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Bear Lakes CC Reopens Nicklaus-Renovated Lakes Course

By Joe Barks | November 23, 2021

(Jack and Barbara Nicklaus with Chris Hull, Bear Lakes COO/GM)

The 18-hole course at the West Palm Beach, Fla. was originally designed and has now been renovated by Jack Nicklaus, who was present with his wife Barbara for a ribbon-cutting to mark its official reopening. “I’m blessed with five kids and 17 grandkids, and one great-grandkid,” Nicklaus said during the ceremony. “But I’m also blessed with about 315 golf courses that are my children, too. So I like to stay with my children. I like to grow with them. I like to see them evolve, and when they need help, help them a little bit. That’s what we did here at Bear Lakes.”

Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus and his wife Barbara cut the ribbon at Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. on November 19th to officially reopen the club’s Lakes Course, WPEC CBS 12 of West Palm Beach reported.

The 18-hole golf course, designed by Nicklaus, has been renovated and is ready for play. The club also has an 18-hole, Nicklaus-designed Links Course.

“I’m blessed with five kids and 17 grandkids, and one great-grandkid,”  Nicklaus said with a smile during the ceremony, WPEC reported. “But I’m also blessed with about 315 golf courses that are my children, too.

“So I like to stay with my children. I like to grow with them,” he added. “I like to see them evolve, and when they need help, help them a little bit. That’s what we did here at Bear Lakes.”

As part of the ceremony, Bear Lakes CC also presented a donation to Jack and Barbara Nicklaus in support of the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation, which helps to provide world-class pediatric care to children locally and globally, WPEC reported.

WPEC’s full video report on the reopening ceremony can be viewed at https://cbs12.com/sports/content/jack-nicklaus-officially-opens-renovated-lakes-course-at-bear-lakes-country-club

About The Author

Joe Barks

Joe Barks contributes to Club & Resort Business magazine working out of Wayne, Pa. (suburban Philadelphia). He has been covering the club and resort industry since the launch of C&RB in April 2005 and during that time has written cover-story profiles of over 150 club and resort properties, as well as many additional articles about specific aspects of club management and profiles of leading club managers. Barks has been a writer and editor for specialized business publications for over 40 years, covering a wide variety of industries and professional disciplines over the course of his career. He is a four-time winner of Jesse H. Neal Awards from the American Business Press, known as the “Pulitzer Prizes” for industry trade publications. He has also been a freelance contributor to many leading national consumer and business publications, and served as Marketing Manager for the Hay Group, a leading worldwide management consulting firm. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

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