New bocce and pickleball courts, a tennis lounge, and a children’s rec room with climbing wall are just some of the new features being touted by the Modesto, Calif. club as part of its re-imagining. “Every club goes through generational shifts,” said General Manager Duncan Reno. “We’re reinventing to serve our future and millennials.”
San Jose CC Readies for $9M Renovation
The Jacksonville, Fla., club will embark on a three-phase project that will start with clubhouse dining options, for both a casual restaurant and its banquet facilities. Phase Two will re-grass the golf course, address drainage and redesign the fifth hole. The final phase will renovate the fitness/tennis building and add a year-round, ultra-casual dining facility…
Desert Mountain to Introduce Seventh Course
The Par-54 Design—named No. 7 at the Scottsdale, Ariz. property—will be one of only two private, par-54 rated courses in the U.S. and will feature a lighted putting green. A new family-centric clubhouse will include an indoor-outdoor gastropub, state-of-the-art sound system, and two bocce ball courts.
Crystal Lake CC, PGA National Members Club Select ClubLife Management
The Chicagoland and South Florida clubs join properties such as Columbus (Ga.) Country Club and Canebrake Country Club in Hattiesburg, Miss., under the ClubLife Management portfolio. PGA National Members Club offers five PGA championship golf courses and is the home of the PGA TOUR’s Honda Classic.
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,…
Playing with Fire
Plush seating and cozy fire pits can turn ho-hum patios into bustling hotbeds of year-round activity.
Get Out!
By incorporating outdoor living trends into patio design, clubs and resorts can offer members and guests more options and a causal environment.