Old Corkscrew Golf Club has only been open for one year but already has a list of accolades to add to its resume. The National Golf Course Owners Association recently named Old Corkscrew the 2008 Florida Golf Course of the Year and Golf Digest magazine ranked Old Corkscrew number four on its list of America's Best New Courses.

This April, senior golfers across the state will travel to Old Corkscrew for the Senior Amateur Championship and test this Jack Nicklaus Signature Course. The Club is the only Signature Nicklaus Design non-residential course in Southwest Florida. A Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course is the highest standard of design offered by Nicklaus Design and includes Jack Nicklaus’ personal oversight and involvement in every step of the design and construction.

Old Corkscrew is an 18-hole golf facility located on Corkscrew Road between Fort Myers and Naples on a 275-acre magnificently wooded site of native oak hammocks, towering slash pines, sabal palms and palmettos that, along with the natural flow way that cuts through the center of the property, creates beautiful vistas of lakes and preserves which enhance the golfing experience. The par-72 championship golf course is a free-standing recreational facility; no residential development will ever occur on the site.

Certified as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, golfers will enjoy Old Corkscrew's natural setting, complete with stands of cypress, magnificently tall pines, mature oaks and nesting colonies of wood storks, egrets and herons. Old Corkscrew is committed to preserving and enhancing the environment with its unique landscape and wildlife evident on the course.

In July 2007, Old Corkscrew hosted a US Amateur Qualifying event and is the host site of the 2008 Senior Amateur Championship on April 15-17. For those golfers, 55 or older, click here to sign up.

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