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Victoria Hills Welcomes Speedweeks Golfers
Award-winning, Daytona-Area Course Ideal Golf Getaway for Race Fans
(Feb 2006) (DELAND, Fla.) – Victoria Hills Golf Club – the award-winning Ron Garl design at the heart of Victoria Park, a St. Joe community in historic DeLand – today announces it welcomes race fans visiting the Daytona area for “Speedweeks 2006.”
One of the region’s most popular golf options for race fans since opening in 2001, Victoria Hills Golf Club is set amid a stunning canopy of live oak bosques, tall pines and pristine lakes. The course’s rolling terrain features more than 80 feet of elevation change, and free form waste areas and steep-face bunkers provide an unmistakable “Pine Valley” feel that is sure to strike a chord with students of golf course design.
“In the past, race fans who’ve made the trip here from the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic invariably remark about the course’s similarity to layouts in their respective regions,” says David Buth, Victoria Hills’ general manager. “This course is truly a unique experience in terms of ‘Florida golf’ and we look forward to pleasantly surprising golfers during Speedweeks.”
Victoria Hills is located 30-minutes southwest of Daytona and just 1.5 miles from Interstate 4. For more information or to book tee times during Speedweeks, visit www.stjoegolf.com or call 386-738-6000.
Speedweeks/Golf Lovers Dream Itinerary
Thursday, February 16
Race: Gatorade Duel at Daytona -- The biggest non-weekend sporting event in the country, the Gatorade Duel at Daytona finalizes the starting field for the Daytona 500. The pair of 150-mile sprint races features high drama as the stars of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series jockey for starting spots in the Daytona 500.
Golf: Victoria Hills Golf Club – Like a brash, confident NASCAR driver, Victoria Hills wastes little time in announcing its presence. The 429-yard opening hole sports a starkly hewn waste area accented by a smattering of native grasses and red lava rock imported from Hawaii. The undulating fairway leads to an elevated green complex flanked on the right by a stately live oak. Waste areas and flashed-up bunkering are the primary defense against par at Victoria Hills. Successfully navigated, the course is eminently playable. Six par 4s play less than 376 yards from the tips, the par 5s do not extend beyond 550 yards and the par 3s range from 136 to 221 yards between the “Champion” and “Challenge” tees.
Friday, February 17
Race: GM Flex Fuel 250 IROC -- An action-packed doubleheader of racing kicks off with Round 1 of the Crown Royal IROC Series, an invitation-only series that features 12 of the best drivers in the world in identically prepared cars in a 40-lap sprint race. Then plenty of sparks will fly as the tough trucks from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series battle for supremacy under the lights on the high banks in the GM Flex Fuel 250.
Golf: Victoria Hills Golf Club -- With each hole presenting golfers with an entirely different look, it takes three or four trips around Victoria Hills to unearth and appreciate all its design nuances: the sand dunes on the par-5 sixth hole; the sand bunker merging into a waste bunker on the par-5 ninth; the faux canyon (replete with boulders) dug out on the par-4 11th; the subtle risk/reward opportunities present on the majority of holes, not just the par 5s. This list goes on and on.
Saturday, February 18
Race: Hershey’s Kissables 300 -- The NASCAR Busch Series will kick off the 2006 season with its biggest, richest and most prestigious event of the year in the Hershey's Kissables 300. The best of the Busch Series takes on some of the best NEXTEL Cup Series in this heart-pumping, thrill-a-minute race.
Golf: Victoria Hills Golf Club – The third time should be a charm at Victoria Hills Golf Club – maybe take a risk or two and reap the rewards. Hit your tee shot down the left side of the par 4 third hole to set up a gap wedge approach to this heavily bunkered green complex; take an aggressive line over the right fairway bunker on the par 4 eighth to shorten the hole by 15-20 yards – these “tricks of the trade” should be options for you by now.
Sunday, February 19
Race: Daytona 500 -- The Great American Race returns to Daytona International Speedway for another heart-pounding, edge of your seat, 500 miles of racing! Jeff Gordon defends his title against a flurry of red-hot drivers including Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson.
Golf: Victoria Hills Golf Club – One last trip around this track before adjourning to the storied Daytona International Speedway!
Hey race fans, Victoria Hills Accolades include:
America’s Best Residential Golf Courses” -- Golfweek
“Top 10 You Can Play” – GOLF Magazine
“4-1/2 Stars” – Golf Digest
“No. 7 Public Course in Florida” – Golfweek
“America’s Top 40 Best New Courses” -- Golfweek
“No. 2 Florida Public Course of the New Millennium” – T+L Golf
“Florida’s Best New Golf Course” – Florida Golf News
“One of the region’s Top 10 courses” – Orlando Sentinel
“Hidden Gems of Florida” – T+L Golf
About Victoria Park
Within the Victoria Park community, there are three distinct neighborhoods with homes priced from the mid $200,000’s to over $1 million. Victoria Commons, the social center of Victoria Park, features a 22-acre park surrounding Lake Victoria. At the Lake Victoria Fitness Club residents enjoy the pool’s casual atmosphere, an exercise room, gazebo and lighted tennis courts. Victoria Commons also is the site of a proposed Village Center within the community.
Victoria Hills, home of Victoria Hills Golf Club, offers distinctive custom and semi-custom homes nestled along a nature preserve. This summer Victoria Hills hosted the 2005 Southern Living Idea House at Victoria Park and the new Victoria Hills Golf Club House opened for business.
Victoria Gardens is a gated community for active adults, with a clubhouse at its core. The Club features a café, ballroom, billiards room, card room, demonstration kitchen, arts and crafts room, fitness center, business center, computer lab, resort-style pool and spa, as well as tennis courts and community gardens. Proximity to popular destination cities like Orlando and Daytona Beach and a number of cultural centers make Victoria Park an attractive option for those who are interested in city life conveniences and the personal familiarity of a smaller community. Several educational opportunities are available to residents including Stetson University, Florida’s first private university, and a number of excellent public schools. For more information, visit JOE.com.
About St. Joe
The St. Joe Company, a publicly held company based in Jacksonville, is one of Florida’s largest real estate operating companies. It is engaged in town, resort, commercial and industrial development and land sales. JOE also has significant interests in timber.
More information about JOE can be found at our web site at JOE.com.
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