Florida Southern Announces Plans for New Golf Clubhouse at Lone Palm

LAKELAND, Fla. – Florida Southern College recently announced plans for the construction of a clubhouse exclusively for the College's men's and women's golf programs to be located at Lone Palm Golf Club in Lakeland, home of the Florida Southern College teams. The new state-of-the-art clubhouse will have several exciting features for the current and future members of the FSC golf programs.

Owners of a combined 17 team National Championships and 17 individual National Champions, the Florida Southern golf programs have been some of the most successful in the country and will now have a home mirroring that success on the course. The new capital project will feature separate locker rooms for both the men's and women's programs, two TrackMan hitting simulators, a PuttView putting studio, a players lounge for both programs to enjoy, a fitness area, two offices for the respective head coaches, a conference room, academic study area, and a Champion's Lobby which will feature the numerous trophies both programs have won over the years.

The clubhouse will also have an outdoor veranda overlooking the 18^th fairway and the practice facility at Lone Palm and will also feature a golf cart garage for the teams' use.

The new state-of-the-art tools will help recruit, educate, and train Florida Southern student-athletes for years to come and will help both teams remain among the elite programs nationwide.  The project is being managed by Register Construction, and is expected to break ground in 2023.

"We would first like to thank Lone Palm for not only allowing us to use their magnificent course but to be able to build this promising new facility at the club," Drew Howard commented, Director of Athletics and Dean of Wellness. "We would also like to thank our Board of Trustees as well as all of the various donors that have helped this project come to reality."

"I am thrilled beyond words about our new clubhouse and to have it built at Lone Palm Golf Club is truly a blessing from our alumni, friends, and family," stated Head Women's Golf Coach Robbie Davis. "This facility will not only be our new golf home but will be a game changer in recruiting and building more competitive teams for the Florida Southern Golf Programs for years to come."

"We are excited to offer our student-athletes an elite indoor facility to call their own," said Head Men's Golf Coach Lee White '12. "Our goal has always been to provide every resource needed for current and future Mocs to reach their goals on the golf course. We're so thankful to all those who have stepped up to make this project a reality."
 

About Lone Palm Golf Club
Founded in 1964 by George W. Jenkins, Lone Palm is one of the premier private golf clubs in Central Florida. With a par of 72, Lone Palm winds its way through nearly 400 acres of beautiful serene Florida landscape. The 18-hole championship course provides both challenge and enjoyment for professionals and novices alike. Designed in 1965 by legendary golf course architect, Dick Wilson and renovated by Steve Smyers in 2022, Lone Palm has played host to many professional, amateur and charity tournaments throughout the years.

About Florida Southern College Men's Golf
Florida Southern College men's golf has won 13 NCAA Division II National Championships while honoring nine individual National Champions that have won a collective 10 titles with Tim Crouch being the lone two-time winner in 2013 and 2014. The Moccasins have collected six NCAA DII South/Southeast Regional Championships in 49 appearances, having not missed one NCAA postseason since 1972¹. The program has won 16 team Sunshine State Conference Championships while earning nine individual titles. FSC men's golf has had 57 student-athletes earn All-America honors, for a total 119 honors, with three student-athletes earning Academic All-America honors five times.
                       ¹ No NCAA postseason in 2020 due to CoVID19 pandemic

About Florida Southern College Women's Golf
Florida Southern College women's golf has claimed four NCAA DII National Championships in 21 NCAA DII postseason appearances, including three NCAA DII Super Regional Championships. Claiming four Sunshine State Conference team championships, the Moccasins have two individual SSC Champions in Rachel Bell (2001) and Jana Peterkova (2003). FSC women's golf has had 23 different student-athletes earn All-America honors a total of 49 times, with five student-athletes earning Academic All-America honors six times.

About Florida Southern College 
Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the "Best Regional Universities in the South" by U.S. News & World Report in its 2023 "Best Colleges" guide and is included in The Princeton Review's 2023 Best 388 Colleges guide and the "Fiske Guide to Colleges 2023." The 2022-2023 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern's AACSB-accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 "Most Beautiful Campus" national listing for 13 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.