BUDGET TRAVELER
Give Dad a 'suite' golf trip for Father's DayFor the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 06/10/08
Treat dear ol' dad on Father's Day (June 15) with a promise to take him on a golf getaway at the luxurious Saddlebrook Resort, located about a half-hour north of the Tampa airport.
A foursome will enjoy the two-night 'Suite Deal' package that includes play on both resort courses — The Palmer course, which features firm and fast Tif-Eagle greens, and the Saddlebrook course with Tif-Dwarf greens and its low lying areas surrounded by Cypress trees. The two Arnold Palmer-designed Saddlebrook courses were named on Conde Nast Traveler's Magazines Top 100 Golf Resorts.
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Included is a stay in a deluxe and spacious three-bedroom suite to accommodate four golfers. Suites feature a separate living room, dining area, a fully-equipped kitchen and a private balcony or patio.
Daily breakfast is also included along with 18-hole golf daily with cart ($25 fee applies on the second round), green fees, evening club cleaning and storage, use of the practice range with one bucket of balls each day and advance tee times.
The package price is $149 per person, per night, based on quad occupancy. If one of the foursome chooses not to golf, this package accommodates them with a $50 per night gift card.
The 'Suite Deal' package is valid on stays from June 13-October 4.
The award-winning resort features a unique Walking Village layout, so that guests can stroll from accommodations to recreation, restaurants and shops in minutes.
The resort also offers tennis and golf camps (home of the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy), a kid's club for children ages 4-12 (fee required), and a 7,000-sq.ft. European-style spa with 12 private treatment rooms, a couple?s room with soaking tub, a hydro-massage tub, vichy shower room, men?s and women?s dressing rooms, whirlpools, saunas, steamrooms, a full-service salon and a courtyard terrace.
Saddlebrook?s Sports Village overlooks a lake with two huge fitness centers, a sand and two grass volley ball courts, a regulation-size basketball court and a sports field. It also includes the Etcheberry Sports Performance Center, offering special fitness evaluations along with personal training equipment and resources. A resort highlight is the Superpool, a half-million gallon free form pool with two volleyball nets, basketball hoops, and training lanes
After working up an appetite, choose from a number of resort dining options from casual to elegant and from a number of bars and lounges to unwind.
www.saddlebrook.com/golf_suitedeal_foursome.html .
Act fast to take advantage of a new AirTran sale with one-way rates to Tampa from $79 (Tuesdays, Wednesdays only) and $89 for other travel days, except Sunday. These rates are valid on trips taken through Nov. 5. A ten-day advance notice of travel is required. Buy tickets through midnight, Thursday. www.airtran.com
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Bosonetto Maerz's column is published weekdays on ajc.com.
