Partner Golf Course

The Lake Wales Country Club is located in the City of Lake Wales in Polk County. In 1924, the City of Lake Wales approved a special $190,000 bond which included $55,000 for the construction of a municipal golf course. 

The city acquired the services of one of America’s most renowned golf course architects,  Seth Raynor, who had designed the nearby Mountain Lake golf course.  Construction began in 1924 and later that year Mr. and Mrs. H.P. Mills of Mountain Lake presented the city of Lake Wales with a complete set of pin flags for the entire 18 holes.

On February 3, 1925, Lake Wales Mayor L.H. Kramer declared a holiday for the formal opening of the golf course. Over 1,000 people watched a match between golf professionals  Alick Girard of Mountain Lake and Jimmy Maiden of Sebring, who played against Dave Towns, the newly hired Lake Wales golf professional originally from St. Andrews, Scotland, and his brother Allan Towns of the North Park Country Club in Long Island. Only nine holes were opened for play that year. The other nine holes, which had been laid out by Raynor, were constructed and completed a year later. While the club recognizes Seth Raynor as the original architect, they believe that Donald Ross was involved with the design of the golf course during its history.