2004 2005 2007 2004 Arnold Palmer and Nancy Lopez play the inaugural round of golf at Palmer Legends Country Club. 2004 The Villages Golf Academy and Custom Club Shop open at Palmer Legends Country Club. Villagers and PGA pros compete in The Villages Shoot Your Age Championship. Pros Arnold Palmer and Gary Player are in attendance, along with more than 8,000 spectators, and the event was aired on television on CBS. 87-year-old Leonard Luken wins the tournament with an 81, taking home a Waterford Crystal bowl, a plasma TV and two airline tickets. 2006 The first Golfest takes place at The Villages Polo Club. The inaugural date of the incredibly popular event features PGA professional Susan Whaley, the first woman to quality for the PGA Tour in 58 years. The Villages Golf Festival remains a big attraction for golf in The Villages, often drawing thousands of golfers to The Villages Polo Club every year. 2007 With spectators and Golf Channel cameras watching, long-drive specialist and trick-shot guru Dan Boever tees off from the Lighthouse Point Bar & Grill parking lot and launches a golf ball 349 yards across Lake Sumter. 2007 LPGA winner Annika Sorenstam's instructional clinic at The Villages Polo Club is standing-room-only. 2010 Villagers and PGA pros compete in The Villages Shoot Your Age Championship in 2006. 2007 2007 2009 2009 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2013 2015 SANDHILL TURTLE MOUND BONITA PASS REDFISH RUN YANKEE CLIPPER TARPON BOIL SOUTHERN STAR PALMETTO SWEETGUM MANGROVE VOLUSIA 34 FEBRUARY 2021