SARASOTA, Fla. (June 7, 2013) - The Founders Club has announced Chris Adams as the new head golf professional. With more than 14 years of industry experience, Adams now manages the member-owned Founders Golf Club, which offers 18 holes of championship golf by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and a traditional caddie program.

A graduate of the University of Maine at Farmington with a Bachelor of Science in community health education, Adams also completed three PGA of America professional golf management program levels.

Most recently, Adams was the head golf professional at the Streamsong Resort in Bowling Green, Fla., and previously was the head golf professional at both the Sunrise Country Club and the Stone Eagle Golf Club in Palm Desert, Calif. Adams replaces Jim Owen who is retiring, but will remain as director of golf emeritus and a club member.

London Bay Homes owns a majority of homesites and controls development of real estate sales and marketing for The Founders Club.

London Bay Homes, named America's Best Builder by Builder magazine in 2008, offers single-family homes, golf cottages and one-of-a-kind estate homes at The Founders Club. Reserve Collection homes, available on fairway homesites, range from 2,800 to more than 5,000 square feet of living space. Home and homesite packages are priced from the $700,000s. Cottage home and homesite packages are priced from the $600,000s and offer 2,119 to more than 4,000 square feet of living space, including landscaping maintenance for a lock-and-leave lifestyle. Estate home and homesites packages are priced from $1 million, and offer a wide range of customization and designer options. Several homes are available for immediate occupancy.

A traditional private golf and social club community, The Founders Club is located within 700 acres featuring intimate neighborhoods with homes nestled along lakes, fairways and nature preserves. The community's amenities are designed to foster camaraderie among residents and a connection with nature. Miles of winding boardwalks meander throughout the community, which is punctuated by palm trees, pines and moss-covered oaks.

In recent years, The Founders Club has grown to 240 members and seen a surge in new home construction with 13 homes under contract for construction. The Founders Club has also arranged for a $2 million line of credit to meet its financial needs for the foreseeable future.

At The Founders Golf Club, golfers are allowed to walk the course, and membership is limited to just 275 to ensure members enjoy year-round golf with no tee time required.

Training facilities include two putting greens, a short game area and state-of-the-art TrackMan radar technology offered through Florida Golf Performance Center.

The 24,000-square-foot Golf Hall, overlooking an oak hammock and the 18th hole, offers a main dining room, bar and grille, outdoor verandah and private dining room for casual and fine dining. The facility also has a professionally staffed and fully stocked golf pro shop, state-of-the-art fitness center and men's and women's locker rooms and lounges.

The club offers a vibrant, active social calendar and recently introduced an in-season reciprocal partnership with Sarasota Yacht Club.

Additional facilities at The Founders Club include two Har-Tru tennis courts, basketball and sand volleyball courts, and a picnic pavilion. Fitness and wellness classes, educational and instructional programs and social gatherings are coordinated by a professional staff.

The Founders Club Sales Center is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at 3001 Founders Club Drive, three miles east of I-75 on Fruitville Road, exit 210. Furnished model homes are open daily. The community is just minutes from Sarasota's famed Gulf of Mexico beaches as well as the shops, acclaimed local restaurants and arts and cultural venues of downtown Sarasota.

For more information about The Founders Club, call 866-711-3132 or visit www.ExperienceFounders.com.

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