Stoneybrook West Golf Club Unveils New Facilities, More Planned

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Stoneybrook West Golf Club has taken on a whole new look since Celebration Golf Management acquired the rambling Arthur Hills designed course one year ago, and Gene Garrote, president of Celebration Golf Management, promises more changes.

“Celebration Golf is a unique company with a long term view,” Garrote said. “Our entire effort aims at providing the ultimate golf experience with every outing, and so we invest our profits back into our golf courses, club facilities and amenities,” he said.

Celebration Golf owns and operates six Central Florida golf clubs, including the Jack Nicklaus-designed Golden Bear Club at Keene’s Point in Windermere, Legends Golf Club and Kings Ridge Golf Club in Clermont, and the legendary Celebrations Golf Club near Disney. The group also leases and manages Eagle Creek Golf Club in southeast Orlando.

Mark Bearss, general manager at Stoneybrook West said that since acquiring Stoneybrook West Golf Club, Celebration Golf has replaced all the bunker sand on the course, re-engineered all the drainage problems that hampered play in the past, and added a new fleet of golf carts, new driving range amenities and range balls.

Bearss also reopened the kitchen and banquet facilities.

Celebration Golf Management recently (April 29) marked its one-year anniversary of service at Stoneybrook.

“We are now providing the area’s most elegant banquet services for wedding, corporate and community events, and more importantly golfers,” Bearss said.

“We have an excellent chef, a skilled kitchen crew and we can produce a memorable event that will wow everyone who attends,” he said.

Bearss said one of the best new features at Stoneybrook West Golf Club is the clubhouse lunch.

“If you haven’t been out to Stoneybrook West recently, its time to come play here. But if you’re not in the mood to play, we serve one of the best lunch menus in Winter Garden, he said.

Soon, Stoneybrook West will offer an outdoor event lawn for ceremonies and banquets.

“We are blessed with such spectacular weather here we knew we needed an outdoor facility,” Bearss said.

This multi-use space, which can accommodate up to 200 guests, is going to be perfect for wedding ceremonies, cocktail parties, live music and outdoor wedding receptions. It will really enhance and complement this beautiful facility we already have,” Bearss said.

With lush landscaping and a beautiful cedar pergola and stage, Bearss said he expects to host many gatherings on the Event Lawn.

But one feature remains most prominent at Stoneybrook West: good golf.

“We have a talented staff, excellent facilities and one of the most rewarding golf courses in Central Florida,” Bearss said. “We can honestly offer the area’s best golfing experience and we’re proud to do so,” he added.

Stoneybrook West Golf Club offers reception facilities to customers stranded by Highland Manor closing

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. --- Stoneybrook West Golf Club in Winter Garden has offered the use of its reception and catering facilities for any wedding parties stranded by the closing of Highland Manor in Apopka.

Gene Garrote, president of Celebration Golf Management, which owns and operates Stoneybrook, said Stoneybrook and Eagle Creek Golf Club near Lake Nona will waive all deposit fees for any wedding parties which had previously scheduled events at Highland Manor.

For Stoneybrook West reservations, call Katie Repoff 407-877-8533, Eagle Creek Golf Club, Heather Parks, 407-243-4925.

In addition, Celebration Golf Club in Celebration, The Golden Bear Club at Keene’s Pointe in Windermere and Legends Golf and Country Club in Clermont are all waiving half the deposit fee and are including a free ceremony, Garrote said.

To make arrangements at Celebration Golf Club or The Golden Bear Club contact Cassie Franks 407-566 1042 and for Legends Golf and Country Club, call Bob Allen at 352-243-1118.

“Weddings create memories that last an entire lifetime,” Garrote said. “We want to help happy young couples in their times of need,” he said.

University Club of Orlando Foundation Golf Tournament Raises More than $8,000 for College Scholarships

ORLANDO, Fla. --- The University Club of Orlando Foundation raised more than $8,000 for college and university scholarships for deserving Central Florida students at its recent golf tournament, held at Stoneybrook West in Winter Garden.

Justin Wright, events manager at The University Club of Orlando said 128 golfers participated in the 18-hole tournament which was won by foursome Mike Wright, Jay McGirt, Tim Jackson and Jay Brennan.

The University Club of Orlando Foundation raises more than $50,000 annually to provide scholarships for deserving students at the University of Central Florida, Rollins College, Seminole State College in Lake Mary and Valencia College in Orlando, Wright said.

Celebration Golf Management Promoted Barbara Bearss Reservations Supervisor for all of its public golf courses

CELEBRATION, Fla. – Celebration Golf Management, Inc. has promoted Barbara Bearss to reservations supervisor for all of their public golf courses.

Gene Garrote, president and principal of Celebration Golf Management, said Bearss formerly served as a marketing assistant.

Bearss joined Celebration Golf Management seven years ago, Garrote said. She has more than 14 years of experience in the golf industry.

In the Orlando area Celebration Golf Management owns and manages Legends Golf & Country Club in Clermont; The Golden Bear Club in Windermere; Kings Ridge in Clermont; Stoneybrook West in Winter Garden and Celebration Golf Club in Celebration.

The firm also owns and manages Crockett Ridge Golf Course in Kingsport, Tenn. and The International Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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For media information, contact: Gene Garrote, President, Celebration Golf Management, 407-566-1045