Rocky Point Golf Course (Tampa, FL) Rocky Point Golf Course (Tampa, FL) Rocky Point Golf Course is a public 18-hole golf course in Tampa, Florida that is managed by the Tampa Sports Authority. Rocky Point Golf Course was established in 1911 by the Tampa Automobile Club as the Tampa Automobile and Golf Club, and changed its name to the Rocky Point Golf Club in 1917. It was one of the first golf courses in the state of Florida. The course originally opened in 1912 with the first 9 holes, and construction was completed in 1913. The course was open for 31 years until the US entered
Desert Forest Golf Club and myriad other varieties of cactus to the javelinas, coyotes, roadrunners and rattlesnakes that call the desert home." "Golfweek" has consistently ranked Desert Forest among the 50 best golf courses in the United States. Then in 2009 "Golf Magazine" ranked Desert Forest as the 35th best in the world on its list of the "50 Greatest Courses of the Last 50 Years", making it the only course in the state of Arizona to make that list. Author Jeff Barr named Desert Forest's holes number 7, 13, and 16 as among the most important holes in golf in his book "1001