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Lakewood
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Lakewood Ranch
A city onto itself, Lakewood Ranch is an award-winning,
master-planned community laid out in five distinct villages offering
single-family homes, condominiums and townhomes. Lakewood Ranch has
two golf courses designed by Arnold Palmer: The Legacy, an 18-hole
daily-fee course, and a 36-hole, members-only private course. The
Legacy has received a 4 ½-star rating from Golf Digest magazine.
The Club’s 42,000-square-foot Italian villa-style clubhouse offers
rooms for casual and fine dining and a large ballroom. Amenities
include 16 Har-Tru and two red-clay lighted courts, 100 miles of
trails and sidewalks, 400 acres of lakes, a restored 41-acre wetland
preserve, a protected 2,000-acre conservation easement and numerous
parks.
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Bent Tree
Offering water views, wide landscaped streets, well-stocked lakes
and a variety of architectural styles, the Bent Tree master-planned
community features an 18-hole private golf course. Spacious fairways
are lined by towering oaks draped in Spanish moss in this
established community. Bent Tree hosted the LPGA Classic in which
golf legend Nancy Lopez claimed her first LPGA tournament win and
her 35th career victory to establish her in the LPGA Hall of Fame.
Amenities include three all-weather tennis courts, a four-lane
swimming pool, a children’s wading pool and clubhouse.
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Calusa Lakes
A gated, upscale community with an 18-hole Ted McAnlis‑designed
championship golf course, Calusa Lakes is set within 460 acres of
wooded terrain with 28 lakes and large greens. Amenities at this
semi-private club include a clubhouse, an aqua driving range, tennis
courts and a fully stocked pro shop.
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The Concession Golf Club & Residences
Pristine woodlands and waterways provide the backdrop for the
private club and gated community, the Gulf Coast’s only Jack
Nicklaus Signature Golf Course designed in association with Tony
Jacklin. The Lindrick neighborhood features 1 to 1½-acre homesites
overlooking oaks preserves and lakes, priced from the $1 millions.
The Nicklaus Manor neighborhood is an enclave of 33 homes, each set
on a half-acre site. Purchase of the residence includes a Signature
Membership to the club. Home packages are priced from the mid $2
millions. Amenities include a 23-acre practice facility with
10,000-square-foot putting green, traditional caddie program, sports
clubhouse, pool, tennis courts, fitness center and croquet courts.
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The Founders Club
This private traditional community offers 262 homes, 200 with direct
golf course vistas of fairways, wetlands and natural preserves.
Home sites start from the $400,000s.
Opened in February 2005, the 18-hole championship golf course
designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. is set against a backdrop of
centuries-old oaks, pines and palms and offers three par 5's and
three par 3's on each nine. Amenities include a driving range,
putting green, chipping green, pro shop, lessons, clubhouse with a
main dining room and private dining rooms, fitness facility, and
massage therapy treatment room. A recreational facility highlights
basketball, sand volleyball, a picnic gazebo and grills, and two Har-Tru tennis courts.
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Gator Creek
Gator Creek is a quintessential country gentlemen’s community of 66
upscale homes. Fourteen miles east of downtown Sarasota, this quiet
community features abundant wildlife, including bald eagles,
bobcats, foxes, hawks, deer and, of course, alligators. A bridle
trail rims the community. Homes tend to be snapped up as soon as
they hit the market. This exclusive men’s club features an 18-hole
course built in 1972 and designed by Joe Lee. Features include
generous landing areas in the fairways and well-maintained greens
that are large, undulating and fast. The course's signature hole is
the scenic #15 hole, a 380-yard, par 4 which features water flowing
down the right side of the fairway. Guests must be accompanied by a
member.
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Laurel Oak Country Club
Laurel Oak features more than 400 homes on 800-plus acres surrounded
by two 18-hole, par-72, championship golf courses designed by Gary
Player: The West course, the first Gary Player Signature Course
built on Florida's west coast in 1990, and the longer East course,
opened in 1994. Another 18 holes by Rees Jones are scheduled to be
completed in December 2005. The club also features 12 clay tennis
courts using the “Hydro” irrigation system, with six courts lighted
for night play. Other amenities include a swimming pool, complete
golf instruction programs, two driving ranges, putting green and
clubhouse with dining and banquet facilities.
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The Oaks
The Oaks offers three distinct low-density communities with
golf-course homes, waterfront estates and condominiums. Its private
equity country club features two popular courses bordered by Little
Sarasota Bay: The Eagle, a Ted McAnlis design that runs fairly
straight and narrow along the perimeter of the 1,000-acre property,
and the more intensely challenging interior Heron Course designed by
William Byrd. Amenities include The Oaks’ 30,000-square-foot
Georgian clubhouse, 14 Har-Tru tennis courts, a Junior Olympic-sized
swimming pool and dining facilities.
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Palm-Aire Country Club
Palm-Aire comprises 1,300 acres with condominiums, estate-sized
homes and wooded villas. It features two 18-hole, par-72
championship golf courses: the original, the Champions, designed by
Dick Wilson to challenge the such legends as Gary Player, Sam Snead
and Ken Venturi; and the Joe Lee‑designed course, The Lakes, ranked
as one of the best courses in Florida by Florida Golfweek magazine.
Both courses have tee box locations at each hole to accommodate
players of every skill level. Amenities include 14 lighted Har-Tru
tennis courts, an Olympic-sized pool, a clubhouse, and a beautiful
Spanish-style clubhouse overlooking the lake at the Champions’ 18th
green which features a formal dining room, casual grille, lanai and
lounge.
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Palmer Ranch
Palmer Ranch is a master-planned community consisting of 1,000
acres. A wide variety of residential options ranges from
maintenance-free villas and condominiums to single-family homes and
sprawling estates. Palmer Ranch is home to the Tournament Players
Club (TPC) at Prestancia, which took over the Country Club of
Sarasota in 1984. Added to the Country Club’s existing 18-hole
course was a second 18-hole, par-72 championship course designed by
Mike Souchak and Ron Garl.
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The Meadows
The Meadows features single-family homes, condominiums, villas and
the Meadows Country Club, offering 54 holes of championship golf on
three distinctive 18-hole courses: The Groves, a par-65 Arthur
Hills Walking course, The Meadows, a par-72 course remodeled by Ron
Garl, and the par-72 Highlands. Amenities include 16 Har-Tru
lighted tennis courts, three restaurants, swimming, racquetball,
cycling and jogging trails, and stocked lakes.
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Tournament Players Club (TPC) at Prestancia
Part of the Palmer Ranch master-planned community, the TPC at
Prestancia was created when the PGA Tour took over the Country Club
of Sarasota in 1984. Added to the Country Club’s existing 18-hole
course was a second 18-hole, par-72 championship course designed by
Mike Souchak and Ron Garl. Beautifully landscaped communities offer
golf, nature and lake views. Amenities include a clubhouse, dining,
banquet room, swimming, tennis, golf practice facility, men’s and
women’s locker rooms and golf shop.
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Rosedale Golf & Country Club
Located just east of I-75 on State Road 70 in Manatee County,
Rosedale is a 440-acre master-planned community known for its
signature boulevard of 80-foot pines and ancient oaks. It offers
maintenance-free patio homes and single-family homes overlooking
lakes, fairways or nature preserves. The community features an
18-hole championship golf course designed by Ted McAnlis and a
tennis facility with five lighted Har-Tru tennis courts. Amenities
include a Junior Olympic-sized pool, a golf practice facility,
private and group golf and tennis lessons, and a clubhouse with
dining, fitness center, men’s and women’s locker facilities, golf
and tennis pro shops and golf cart facilities.
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University Park Golf & Country Club
A gated, master-planned community, University Park offers
maintenance-free single-family homes, patio homes and
custom-designed estates, many overlooking lakes, preserve areas or
the golf course. The 27-hole golf course designed by Ron Garl has
received 4 stars from Golf Digest magazine and has been called one
of America's best by Golf Week and Florida Golf News. It is one of
the best fairways for women according to Golf For Women magazine.
University Park’s tennis and fitness center includes 11 lighted
Har-Tru courts and tennis pro shop. Other amenities include
croquet, golf pro shop, golf instruction and a large golf practice
area.
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