Olde Florida Golf Club

It has been a long three years, but it looks like work on the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension project is finally coming to an end.

If you are still in Naples, you will be using the new road soon. If you are away for the summer, be ready for a new experience when you return to the club.

It’s been a productive start to the summer at Olde Florida ! Below is the first summer update provided by our Golf Course Superintendent, Darren J. Davis, CGCS

Summer Work, Winter Results Summer Update #1

It’s the first closed week of the summer at Olde Florida, and the agronomy team is eager to begin the necessary cultural practices that help keep the turfgrass healthy through the summer, and equally important preparing the golf course for the next winter golf season.

Hopefully the rain holds off until late afternoon today and later in the week so the team can take full advantage of the closed days.

A productive summer starts now!

The family wishes all mothers a Happy Mother’s Day! For those golfing today, we hope you’re enjoying the day on the course. And, a special shout-out to our resident mothers: Ginger behind the 5th green and Sleepy on the driving range, each nurturing three Eastern Screech Owl hatchlings!” on the course! Audubon International GCSAA Native Bird Boxes

Congratulations are in order for our golf course architect, Rees Jones!

Congratulations to “A true New Jerseyite,” as ASGCA Past President Rees Jones describes himself. “The Open Doctor” was inducted into the New Jersey Golf Hall of Fame April 22. “If any New Jersey club called, I would do the work for them, even if I was extremely busy. Because it’s my home state, I felt a strong sense of responsibility.” Jones joins his father, Robert Trent Jones, Sr., ASGCA, in the NJ Golf Hall of Fame. https://asgca.org/rees-jones-asgca-fellow-inducted-into-new-jersey-golf-hall-of-fame/

After five years of dedicated service on the agronomy team as Assistant Superintendent, Will Bendy will be leaving Olde Florida Golf Club. Tomorrow will be his final day with us as he returns home to Tennessee to accept a position as a golf course superintendent.

Will has meant a great deal to our team during his time here. While we will miss him, we are proud of him and excited to see him take this next step in his career. We are thankful for all he has done for Olde Florida Golf Club and wish him the very best in the future.

FLORIDA RECORD HEAT! 🥵🔥 Possible by this weekend, especially Saturday, as highs reach the lower to mid 90s inland. These temps will be more typical of early June. Plenty of beach and pool time ahead!

Today, the Club held its annual membership meeting in the clubhouse. As part of the meeting, Golf Course Superintendent Darren J. Davis, CGCS, presented a verbal report on the golf course. Attached is his full written report for those who would like to review it in its entirety.

Annual Report To The Olde Florida Golf Club Membership April 4, 2026