February 2023 Ohio Golf Journal

completion, the complex will include two 18hole courses, plus an 11-hole par-3 course and a 10-hole regulation-length course. Cabot Citrus Farms will also feature retail, restaurants, fitness and spa amenities, communal gathering spots, and a farmer’s market. Kyle Franz is the architect of record on both 18-hole redesigns (Pine Barrens and RollingOaks) andMikeNuzzo is co-designing Rolling Oaks with Franz and also overseeing the build of the other two shorter courses. The target date for the debut of Cabot Citrus Farms is late 2023. 3. Cabot Saint Lucia Point Hardy Golf Club, Saint Lucia, Caribbean Mention the word “Cabot” and you immediately think stunningly beautiful and wonderfully designed golf courses. After all, these are the same people who brought us Cape Breton in Nova Scotia (Cabot Links and Cabot Cliffs). I can’t wait for their newest masterpiece, the Point Hardy Golf Club in Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, a jaw dropper situated on a 375-acre peninsula on the island of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean. The highlyrespected team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw had 1.5 miles of coastline to work with and they took full advantage of their good fortune. Perched above the Atlantic Ocean, the course weaves through verdant terrain, over rocky outcrops and along tropical bays and sandy beaches. “.. it is going to be one of the most visually dramatic courses in all of the world,” said Bill Coore in a recent interview with Golf Monthly. Point Hardy is slated to debut in the next few months (2023). 4. Landmand Golf Club, Homer Nebraska Who would’ve thunk Nebraska would be some kind golf mecca on the plains? Landmand, which Ohio Golf Journal

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