Designed by the golf architecture firm of Hills-Forrest-Smith, the 2.5-acre area at the Bonita Springs, Fla., property will provide pitching, chipping and bunker practice from various distances and approaches. The club also recently approved a $6.6 million renovation of its Bay Island course.
Bonita Bay Club Plans $6.6M Bay Island Course Renovation
The Bonita Springs, Fla., club plans to restore all greens, bunkers and fairways close to their original Arthur Hills plan, while injecting some newer approaches into the design.
Bonita Bay Club Named America’s Greenest Club
Green initiatives, programs and activities including eco-friendly practices such as increasing conservation and recycling efforts, and reducing energy and water consumption, helped the Bonita Springs, Fla. property earn the distinction bestowed by Prevo Health Solutions. The Bonita Bay Club is the first private club in the country to earn the distinction of being named one…
Southwest Florida Clubs’ “Big Bucks Spending” is Highlighted
In 2017 alone, $1 billion was spent in capital renovations to Florida clubs, and the pace shows no sign of subsiding, as properties focus on restaurant, fitness, tennis, pool, spa and entertainment projects to complement their golf offers. Where 80 percent of homebuyers in Florida developments signed up to be golf members in the 1990s,…
Bonita Bay Club Offers Nonresident Full Golf Memberships
The Bonita Springs, Fla. property in now accepting applications for the category, which is being made available in a limited number for the first time in many years. Membership rates are scheduled to increase in January. Bonita Bay Club in Bonita Springs, Fla. announced that it recently opened a limited number of full golf memberships for…
Kick-Starting a Career
Richard Brumm, CEC, Director of Culinary Operations at the Bonita Bay Club in Bonita Springs, Fla., knows the value of hands-on instruction. After all, he got his first job when he was 14 years old as a dishwasher at a bakery, and later worked under a master chef. Now Chef Brumm is paying his experiences…
Bonita Bay Club to Host USTA Women’s Tennis Tournament
The $100,000 competition will be held at the Bonita Springs, Fla. property next May, with an estimated 1,000 spectators expected to attend each day of the week-long event. The club’s tournament committee is coordinating event sponsorships and planning a full schedule of activities, including a gala and silent auction and a golf tournament to support…
Bonita Bay Club Holds Third “Culinary Boot Camp”
In conjunction with a local high school, the Naples, Fla. property hosts students for intensive sessions that introduces them to practical kitchen-management skills as well as food-preparation instruction and techniques. The camp culminates with the students helping the club’s staff prepare Bonita Bay’s traditional Friday-night buffet. Participants in previous camps now hold full-time culinary positions…
Bonita Bay Club Opens New Tennis and Aquatic Center
The facility’s renovated pool includes four lap lanes, a beach entry, a spa and The Breezeway Bar and Café. In addition to use by current members, the club expects the new amenity to appeal to future residents of a 26-floor, 120-unit high-rise tower that is being built near the property.
Bonita Bay Club Activates Membership Waiting List
The Bonita Springs, Fla., club has reached its membership limit in the wake of a series of initiatives to upgrade facilities, with 135 new members joining in the past year.
Bonita Bay Club Reaches $1M Goal to Fund Pediatric Pharmacy
The Bonita Springs, Fla., club’s members reached their goal on March 1 after seven years of competitions, annual tennis clinics, pro-am matches, and galas. The proceeds will fund a pediatric pharmacy at the Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
Bonita Bay Club Completes $11.5M Renovation
Highlights of the project include conversion of the former golf shop into a new 4,700-sq. ft., open-air bar and casual grill called the 55th Hole, and a second-level outdoor seating area with a 14-foot log fire pit that now ranks as Florida’s largest. A new golf shop is now part of a 30,000-sq. ft. Golf Super Center that includes a coffee bar.
Playing with Fire
Plush seating and cozy fire pits can turn ho-hum patios into bustling hotbeds of year-round activity.
Bonita Bay Club Launches Major Renovation
As part of the latest phase of a multi-year, $11.5 million project, the member-owned, Bonita Springs, Fla., club will see major modifications to the west clubhouse, construction of a new golf shop and cart-storage building, renovation of the irrigation system, and replacement of cart paths. Work is scheduled to be complete by late fall 2013.
Digital Discussions
Darcy Bodiker, Catering Manager at Bonita Bay Club in Bonita Springs, Fla., posed this question to the group: Most of our members are retired and over the age of 60. I’m trying to come up with some great events/entertainment for next season and wanted to know: What were your most favorable events recently? “We ran…