GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The University of Florida golf team has their sights set on a potential location for a new golf course.

But some residents are concerned about the new green’s proximity to their homes.

Alachua County’s Growth Management Director Jeffrey Hays says the entrance would be off 122nd Street, next to the Haile Plantation neighborhood.

The course would be built on 580-acres of what the county calls a “strategic ecosystem,” but Hays says the area has been reviewed and approved for development.

Hays said, “This property actually went through a really substantive process back in 2022 and 2023 in what we call a special area study.”

He says the university would have to follow the county’s guidelines for established conservation areas, and permits would have to be approve

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