Golf in Punta Gorda

Punta Gorda is the county seat of Charlotte County on Charlotte Harbor, at the mouth of the Peace River in the Southwest Florida gulf corridor. Five courses serve the city — Blue Heron Pines, Deep Creek Golf Club, Saint Andrews South Golf Club, Seminole Lakes, and Twin Isles Country Club — in a market sustained by the large retirement and seasonal residential population of this notable Gulf Coast town. No hole-count data is in public records for most of these operations. Punta Gorda suffered significant damage from Hurricane Charley in 2004 and has rebuilt and grown since, with the downtown core along the Peace River and the Charlotte Harbor estuary access defining the natural and cultural character.