The Egg Harbor Township, N.J. property will become the sixth in the Dormie portfolio when the sale is completed as expected in mid-January. Hidden Creek features a Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw-designed, heathland-style golf course that opened in 2002 and hosted the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship in 2015.
Roger Hansen, Chairman of Ole Hansen and Sons and owner of Hidden Creek Golf Club in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., has announced the sale of the golf club to the Dormie Network. The sale is expected to be completed in mid-January.
The club’s Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw-designed, heathland-style golf course opened in 2002 and was recently named among “America’s 100 Best Modern Courses” by Golfweek Magazine for the 18th consecutive year. The Hidden Creek course was home to the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship in 2015.
The Dormie Network provides full-service hospitality at facilities featuring golf courses designed by the likes of Arnold Palmer, Tom Fazio, Coore & Crenshaw and Lester George. The network, founded in 2016, currently includes five clubs, each ranked among the best in its respective state. Those clubs include the network’s namesake, the Dormie Club, another Coore-Crenshaw design in Pinehurst, N.C. (https://clubandresortbusiness.com/dormie-club-joins-dormie-network-purchase-hainoa-llc/).
Other properties in the Dormie Network portfolio include Victoria National in Indiana (https://clubandresortbusiness.com/victoria-national-gc-sold-dormie-network/); Ballyhack Golf Club in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains; ArborLinks, an Arnold Palmer Signature design in Nebraska; and Briggs Ranch Golf Club in Texas.
Dormie Network membership extends full member privileges and complete access to every club in the network — an arrangement that will include Hidden Creek once the sale of the club is finalized.
“My wife Edwina and I felt that now is the best time to pass the ownership along to someone else, but only to a new owner who shares the same vision for the club that we have,” said Hansen in explaining the decision to sell Hidden Creek to Dormie.
“While it was a difficult decision, we feel confident that we are doing the right thing for the club and leaving it in the hands of an ownership group that has a passion for the game of golf and will continue to build on the tradition of quality, service and camaraderie we have established at Hidden Creek,” Hansen added.
“We have long admired Hidden Creek Golf Club and are very excited about the pending purchase of the club,” said Dormie Network President Zach Peed. “Hidden Creek is a world-class golf club in every way. Our vision is to bring Hidden Creek into the nation’s premier network of private destination golf clubs, further enhancing the member experience for all.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to be welcoming Hidden Creek and its members and staff to the Dormie Network family in January,” Peed added. “It’s an absolutely exceptional club and a perfect fit.”