History

Designed for Excellence

Making its debut in 2006 as Golf Digest’s “Best New Private Course,” the championship golf course at The Concession is consistently ranked by Golf Digest as a top ten Florida course.

The course has evolved over the years, but the setting remains unchanged in its natural splendor. The Concession has been the setting for prestigious golf tournaments like the 2023 World Champions Cup, the 2021 PGA Workday World Golf Championships, the 2015 Men’s and Women’s NCAA Division I championships and the biennial Concession Cup, set to return to The Concession in 2028.

Jack Tony Ryder Cup

Memorializing a Moment

The seed of what would become The Concession Golf Club was planted in 1969, with Jack Nicklaus’ famous gesture of conceding the final putt in the Ryder Cup to Tony Jacklin, clinching the first tie in the competition’s history. 

Decades later, the two golf legends paired up to design and create The Concession Golf Club in the Lakewood Ranch section of Manatee County. From the beginning in 2006, The Concession was designed to be different — a championship, privately-owned golf facility with no houses lining the course. The goal was to create a course where tournament conditions were the norm and the natural setting is the star.