Sebring Mayor William Parrish hit the first ball to officially open the golf course. The new course opened with grass greens and was listed as 3,200 yards long. Three years later, in January 1929, the full 18 hole course opened. Several hundred people were in attended the opening and played the new layout. The completed 18 hole course had a par of 72 and stretched out to 6,357 yards, which is longer than playing from the current back (blue) tees today. Throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, the neighboring hotel, Harder Hall, paid the City of Sebring an annual lease so that their guest could utilize the golf course.

Bert Way Arrives in Sebring to Lay Out Course

Sebring Municipal Golf Course Opens

Eighteen Hole Sebring Municipal Golf Course Opens

1930s Aerial of Harder Hall and Golf Course

Golfers at Sebring Golf Course

Sebring Golf Course 1931

1944 Aerial of Sebring Golf Club

Harder Hall to Share Sebring Golf Course

Today

The 18-hole, par-72 Sebring Golf Course features four sets of tees playing from 4,800 to 6,200 yards. In the style of an older, traditional Florida golf course, Sebring offers a relaxing, enjoyable round of golf for players of all skill levels. Sebring Golf Course ranks as the cornerstone of the city's recreational amenities, known around town as "The Muni." The Muni also welcomes and encourages walkers.

Sebring Golf Club with Harder Hall in Background

Practice Putting Green at Sebring Golf Club

Fifth Hole at Sebring Golf Course

Sebring Golf Club

Fairway at Sebring Golf Course

Hazard at Sebring Golf Course

Layout of Sebring Golf Club

Local Knowledge

The golf course features several dog-leg holes but none more severe that the 2nd hole.  Dating back to the original routing, the par-4 hole turns nearly 90 degrees, and plays from 245 to 308 yards, tempting golfers to cut the corner.

1944 Aerial of the 2nd Hole at Sebring Golf Club

1952 Aerial of the 2nd Hole at Sebring Golf Club

1974 Aerial of the 2nd Hole at Sebring Golf Club

Current Aerial and Yardages for the 2nd Hole at Sebring Golf Club

Inside the Leather

Sebring International Raceway - Sebring International Raceway is America's premier sports car racing facility. Nestled among the orange groves and cattle ranches of central Florida, it is the oldest permanent road racing track in North America. The race track evolved from Hendricks Field, a World War II air base, where they trained thousands of men for B-17 combat air crews. The Hendricks Army Airfield/Sebring Regional Airport is a site on the Florida World War II Heritage Trail. 

The track is active 365 days a year with automotive testing, club events, racing schools, corporate events and other activities. Sebring is world famous for the annual 12-Hour endurance race. Since 1952, Sebring’s 12-Hour classic has been the premier sports car endurance race in North America. Sebring International Raceway’s historic circuit has hosted the world’s greatest cars and drivers over the past six decades. Visit Sebring International Raceway for more details.

Historic Aerial of Hendricks Airfield and Raceway

Historic Aerial of Raceway and Airfield

Racing at Sebring c1956

Racing at Sebring International Raceway

Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Race

Racing at Night - Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Race

Aerial of Sebring International Speedway

Visit - Contact

Sebring Golf Club

3118 Golfview Road
Sebring, Florida 33875

3118 Golfview Road
Sebring, Florida 33875

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Phone: 863.314.5919