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2007 BEST NEW RANGE
A Prince
of a Place
Lake Worth, Fla.
Hand it to Palm Beach
County. They know their golf down therein South
Florida. It turns out they know their golf
ranges too.
The new John Prince Golf Learning Center in Lake Worth, Fla., is a top-flight golf range and
teaching facility, and a welcome addition for
the golf-hungry populace of Palm Beach County.
The teaching-intensive John Prince Center also
is the winner of the Golf Range Times 2008 Best
New Range Award.
Quite simply, this is no ordinary facility,
located in no ordinary golf venue. Golfable.com
lists 160 golf courses and clubs in Palm Beach
County, making the region one of the most golf-
happy areas in the country. But John Prince,
opened this past June, is thriving amid all that
competition for the golfing dollar.
Except the manager of the new center don't see
it that way at all.
"Our commitment is to growing the game of
golf," says Paul Connell, Palm Beach
County's golf operations supervisor. "We're
not in competition with any of the courses or
other ranges."
The John Prince facility is owned and operated
by the Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation
Department, and is part of a system of three
public courses, with a fourth one on the way.
Those public facilities, all catering to growing
the game for the good of the county and its
citizens, now include the learning center with
its 45 tee stations, three practice holes, and a
16,000-square-foot putting and chipping practice
area.
 Read about this award-winning facility and how
Palm Beach County realized its dream.
Enter the
2008 Competition
Now in its 13th year, the Best New Range contest highlights excellence in facility design and development. The criteria for selecting the winner are based on overall facility design and layout and take into account the range’s aesthetics, directional orientation, landing area and tee line, customer safety and convenience, weather/climate controls, creativity and functionality.
<< click here for an entry form >>
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