The Founders Club is extending a special summertime invitation for golfers eager to experience its coveted championship golf course, as well as the camaraderie of Sarasota’s premier private golf and country club.
Summer trial memberships provide full use of the club’s facilities, social and golf programs, dining and additional privileges now through Oct. 31. Revered for its commitment to the origins of the game and its 18-hole Robert Trent Jones Jr.-designed golf course, The Founders Club lets players experience golf as it was meant.
“The Founders Club offers one of the area’s finest caddie programs, so golfers are encouraged to walk the course,” said Chris Adams, director of golf at The Founders Club. “We also have an outstanding practice facility using Titleist ProV1 balls, two large putting greens, a short game area and teaching facility equipped with a Flight Scope system. PGA teaching professionals are available for lessons and to help players hone their game,” Adams added.
The program includes dining in the Golf Hall, featuring fine and casual cuisine prepared by an award-winning chef and culinary team, and lunch served six days a week and dinner three nights each week. The newly renovated 24,000-square-foot clubhouse offers a main dining room, private dining room, bar and grille and a covered outdoor verandah overlooking an oak hammock and the 18th hole.
Trial members also have access to the Golf Hall’s fitness center, featuring the latest strength and cardio equipment and complimentary exercise, yoga and Pilates classes and junior golf clinics. Locker rooms offer treatment rooms for on-call massages. Summertime members also have use of the club’s handicap system registration, golf bag storage, men’s and women’s locker rooms and reduced golf cart fees.
The family trial memberships are $1,000, and include spouses and children under 23. Trial members can apply the entry fee to an upgrade on a limited number of equity or non-equity memberships by Oct. 31.
The 700-acre Founders Club is a traditional golf club and residential community offering large homesites overlooking nature preserves, lakes and golf course fairways. The community features 100 protected live oaks and a natural habitat that attracts a variety of birds and wildlife.
The club’s course is designed with tee placements to provide a challenge and enjoyable experience for players of all skill levels.
Membership is limited to 275 to ensure members enjoy year-round golf with no tee time required.
Amenities at The Founders Club are designed to foster camaraderie among residents and a connection with nature. Winding boardwalks and paved walkways meander throughout the community, which is planned for just 262 homes.
The Founders Club also features Har-Tru tennis courts, basketball and sand volleyball courts, as well as a picnic pavilion. Fitness and wellness classes, educational and instructional programs, and social gatherings are coordinated by a professional staff. It was recognized last season by the Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association as the Best Overall Community with Best Amenities.
The Founders Club is just minutes from Sarasota’s famed Gulf of Mexico beaches, the University Town Center mall, and the acclaimed local restaurants, boutiques and arts and cultural venues of downtown Sarasota.
For more information about summer trial memberships, call 941-371-9720, visit www.thefoundersgolfclub.com/club-membership or stop by The Golf Hall at 3800 Golf Hall Drive.
London Bay Homes, a leader in the Southwest Florida luxury home market for 25 years, offers a selection of more than 18 single-family detached villa homes, Reserve Collection homes and one-of-a-kind estates ranging from 2,500 to more than 6,000 square feet of living space at The Founders Club. Home and homesite packages are priced from the $900,000s to more than $5 million.
Visitors can stop by The Founders Club Sales Center 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.
For more information about The Founders Club, call 941-378-0900 or visit www.TheFoundersClub.com.
