Cleveland Heights Golf Course is a Division of the Parks and Recreation Department for the City of Lakeland, Florida. We welcome all golfers of all abilities to our course to enjoy a true Florida golfing experience. With 27 of the most beautiful holes in Central Florida, easy access and customer satisfaction are the corner stones of our Course.

For those who wish to call The Heights home we offer memberships that are an outstanding value. A modest initiation fee and yearly dues are competitive with some of the most prestigious clubs in Polk County. Owned and operated by the City of Lakeland, non-city residents can also choose the membership advantage at an affordable price.

Applying for membership is simple, just click on the link below, print the application, complete it and mail it to the Course with a check or money order. In a few days a Cleveland Heights staff member will contact you to welcome you aboard. If you find yourself in our neighborhood, just drop by the administrative office and apply in person. It’s that easy!

Here is our mailing address:

Cleveland Heights Golf Course
2900 Buckingham Ave
Lakeland, FL 33803

Questions or Comments Please Call:
(863)834-4653

Men’s and Women’s Associations at Cleveland Heights:

Men’s Association
Paul Boeh (644-5354) $10.00 annual membership fee and a $5.00 weekly fee

Women’s Association
$40.00 annual membership fee, no weekly fee

Sunday afternoon Women’s Group
Melvia Guertin (666-1121)

Cleveland, Ohio real estate magnate H. A. Stahl began vacationing in central Florida in the early 1920’s. One of his destinations was Lakeland, then the spring training home of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. Sensing an opportunity to promote their city, the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce invited Stahl to visit the city in late 1923 for the purpose of "studying the possibility of developing a large subdivision in the area."

Stahl was suitably impressed by his tour and spent time over the next several months searching for an available parcel of land on which to build a large housing development. The search ended in October 1924 when Stahl purchase 560 acres on the south side of Lake Hollingsworth for $935,000. He planned a development similar to his Madison Golf Lakelands in Cleveland. Before the end of the year he had sent several members of his development staff from Cleveland to oversee the construction of the development, which became known as "Cleveland Heights" after Stahl’s home city. Streets were laid out and a sales office built at the corner of Lake Hollingsworth Drive and what is now known as Cleveland Heights Boulevard.

To provide recreational opportunities for the residents of Cleveland Heights, Stahl included plans for a golf course in his new development. He hired Cleveland architect H. P. Whitworth to design the clubhouse and the golf course architectural firm of Toomey and Flynn to lay out a championship eighteen hole golf course. The golf course and the clubhouse, the latter built on the shore of Lake Hollingsworth, opened in the spring of 1925.

With the golf course and clubhouse amenities in place, the Cleveland Heights grew rapidly in 1925 and 1926. By 1927, however, the Florida land boom had gone bust. Stahl, as did many other Florida real estate developers, encountered severe financial difficulties, and was forced to put the golf course and clubhouse up for sale for delinquent taxes. The city took over both properties by the end of the decade. The city continues to own and operate the golf course and added nine holes to the original eighteen-hole layout in the early 1980’s. The clubhouse remained empty for nearly five years until the city leased it to the newly organized Lakeland Yacht and Country Club in 1935. The Yacht Club continued to lease the facility from the city of Lakeland until it purchased the building in the late 1950’s.

Cleveland Heights 2012 Junior Citrus Program
June 11th, 18th, 25th and July 2nd, 9th 
Instruction given by Robbie Davis (Florida Southern Golf Coach) and David Joyner (Lakeland Christian Golf Coach)

For more information and application Click Here

Cleveland Heights Junior Citrus Open 2012
July 30th and 31st, 2012
The City of Lakeland and The First Tee of Lakeland have partnered together to make this year’s tournament better than ever!  Beginning in 2012 the Junior Citrus Open will now be a regular season event on the MIDFLORIDA Junior Golf Tour.  In addition to becoming part of the MFJGT, the event will be nationally ranked through the Junior Golf Scoreboard.  This will allow participants to receive national ranking points for playing in the tournament. 

For more Information Click here

"THE HEIGHTS" Golf Course has a full-service restaurant that features a variety of food ready for you to enjoy before or after your round of golf.

Don’t forget to visit during the week for menu breakfast or lunch specials. The restaurant is open during the hours of 6:00 am until 2 pm, seven days a week.

"THE HEIGHTS" Golf Course is a Great Place for YOUR next event. Reservations can be made for daytime or evening events. Call the office at 834-2371 to arrange your next special party or banquet.