US 1 Golf Center

US 1 Golf Center sits directly on the highway it is named for, a stretch of US-1 south of downtown Rockledge that mixes older commercial buildings with the kind of open-air recreational facilities that need real acreage rather than a storefront. The driving range was founded in July 1988 by Mike Warobick, a PGA professional, and has remained a family operation ever since, making it one of the longest-running independent recreation businesses in Rockledge by a fairly wide margin.

The facility itself is built for practice rather than a full round. It offers eighteen lighted mat tee stations, allowing golfers to hit balls into the evening after work rather than only during daylight hours, alongside a seventy-five-yard-wide grass tee area for players who prefer hitting off real turf. Targets on the range extend out to 240 yards, giving golfers room to work through a full bag from wedges out to a long iron or driver rather than being boxed into a short-iron-only setup.

Instruction runs through the Mike Warobick Golf Academy, based at the same location, giving the range a teaching component beyond simple ball-beating. That combination, a practice facility paired directly with PGA-level instruction from the same founder who built the range more than three decades ago, is relatively unusual for a facility of this size and gives US 1 Golf Center a level of continuity that a lot of small recreation businesses in fast-growing Brevard County simply do not have.

The range has also run a junior golf program on Saturdays, part of a broader effort to introduce younger Rockledge residents to the game outside of the more expensive private club environment found at courses like Rockledge Country Club a few miles away. That accessibility, a practice facility without membership requirements, sitting right on US-1 where it is easy to reach from anywhere in the city, fits the driving range’s role as an entry point into golf for the surrounding community rather than a destination reserved for members only.

For Rockledge residents who want to work on their swing without committing to a full round or a club membership, US 1 Golf Center offers a straightforward, family-run practice facility with a history stretching back to the late 1980s, well before much of the newer development along Murrell Rd and toward Viera had taken shape. Its location on US-1 also makes it a natural stop for visitors staying along the Space Coast’s hotel corridor toward Cocoa Beach who want to keep their swing sharp without booking a full tee time at one of the area’s private clubs.