Hemingway/Kilamanjaro at Havana Country Club

The Hemingway and Kilimanjaro courses at Havana Country Club form part of The Villages' extensive golf offerings in central Florida. Designed by Ron Garl's former associates Bobby Clifton and David Ezell, these courses reflect the design principles common to The Villages' portfolio: accessible resort-style golf built across the region's gently rolling terrain with strategic use of water features, bunkers, and native vegetation to create variety within the landscape's natural constraints.

The Hemingway course takes its name from the literary theme that connects it to Havana Country Club's Cuban-inspired identity, while Kilimanjaro continues the international naming convention found throughout The Villages' golf facilities. Both courses feature the wide fairways and generous landing areas typical of Clifton and Ezell's work, designed to accommodate the community's active adult population while still presenting strategic interest through green complexes and hazard placement. The routing works with the property's lakes and wetlands, which are characteristic of Florida's interior landscape.

As part of The Villages—one of the largest master-planned retirement communities in the United States—these courses serve a membership focused on frequent play and social golf. The facility emphasizes playability and pace of play while maintaining conditioning standards appropriate to year-round Florida golf. The courses integrate into the broader Villages golf system, where residents often have access to multiple facilities across the sprawling development north of Orlando.