17590 Ponce DeLeon Blvd,
Brooksville, Florida FL 34614
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David Gilinsky (Director of Golf).The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined parkland. Gently undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Rural countryside and woodland.
Designer:
Original design by Tom Fazio (1993); revamped by Kyle Franz (2022).
Above distances are for the Cabot Barrens course. Also at Cabot Citrus Farms is the 18-hole Cabot Oaks course (par-72; 7032 yds from back tees), and the 21-hole "The 21" course (4,160 yds from back tees).
"The 21", designed by Mike Nuzzo, comprises: "The Ten", which has a mix of six par-4s, three par-3s and a par-5, and "The Ace" comprising 11 short par-3 holes.
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Cabot Citrus Farms (Barrens)
Cabot Citrus Farms (Barrens course): Until recently the two Tom Fazio-designed courses here were known as World Woods Golf Club. Under new owners, Ben Cowan-Dewar and Mike Keiser, both layouts underwent major redesigns in the early 2020's. Not only sporting stylistic changes, they also emerged from the process with a new name, Cabot Citrus Farms.
What hasn't changed at Cabot Citrus Farms is the wonderfully natural and forested setting. Cabot Barrens remains the higher rated of the two layouts, maintaining a handsomely rugged appearance. The generous width fairways are flanked, as before, by copious quantities of bunkering and sandy waste areas.
Now part of the Cabot collection of high-end golf destinations, the Cabot Barrens course (formerly Pine Barrens) and Cabot Oaks (formerly Rolling Oaks) have become stablemates with a distinguished international cadre of Cabot properties. These include, Cabot golf locations in Canada (Cape Breton and BC), the Caribbean (St Lucia), and Scotland (Highlands). Here alongside Florida's Big Bend coast, the two original and much changed World Woods courses also acquired a new sibling, in the form of the "The 21" ... an inventive and unconventional 21-hole Mike Nuzzo design.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2023].
Walking permitted.
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Ben Cowan-Dewar, Canadian businessman and visionary golf developer, is the co-founder and CEO of Cabot. He teamed-up with Mike Keiser (of Bandon Dunes fame), to create Cabot Links and Cabot Cliffs on a former mining site in Nova Scotia, breathing much needed new life into the local economy in the process. The two entrepeneurs continued their association to expand Cabot into today's international collection of high-end golf properties.
At the last count, the Cabot collection includes: Cabot Cape Breton (Links and Cliffs courses), Cabot St Lucia (Point Hardy Golf Club; opens 2023), Cabot Revelstoke, British Columbia (opens 2025), Cabot Highlands, Scotland (existing Castle Stewart course, and a second course in the pipeline), and now the Barrens and Oaks courses at Cabot Citrus Farms, Florida.
Perhaps uniquely in golf, a fourball group playing the drivable par-4 15th on the Barrens course, recorded scores of 1, 2, 3 & 4 on this hole. The ace was followed by the eagle, then the birdie and then the par. The last player was under enormous pressure to sink his 7-foot putt for par and allow the group to record this remarkable achievement.
Barrens course:
Florida & USA: not ranked during major redesign.
World's former 83rd best course (GOLF magazine, 2003; not in subsequent editions of this ranking).
8551 W Miss Maggie Drive, Homosassa, FL 34448
+1 (352) 382 2075
Visit websiteKnown locally as the "Chaz" Hotel, the Chassahowitzka takes its name from the Timucan Indian for "Place of the Hanging Pumpkins." This comfortable old-world retreat, and anglers' paradise, provides an excellent base from which to explore the area's fine array of golf courses, including two fabulous Tom Fazio layouts at World Woods. You can relax in one of eight rooms in the main hotel or stay in the charming "Miss Maggie’s House" opposite. All rooms are tastefully decorated and centrally air conditioned.
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