Golf fans treated ‘royally’ in new $750-a-day Legends Club
Patrons pay top dollar but enjoy choice view, menus at tournament.
PALM BEACH GARDENS — Patricia Zukas spent decades as a walking scorekeeper for professional golf tournaments. But at 86, she can’t walk the course anymore, and she still wanted the best seat for the Honda Classic.
With her ticket to the new, upscale Legends Club overlooking the 18th green, she got it . Zukas kept score from her seat on a comfy white couch directly behind a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the final hole at PGA National Resort & Spa’s Champion Course.
“I said, ‘I’m going first class because I’m worth it.’ I absolutely love it,” Zukas said Sun- Early birds get the best seats at Honda Classic,
day. “They’ve just been treating me royally. I’m very, very happy.”
Inside the club, which charges $750 per person per day, fans could enjoy a spread that included lobster tail, jumbo lump crab, honey barbecue salmon with saffron rice, chicken Florentine and caprese salad with roasted veggies, said Brian Strom, tour catering manager at Spectrum Catering. Drinks are part of the package.
The club served three meals a day: breakfast from 9 a.m. to 10: 30 a.m., lunch from 11: 30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and heavy hors d’oeuvres from 3 to 6 p.m., Strom said. Guests could enjoy assorted mini-cheesecakes for dessert.
The atmosphere in the Legends Club, which has a red-carpet-lined entrance and private restrooms, is more subdued than the raucous Bear Trap, which accommodates hundreds of peo- ple at a time.
The 2,000-square-foot Legends Club can accommodate as many as 150 people at a time. There’s seating for about 80 people inside and 15 to 20 on a patio overlooking the green, Strom said.
Saturday was busy with about 70 people at one time taking advantage of the club and its views, he said. There were about two dozen fans there at lunchtime Sunday, but more people were expected as the final pairs teed off. Tournament organizers have said they could double or triple the size of the club if demand calls for it.
It’s a step above even the $400 Champions Club, where Steve Weaver and his wife spent the past few tournaments. Weaver, watching the first few golfers finish their rounds from the patio, said they took advantage of an offer to upgrade to the Legends Club.
They’re already sold for next year, he said.
“They’ve got everything, a per-