Dallas/Fort Worth golf enthusiasts will get a sneak preview of the upcoming PGA Tour this fall when Lantana Golf Club hosts the first stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in a recent announcement made by Stephen Phillips, general manager of the club.

“The PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament – usually referred to as Q-School – is a first-stage tournament slated at warm-weather locations throughout the nation,” says Phillips. “The Lantana tournament Oct. 26-29 is expected to bring in 70-80 top players competing for PGA Tour cards – membership and playing privileges for the upcoming PGA Tour season.”

     As of January 1, 2009, Lantana golf club is open to members only. In addition to unlimited golf and advance tee times at the 18-hole Jay and Carter Morrish-designed course, members will enjoy social events, tournaments and clinics. Members will also enjoy full access to the facilities, including the 27,000-square-foot clubhouse with private locker rooms, 2200-square-foot state-of-the-art fitness center, Lantana Grill and full service Pro Shop.

Lantana Golf Course officials feel they have filled a major void in their quest to be a private club.    Officials have made several key upgrades to the club’s golf instruction format since this past fall, starting with head pro Ed Garland bringing in PGA professional Marc Brooks as the club’s first full-time Director of Instruction.  

Jeff Weisheit, a senior at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, to play golf.  ECU is in the Lone Star Conference, Division II. 

After only five years, Lantana Golf Course will soon be a private club.

The club just recently reached 400 members and is just 100 members shy of what head pro Ed Garland said has been a goal since Lantana opened in 2002.