Pinecrest Golf Club

Pinecrest Golf Club occupies a low-rolling tract on the south shore of Lake Lotela in Avon Park, Highlands County—orange-grove country in the central Florida ridge. The club operates as a public/semi-private daily-fee course with memberships available; facilities are straightforward: an 18-hole course, practice green, and a friendly clubhouse core oriented to golf rather than resort amenities. The walk is level, with water views on interior lakes/ponds and broader lake backdrops at intervals. Today Pinecrest plays as a par-72 with multiple tees from roughly 4,900 yards to the high-6,000s (tips commonly posted around 6,6xx–6,7xx), and everyday conditions emphasize width-to-angle decisions and approaches into modest, gently contoured greens. The club trades on its mid-century tournament lore—most notably a nationally televised “World Championship Golf” match-play series filmed in 1959—yet day-to-day it remains a straightforward, traditional Florida parkland routing bordered by citrus and pine rather than housing.