Playa Grande to Become a Private (prestiged members-only) Golf Club/Course

[aegap]

But enjoy it, while you still can! ...,


In 2008, Playa Grande will become a private golf course for resident members.
In the meantime, it is open to the public. You can reserve a tee-time by contacting:

Lliliany Gómez

Reservations Coordinator

Playa Grande Golf Course

lgomez@playagrande.com


Tel. 809-582-0860 ext. 32

Fax. 809-582-9884
New York Office
Tel. 917-338-6148

By 2008

[Hillbilly]

I think that is a very stupid move on the part of the supposedly new buyers.
They need play and fame. Local residents will not give it either. They need to host PGA sectionals vacationing in the Caribbean, they need to pay the piper at Golf Magazine and Golf Digest, get world rankings and make some money. Casa de Campo did not get to be so famous a course by hiding as a private course.

They also need to host a lot of tournaments so the fame and the beauty of that course circulates all throughout golf circles around the world.

A lot more than my 2¢ worth.

HB

[aegap]

..billy, (potentially,) won't Punta Espada do some of those things?

...billy, can't a private course still do all those things?

...billy, are you already missing the current good (but soon to become) old days

[twhitehead]

Very sad to see this. Good thing is it is two years away and lots will change by than. So much potential with this course...tom

[aegap]

wouldn't be surprised if tees-offs double in 2006, or if tees-offs triple in 2007....

..for scarcity (real, perceived or otherwise) is the mother of Marketing and Economics...

[Gringo]

What is going to take place in Playa Grande is in fact going to happen and any one who wants to cry the blues is to late, except it as fact as the money is laid down and nothing is going to stop this project. unless you have deeper pockets then Playa Grande Holdings Inc. (A.K.A. Herbert Koler and company Ltd. )

[aegap]

gee, Gringo, ...at least spell the wrong name right, [...<--me]

... I am on your same wavelength with regards to the wrong name... I have a feeble hunch there is some other hidden moneyed "entity" behind this one..

[Hillbilly]

So it is your feeling that Herb Kohler is in back of this? That would be a major imporvement and certainly not take the course into a private country club-like situation.
Kohler is a golf nut and would really push PG...all the better. Hopefully, he would also assist the local golfers (hint, hint there Herb) to play his course.

Let's see how this plays out. Lots of new courses coming on line over the next three years...we won't lack for places to play.

HB

[Tamborista]

I thought Moby and NY socialite Ravenel Curry bought Playa grande last year.
Kohler washed his hands of this project.

[Tamborista]

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