Golf at the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club Courtesy of the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club
While the women enjoy the day lounging on silky sands, perusing the boutiques and luxuriating in world-class spas, the men in the group can have a weekend of good old-fashioned male bonding on the Paradise Coast.
Start the day on the links, where a small wager can set the tone for a weekend of friendly competition. Top-rated courses like Tiburón, LaPlaya and The Rookery at Marco are ideal destinations for mid- and low-handicappers, while novices and beginners should tee it up on the more forgiving fairways of Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club or executive tracks like The Links of Naples and Riviera Golf Club.
After settling bets on the 19th hole, clean up the crew and head to the Seminole Casino in Immokalee. Slow-play your pocket aces in one
Take to the water on a party boat or a fishing charter.
of the daily Texas Hold’em tournaments, or sit down at a table to join in ongoing games of Hold’em, 7-Card Stud or Omaha Hi-Lo. The Seminole Casino can even arrange a private poker tourney for your group or enter you in the twice-monthly $10,000 Hold’em tourney.
When morning comes, hit the water for a day of backcountry fishing aboard a chartered boat or rod-bending deep-sea action on a laid-back party vessel. Gulf waters yield snapper, grouper and kings year ‘round, while the backcountry waters of the Ten Thousand Islands are rich with tarpon, snook and redfish.
Toast a weekend well spent with a fine cognac and a game of nine ball at The Bar at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples. or saddle up to the bar for a pint of Guinness at the always-popular McCabe’s Irish Bar & Grill or local hangout Paddy Murphy’s Irish Pub.