Green Golfer Day

The Green Golfer Pledge

As a golfer, you play a key role in ensuring that our golf course continues to preserve the nature of the game for present and future generations. On selected dates May through October, take the GREEN GOLFER PLEDGE and receive a discounted golf rate for your round of golf. More importantly, you will be supporting environmental stewardship while playing golf.

Range Ball Debit Cards

Range Ball Debit Cards allow golfers at Palm Beach County golf facilities to by-pass the wait at the golf shop counter and purchase range balls directly through the ball dispensing machine. These re-fillable cards can be purchased and redeemed at John Prince, Okeeheelee, Osprey Point, Park Ridge and Southwinds. Each purchase earns golfers additional value as a bonus ranging from 10 to 25 percent is added, based upon the package purchased.

Package	Pay	Receive
Par	$26.25	$28.90
Birdie	$52.50	$57.75
Eagle	$105.00	$120.00
Ace	$210.00	$250.00

FPC Holders receive an additional 10% off all rates

Junior Golf Card

Available to golfers under the age of 18 (at the time or purchase), the Junior Golf Card program is aimed at growing the game of golf. The Junior Golf Card provides substantial benefits at a significantly discounted price by offering younger golfers access to unlimited free golf, range balls and events.

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Junior Golf Card Fees

Junior Golf Card - $50.00 plus tax
Junior Golf Card Plus - $150.00 plus tax

Junior Golf Card Benefits

FREE GOLF (walking only) on a space available basis at the below listed dates and times
FREE JUNIOR GOLF CLUB RENTAL (1st come, 1st served basis)
RANGE BALL ALLOWANCE (based on card type)
ACCESS TO CARD-ONLY JUNIOR GOLF EVENTS (See event info below)

Golf on a space available basis during these date/times

		GOLF COURSES	JOHN PRINCE GLC
May - October	Weekdays	After 11:30 a.m.*	After 8:00 a.m.
	Weekends	After 1:00 p.m.*	After 8:00 a.m.
November, December, April	Weekdays	After 1:00 p.m.*	After 8:00 a.m.**
	Weekends	After 1:00 p.m.*	After 8:00 a.m.
January - March	Weekday	After 3:00 p.m.*	After 8:00 a.m.**
	Weekends	After 3:00 p.m.*	After 8:00 a.m.

*Junior Golf Card holders are limited to one bucket of range balls per day at Southwinds Golf Course.

**No Junior Golf Card use on All You Can Hit days (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday) at John Prince

Golf Learning Center from November 1 through March 31.

Card	Range Ball Allowance
Junior Golf Card	1,000 Range Balls Annually
Junior Golf Card Plus	3,000 Range Balls Monthly

Staff Bios

Rich Smolen - Golf Course Manager

Rich Smolen was born and raised in Edison, New Jersey. Finding a love for golf in his early 20s, Rich decided to relocate to Boynton Beach, Florida. Rich joined the PBC Golf team as a volunteer with in 2008 and after retiring from FedEx he took a part-time position in 2010. He was promoted to Park Ridge's Assistant Manager in 2012, moved over to John Prince Golf Learning Center as the Facility Manager in 2014 and returned to Park Ridge as the Golf Course Manager in April of 2018. Rich prides himself in being a provider of outstanding customer service and strives to achieve excellence no matter what the job takes. He currently resides with his wife paula in Lake Worth and has two daughters, Samantha and Stephanie. Samantha holds the course record at Park Ridge for ladies with a 64 from the blue tees.

Audubon International Certification

The Green Golfer Pledge

Okeeheelee Golf Course is proud to participate in the Audubon International Cooperative Sanctuary Program (ACSP) for golf courses and is committed to environmental stewardship. The ACSP is an award winning education and certification program that helps golf courses protect the environment and preserve the natural heritage of the game of golf. The ACSP helps golf courses and their golfers enhance the valuable natural areas and wildlife habitats that golf courses provide, improve efficiency, minimize potentially harmful impacts of golf operations, and serves as vital resource for golf courses.

By implementing and documenting a full complement of environmental management practices, a course earns designation as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary. Some areas addressed by the ACSP are:

Environmental planning
Wildlife and habitat management
Chemical use, reduction and safety
Water conservation
Water quality management
Outreach and education

Receiving certification demonstrates leadership as a steward of the environment and publicly recognizes and rewards environmental achievements. The ACSP's goal is to encourage golf courses to be environmental stewards and to certify golf courses that meet or exceed stringent ACSP environmental requirements

Okeeheelee became the 88th golf course in the State of Florida and the 663rd in the world to earn ACSP certification when it was originally certified in November of 2008. The course was re-certified in September of 2014. Chemical use, reduction and safety, environmental planning, outreach and education programs, water conservation, water quality management as well as wildlife and habitat management are just some of the activities we have undertaken to achieve and maintain our certification.

Birdhouses, butterfly gardens, and natural areas are some of the visible signs of designed wildlife habitats you will see throughout our golf course. These wildlife and habitat management areas are intended to attract and preserve wildlife.

Please join us in conserving our open spaces and maintaining wildlife habitats during your visit to our facility.

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Green Golfer Day

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