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SPONSOR
Our Sponsorship Opportunities help make the Ocala Open a truly unique experience. Click the link to reserve your spot today before our spots are filled.
Ocala Open Spectators
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CHARITY PRO-AM
When you play in the Ocala Open Pro-Am you are helping to support local charities throughout our city. Practice your swing and sign up below today!
2023 Champion
Blake Maum
The golf tournament kicked off with the Charity Pro-Am tournament on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, and led to the champion, Blake Maum, claiming the Ocala Open Golf Tournament for 2023! Congratulations, Blake!
HOW IT WORKS
CHARITY PRO-AM
The Ocala Open has become a tradition at Candler Hills Golf Course. Year after year, we partner with local businesses and residents to enjoy the great game of golf while also benefiting our community.In addition to the Charity Pro-Am, we host a three day tournament where talented and world class professional golfers challenge our course, and each other, for the first place prize.
OCALA OPEN
To date, the Ocala Open has raised $993,064 for local charities. We couldn’t do that without your support.Now in its seventeenth year, this event showcases Ocala as a great place to not only visit and have fun, but to live and work. Partnering with the Ocala Open allows you to make a difference in our community while promoting your organization to residents, visitors. and spectators.
SPECTATOR TIPS
Plan to wear comfortable walking shoes.
Walk – don’t run.
Stay behind the gallery ropes and obey the officials and marshals.
Kneel if you are near the ropes so that those behind you may see.
Observe silence throughout each shot.
Do not move until all players in each group have completed their shots. Respect the players and caddies during their round, give them space and do not interrupt them during the round.
Challenge Accepted.
Home of the Ocala Open golf tournament, the Candler Hills Golf Course is a beautiful Par-72 semi-private championship golf course that has seven sets of tees ranging in length from 4,877 to 7,233 yards creating a rewarding experience for golfers of various handicaps. Enjoy the picturesque scenery and unique layout, but most importantly, enjoy your round of golf! With a Palm Springs-style landscape the course’s natural splendor is enhanced by the variety of trees including sabal palms, live oaks and slash pines and various ornamental grasses… this is not your typical Florida golf course.
CHARITABLE EFFORTS
Candler Hills Golf Club has been committed to their continued philanthropic efforts since opening in 2005. Raising over half a million dollars through hosting charity events to their own Ocala Open Charity Pro-Am which benefits to local organizations, Hospice of Marion and Interfaith Emergency Services. We know that making a difference is at the core of all that Colen family has built, and we hope that your donations and support of our events can help us to continue those efforts for years to come.