Tournaments and Outings

Where Tournaments Become Tourn-Events

Bring your Golf Tournament to Indian River Colony Club!

An ideal location, the facilities at IRCC provide a conveniently located Pro Shop, top notch banquet and meeting facilities, and above all, a challenging course golfers of all skill levels will enjoy.  Our staff will assist your organization or corporation with planning all details and logistics. For information and availability, please call Joe at 321-255-6050.

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Article in Space Coast Golf Magazine on our Tournaments

IRCC GOLF:

• 18-hole, Gordon Lewis designed, par 72 private course
• Pro Shop w/Calloway Golf products
• Aqua driving range
• Two putting greens
• Practice bunkers
• Beautifully manicured green
• Average playing time 3.5-4 hours
• 13:1 member-to-hole ratio
• Private or group lessons; golf clinics

Where Tournaments Become Tourn-Events

By: Joyce Wilden

Anyone who has organized a golf tournament knows that it’s all about the details. Rookies can quickly get overwhelmed with worry over goodie bags, sponsor signage, embroidered shirts, water, check-in, awards — and more. Google “tips for a successful golf tournament,” and you’ll find the number one recommendation is to choose a golf course and facility that will suit your needs and be sure their staff is accommodating. Set up a meeting and communicate what you want to accomplish. Enter Joe Imondi and the catering staff at Indian River Colony Club. Director of Golf and Recreation, Joe manages the manicured 18-hole championship Viera course and has quadrupled its tournament play in the last year by helping organizers meet their goals. A series of meetings that include the tournament organizer and the IRCC Banquet Manager is one of the first orders of business. Together, they formulate the tournament plan to ensure its success.

IRCC’s par-72 course is nestled among natural preserves with old oak trees and plentiful Florida wildlife.

Each hole is designed for scenic beauty and shaped around water features. Conditions are superb, earning the course a reputation as one of Brevard’s finest for putting. But it isn’t the championship course that draws the most comments from tournament players, as Joe explains with a shake of his head and a laugh.

“We get a tremendous amount of compliments on Colony Hall,” says Joe, referring to the banquet facility. “It’s just been remodeled and apparently the ladies bathroom is just spectacular. Almost every female player says something about it.”

Roomy and stylish Colony Hall remains a favorite location for post-tournament awards and luncheons, where food is prepared by the private community’s executive chef. Beyond the elegant table settings, fresh linens and attentive service, a first class sound and projection system helps make the event memorable.

“The last tournament had scrolling pictures and video clips during the award ceremony,” said Imondi. That really personalized the event and helped put it over the top.”

Back in the Pro Shop, residents and tournament players mingle among the equipment and apparel racks. A member of the PGA, Joe is an experienced teacher and an expert at club fitting, using the “track man” GPS system used by the PGA and LPGA tours. Most days he interacts with the resident members of Indian River Colony Club, the country club-like 55+ neighborhood that surrounds his course.  But increasingly, he devotes a portion of his time to tournament planning.

“We helped raise $25,000 for charity during the last tournament,” said Imondi. There were 105 golfers; some had no idea they could get this caliber of play locally.” He added, “This is a private course, but we welcome the chance to help Brevard non-profits with about a dozen tournaments every year. So far, we’ve had 95% of the tournaments ‘re-book’ for the next year. That’s a number we’re proud of, because it means we’re doing our job right.”

Joe Imondi and the staff of Indian River Colony Club are ready to help with your tournament planning and logistics. For available dates or to schedule a meeting, call (321) 255-6055. Check out a hole-by-hole description of the golf course.