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THE HIllSBOROUGH COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
LAWYER
SEP - OCT 2024 | VOl . 35 , NO . 1
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about the Cover
Hillsborough County is full of history , and this year , our President Nino Martino has chosen to feature our beautiful historic golf courses on the cover of the magazine . We start with Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club , Tampa ’ s oldest private golf club . Founded in 1916 , Palma Ceia has been graced by the presence of some of golf ’ s greatest players — among them Arnold Palmer , Jack Nicklaus , Walter Hagen and Babe Zaharias . Since 1956 , Palma Ceia has played host to the Gasparilla Invitational , one of the most prestigious national amateur golf tournaments in the United States . On our cover , we are featuring a current-day photo of the course and club house , and a photo from the 1920 ’ s of the golf course , from the Burgert Brothers historic photo collection . Photos courtesy of Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club and the Hillsborough County Public Library , which maintains the Burgert Brothers photographic collection .
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