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As you drive down the palm tree-lined lane which leads to the Heron Bay Golf Club clubhouse, you can feel the excitement that comes over any golfer who is about to test their game against a course that has played host to the finest pros in the world.For six years the PGA TOUR'S Honda Classic called Heron Bay home, crowning champions Stuart Appleby, Mark Calcavecchia, Vijay Singh, Dudley Hart, Jesper Parnevik and Matt Kuchar. It now is the permanent site of the prestigious and historic Dixie Amateur, one of the top-ranked amateur tournaments in the world. Past champions include Hal Sutton, Ryuji Imada, Brandt Snedeker, Andy Bean, Bruce Fleisher, Lanny Wadkins, Nolan Henke, Len Mattiace and Parnevik. We the course opened in 1996 as the TPC at Heron Bay, it was named one of America’s 10 best new public golf courses by Golf Digest. Golf Magazine ranks it one of the top 10 daily-fee courses in Florida. It is home to the Heron Bay Golf Academy. Ten-time PGA Tour winner Mark McCumber, a noted golf course architect, was challenged to create a new home for the Honda Classic. In doing so he had to balance the demands of satisfying the best golfers in the world while creating a course that could be enjoyed by the public.