{"id":396115,"date":"2026-01-08T12:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/396115\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:57:09","slug":"golf-business-news-heritage-golf-acquires-southern-hills-plantation-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/396115\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Business News &#8211; Heritage Golf acquires Southern Hills Plantation Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagegolfgroup.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heritage Golf Group<\/a>, the fastest-growing owner and operator of golf and country clubs in the United States, has announced the acquisition of Southern Hills Plantation Club in Brooksville, Florida, from managing partner MG Orender. <\/p>\n<p>This marks the fourth and final acquisition in a multi-club agreement, following the additions of The Plantation Golf &amp; Country Club, Country Club of Ocala, and The Palencia Club, which closed in late October. With this transaction, Heritage\u2019s total club count increases to 47 across the US.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a pleasure working with MG Orender and the Hampton Golf Group team across these four successful acquisitions,\u201d said Jim Oliver, Chief Operating Officer of Heritage Golf Group. \u201cThe addition of Southern Hills Plantation Club further strengthens our presence in Florida \u2014 now totaling 13 clubs, including ten along the state\u2019s West Coast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gallery_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177961\" style=\"width:826px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Southern Hills Plantation Club\u00a0features a Pete Dye\u2013designed golf course complemented by four tennis courts, four pickleball courts, a full-service fitness center, and a resort-style pool. The club is also recognised as one of the Tampa area\u2019s premier wedding and event venues.<\/p>\n<p>Early capital improvement plans are in discussion and will be guided by member and team feedback to ensure enhancements align with each club\u2019s unique culture and priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heritage Golf Group, the fastest-growing owner and operator of golf and country clubs in the United States, has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-396115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}