Timber Greens Golf Club

Timber Greens Golf Club sits in New Port Richey along Florida's central Gulf Coast, designed by Ron Garl and opened in the mid-1980s. Garl, a Florida-based architect who worked extensively throughout the state during this period, created a layout that navigates the region's characteristic flat terrain with strategic use of water hazards, mounding, and mature tree corridors. The course takes its name from the wooded character that defines many holes, with pines and oaks framing fairways and creating natural separation between playing corridors. The routing incorporates numerous lakes and wetland areas typical of west-central Florida golf courses, bringing water into play on a majority of holes. Garl's design emphasizes placement over distance, with doglegs and strategically positioned hazards rewarding golfers who think their way around the property. The greens feature moderate undulation, and the bunkering follows the style common to Florida courses of this era—white sand contrasting against green turf and water edges. Timber Greens operates as a semi-private facility serving both members and daily-fee players in the greater Tampa Bay area. The course provides a straightforward test of golf without dramatic elevation changes, relying instead on accuracy demands and water management. It represents the type of accessible, playable design that Garl produced throughout Florida during the state's golf development boom of the 1980s and 1990s.