The President Country Club is no more.

The club, which is located across the street from the newly opened Palm Beach Outlets, has been sold to Banyan Cay for $28 million and will now be named the Banyan Cay Resort and Golf Club.

Once completed, the 245 acre site will feature the 18 hole Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, 145 houses, a condo tower, and a resort hotel. The project will cost $280 million, making it the city's largest redevelopment since City Place opened in downtown West Palm Beach more than 10 years ago. The club and course will remain open during the development.

The idea, accoring to Chris Heuwetter, a spokeman for the project, is to create a golf community that also serves as a family resort similar to the Omni resort in Orlando. 

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Tiger Woods' new Harbourside restaurant has been open for a little over two weeks now and, so far, has been quite the success.

The Woods Jupiter is located in the heart of Harbourside, just across from Tommy Bahama and the newly opened Wyndham hotel and next to Burger Fi. It has a feel of chic restaurant, meets sports bar, meets happening night life scene. 

Tiger has had a hands on approach every step of the way. Many times when athletes or celebrities open restaurants, all they do is slap their name on it and collect money. Not the case with Woods though. 

Before opening, Tiger said he envisioned a place where people could meet friends, watch some sports, and enjoy a great meal. That's exactly what he has done with his new restaurant. 

I stopped in to see…

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For the second consecutive year, the Web.com Tour Qualifying School Finals will be returning to PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens. Once again, the tournament will be played on PGA National's Fazio and Champions Courses, this time with a change.

For the first time, the event will be contested over four rounds instead of the traditional six rounds. The tournament will be held December 10th through the 13th and will determine priority rankings for the 2016 season. Everyone who makes it to the finals will have at least conditional status on the Web.com Tour in 2016, with the winner early fully exempt status.

Beginning with the First Stage, exemptions are extended to players with certain status on many of the world’s leading men’s tours, plus those…

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Wycliffe Golf and Country Club in Wellington has named longtime golf staff member Paul Rifenberg its new Head Golf Pro. 

Paul has been with Wycliffe since August 2000 and is a tremendous competitor on the course and an integral part of the Wycliffe family.

“I truly enjoy sharing my love for golf with Wycliffe members of all skill levels," said Rifenberg. "I look forward to the future here at Wycliffe and growing the game of golf.”

He started playing golf at the age of 7 and found his love for competitive golf in High School.

Paul went on to win his High School District Championship during his senior year and then continued his golfing career at FAU playing #1 for the team for 2 years. He then turned pro to compete at a much higher level and…

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The 2015-2016 PGA Tour schedule has been announced, and as expected there are some big changes to next year's schedule. 
With 2016 being a Ryder Cup year, in addition to the return of golf to the Olympics, the schedule will look considerably different in certain parts.

One thing that won't look any different, is the PGA Tour's annual stop in Florida for the Florida Swing. 

The Honda Classic at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens will once again kick off the Florida Swing. It will be played a week earlier this year then it was last year, taking place February 22nd through the 28th. As always, it will be followed by the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral, the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, and the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in…

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By the end of August, Tiger Woods’ new restaurant in Harbourside Place will be open for business.

The Palm Beach Post has reported that The Woods Jupiter: Sports and Dining Club is expected to open later this month and his International headquarters will be moving to its new office space above Bravo! Cucina Italiana.

The restaurant is expected to be a little under 6,000 square feet and feature outdoor seating. Last month, a “now hiring” sign was placed on the door of where the restaurant will be located.

No official dates have been announced in regards to a soft opening date or the date of the grand opening. The Woods Jupiter: Sports and Dining Club will be the newest restaurant to open in the $150 million entertainment center on the northwest…

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The West Palm Beach TV market had the highest numbers for any market in the United States for the 2015 Open Championship.

Despite the Open Championship being aired on cable on ESPN, the 39th TV market in the country posted a 2.9 rating, two tenths of a point higher than the second rated market, Louisville, KY (2.7).

Nationally, ESPN had a 1.4 overall U.S. rating, which was up 24% from 2014 when Palm Beach Gardens resident Rory Mcllroy won by two shots over Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia.

Even the weather delays the plagued the majority of the tournament didn’t stop golf fans from tuning in to see if Jordan Spieth was going to get one step closer to the single season grand slam. Saturday’s 1.2 national rating was up 33% from 2014 and Sunday’s third…

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The College of Golf is moving its facility from Port St. Lucie to West Palm Beach.

The Keiser University run College of Golf and Sports Management will move this fall to the newly acquired Keiser University complex on Military Trail in West Palm that was formerly the campus of Northwood University.

With it will come the 400 students that come from all over the world for the program.

“I met a Korean student five years ago who is coming next spring and bringing six friends with her,” longtime instructor Donna Horton White said to the Palm Beach Post. “We also have people coming from China, South America, Puerto Rico and Poland.”

Dr. Arthur Keiser, Chancellor and CEO of Keiser University had been looking to get a campus in the northern Palm Beach…

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Arnold Palmer never won an Open Championship at St. Andrews. He did win two Open Championships in his career, but never lifted a trophy at "The Home of Golf". That changed at least in a ceremonial sense yesterday when Palmer and his team won the Champion Golfers' Challenge on the eve of the 2015 edition of the Open at St. Andrews.

The event, a four-hole exhibition that pits former Open champions against each other in four-person teams, actually finished in a four-way tie at the top at 3-under but were awarded the victory because it had the highest average age. Palmer was joined on his team by Darren Clarke, Paul Lawrie and Bill Rogers.

Palmer did not participate in the event, as he is still recovering from his shoulder surgery. He did, however, hit…

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Around 6am ET on Monday morning, Rory Mcllroy posted a picture to his Instagram in a walking boot and on crutches. The post had a caption that said “Total rupture of left ATFL (ankle ligament) and associated joint capsule damage in a soccer kickabout with friends on Saturday. Continuing to assess extent of injury and treatment plan day by day. Rehab already started..... Working hard to get back as soon as I can.”

Rehab time can range anywhere from 10 days to 6 weeks depending on the severity of the sprain. That puts not just the next few weeks, but the remainder of the 2015 season in doubt for the Palm Beach Gardens resident.

Mcllroy was scheduled to play the Scottish Open this week and his name has already been removed from the published field…

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