golf
Golf in Venice offers players one membership that includes three clubs and five different courses, all in Sarasota County, Florida. Players will love having access to Waterford Golf Club, Capri Isles Golf Club and Calusa Lakes Golf Club — the finest golf courses in Venice and Nokomis.
Sarasota/Venice Golf course community update Venice Golf & Country Club has confirmed that they will invest some $2.5 million in course improvements this summer. The projected re-opening of the course is set for late October. The upgrades include a new irrigation system which should drop the course’s water consumption by some 30 to 40 percent….
Prominent Canadian developer Mattamy Homes plans to revive Forest Lakes Golf Course. Wonderful news for those exiting homeowners who border the long blighted and closed 18 hole design that fell victim to the Great Recession. Mattamy plans to build 200 villas and townhomes on a 24 acre parcel on the east side of Beneva Road….
As my blog readers know I am an avid golfer who specializes in golf course communities. On occasion, I’m asked about “the golf course community of Sawgrass” in the heart of Venice. Actually, it’s not really a golf course community at all. But because it is surrounded by 2 golf courses, it’s easy to understand the…
I attended a realtor function last Thursday, at The Oaks…my former club. They have now closed the Heron Course and are underway with an ambitious 15 month renovation. The club chose Jason Strada of Fry/Strada Global Golf Design to assist in the design and development of the course renovation. Everything will be addressed from drainage,…
Tara is a private bundled golf community. Amenities at Tara include golf (It was re-designed by Ron Garl in the summer of 2009), driving range, putting green, tennis, exercise facility with state of the art equipment, pool, sauna and clubhouse with fine dining & grill room.
Heritage Oaks is a gated, private golfing community with a championship 18 hole course, driving range, full service pro shop as well as a staffed fitness center.
An inexpensive way to enter a golf course community is the “bundled” route. Meaning property ownership includes golf club membership. There may be a modest one time capital contribution, but certainly nothing close to an upfront membership fee or an equity payment. In Sarasota County, Heritage Oaks ( off the Bee Ridge extension ) and…
Finally got to play this new course in Lakewood Ranch. The Esplanade Golf & Country Club is currently open for public play at a very affordable $50 before 3pm and $35 after that…including cart. This is the only new course that has been built in the Sarasota area in the last 7 years. And it…
Try Stoneybrook. Designed by Arthur Hill, this 18 hole championship course winds through the enclosed gates of the community situated at McIntosh and 41. Literally minutes to Siesta Key beach. Not an equity club, but all 940 home owners automatically become members. A one time $2000 fee for all new property owners followed by a…
