Fazio UnveilsFlorida Golf Course To Ritz-Carlton Members
Golf course architect Tom Fazio unveiled his latest Florida project last week during grand opening ceremonies at The Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club, Sarasota attended by more than 300 members and guests, course representatives and local dignitaries.
“I’m ecstatic with the results of this golf course,” Fazio says. “This has been a special project from the beginning. When you see the variation in hole elevation and the placement of numerous lakes and water features, you can see we have created a special golf course.”
Fazio was joined in the unveiling ceremony by the ownership of The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota; general manager Jim McManemon; Sarasota Florida resident and television sports personality Dick Vitale; television golf commentator Jennifer Mills; and Ezzat Coutry, senior vice president of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co.
In a special presentation to Boys and Girls Clubs chapters of Sarasota and Manatee Counties, the golf course would be donated one day per year for each of the next three years for the charity to host a fund-raising golf tournament. Additionally, a significant contribution was made by the ownership group and matched by Fazio, who is a member of the National Board of Trustees for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the USA.
The Members Golf Club is a private 18-hole facility, available only for the use of Members of The Ritz-Carlton Members Club and guests of The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota. The par-72 Florida Golf Course is located on 315 acres of tropical landscape. The golf club has been strategically sculpted by moving 1.9 million cubic yards of earth to create elevation, relief, contouring and framing for each hole in a manner that rolls among the 12 lakes and extensive landscape.
There are six sets of tees designed to provide maximum playability with yardage ranging from 7,417 to 5,175.
“This will be a high-end, dramatic, distinctive golf club that will be the type of course that all levels of players will enjoy,” Fazio says. “It has that ‘want-to-come back’ feeling … when you can’t wait to play it again.”
Amenities include a caddie concierge program and a two-level practice range, with two chipping greens and two putting greens. The clubhouse is scheduled to open in 2007.
“I’m ecstatic with the results of this golf course,” Fazio says. “This has been a special project from the beginning. When you see the variation in hole elevation and the placement of numerous lakes and water features, you can see we have created a special golf course.”
Fazio was joined in the unveiling ceremony by the ownership of The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota; general manager Jim McManemon; Sarasota Florida resident and television sports personality Dick Vitale; television golf commentator Jennifer Mills; and Ezzat Coutry, senior vice president of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co.
In a special presentation to Boys and Girls Clubs chapters of Sarasota and Manatee Counties, the golf course would be donated one day per year for each of the next three years for the charity to host a fund-raising golf tournament. Additionally, a significant contribution was made by the ownership group and matched by Fazio, who is a member of the National Board of Trustees for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the USA.
The Members Golf Club is a private 18-hole facility, available only for the use of Members of The Ritz-Carlton Members Club and guests of The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota. The par-72 Florida Golf Course is located on 315 acres of tropical landscape. The golf club has been strategically sculpted by moving 1.9 million cubic yards of earth to create elevation, relief, contouring and framing for each hole in a manner that rolls among the 12 lakes and extensive landscape.
There are six sets of tees designed to provide maximum playability with yardage ranging from 7,417 to 5,175.
“This will be a high-end, dramatic, distinctive golf club that will be the type of course that all levels of players will enjoy,” Fazio says. “It has that ‘want-to-come back’ feeling … when you can’t wait to play it again.”
Amenities include a caddie concierge program and a two-level practice range, with two chipping greens and two putting greens. The clubhouse is scheduled to open in 2007.
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