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Black Diamond Ranch

Lecanto, Florida

Find something altogether unexpected. Upon entering the gates of Black Diamond, you are transported into an oasis � an escape from the doldrums of the ordinary. Discover what it means to live and play in a different kind of Florida.

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Golfweek

Top 100 You Can Play

Golf Magazine

Best Courses in Florida

Golf Digest

100 Greatest

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The Black Diamond Experience

Not your typical Florida golf community

The Quarry Golf Course is the private course in central Florida

Quarry Course holes 13-17 "The 5 Best Consecutive Holes of Golf in the World."

Legendary sportswriter Dan Jenkins ranks The Quarry Course among his Top 5 in the World.

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A Different Kind of Florida Golf

Across 45 holes of dramatic Tom Fazio-designed golf, every round is an odyssey of unique challenges and compelling competition.

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Create memorable family golf moments at Black Diamond Ranch

Take part in Florida's premier club lifestyle Membership

An exciting social calendar, active clubs and groups, and 45-holes of world-class golf - the Membership lifestyle leaves nothing to be desired.

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Legendary Tom Fazio designed all of the Black Diamond Ranch private golf courses

45-Holes of Championship Tom Fazio Design

When Tom Fazio was asked to "build the best golf courses in the world" in 1984, he took it literally. Fazio crafted two 18-hole courses , the Quarry and Ranch, and one 9-hole course, the Highlands, out of some of Florida's most dramatic landscape.

Quarry Course

Ranch Course

Highlands Course

The significant moments in Our History

Black Diamond Ranch is the best private country club in Ocala

Early 1930's Early Settlement

The ranch was first settled by John Newell, an Ohio landowner.

Black Diamond Ranch is the best private golf club in central Florida

1940's Citrus Purchase

The property was purchased by John Taylor, Jr., a citrus packing magnate from Largo, Florida.

Black Diamond Ranch is the best private golf club near Tampa

Early 1980's Beauty Discovered

Stan Olsen discovered the natural beauty of Citrus County on central Florida's Gulf Coast.

1984 Bought the Property

Stan Olsen selected Tom Fazio, the world's pre-eminent golf course architect, to design and build two world-class, 18-hole courses that would compliment and enhance the natural beauty of the Black Diamond landscape.

1987 Club Founded 1987

The development of Black Diamond began and the community's gates were first opened in December 1987.