Golf in Avon Park

Avon Park is a city in Highlands County on the Lake Wales Ridge in the central Florida interior, where the elevated sandy spine of the peninsula supports a dense network of freshwater lakes and a distinctive scrub habitat. The city has developed a remarkably concentrated golf market for its size — five courses within the immediate community — sustained by the retirement and year-round residential population drawn to the lake-country setting inland from both coasts. The courses range from full-size operations to compact layouts, serving a golf-dense residential market in a part of the state that rewards golfers who prefer the Florida interior over the coastal resort corridors.