HCBA Lawyer Magazine No. 35, Issue 3 | Page 3

THE HIllSBoRoUGH CoUNTY BAR ASSoCIATIoN

LAWYER

JAN - FEB 2025 | Vol . 35 , No . 3

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55 about the Cover

We continue to highlight historic local golf courses on the cover of the magazine this Bar year . For this issue , we feature the Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club , which many members will recognize as the site of our annual Young Lawyers Division Golf Tournament . One of the oldest private golf courses in Central Florida , Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club was designed and built in 1921 by renowned golf architect Tom Bendelow , who also designed Palma Ceia Golf Course . Opened in 1922 , the unique design featured no parallel fairways and roads on both sides of most holes to allow galleries to follow play in automobiles . The figure eight pattern of the course meandered through orange groves and housing lots in a new development being built in the Florida land boom .

The original clubhouse building behind number eighteen green ( pictured in the photo on the cover ) now belongs to Florida College and is used as a dormitory . During the 1920 ’ s , the club and a casino were the center of most social activities in that part of the county . The course was also the site of another notable historic event when Evangelist Billy Graham , who was attending what was then known as Florida Bible Institute ( now Florida College ), decided upon his career while meditating on the eighteenth green one night in 1939 . The main portion of the present clubhouse was completed in 1998 , and the outdoor grill and pool opened in 2001 . For more information , visit : www . templeterracegolf . com . ( Photo credit : PamElla Lee Photography , https :// pamellalee . net /)

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