Westin Out
Golf Trust of America, Inc., which owns the Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club just north if Tampa, has mutually agreed with Westin Hotel Management to terminate the latter’s management contract at the resort effective Oct. 31. GTA has owned the 900-acre property and its four golf courses (managed by Troon Golf) since July 2004 and has tried unsuccessfully to sell the resort.
GTA President W. Bradley Blair, II, said the company will continue to operate Innisbrook “in accordance with our plan of liquidation.’’
Innisbrook’s Copperhead course has long been regarded as one of Florida’s top courses. The Copperhead will host the Chrysler Championship Oct. 23-29 and will part of the PGA Tour’s “Florida Swing” with a new Tour event next March.