ClubCorp announced it entered into an agreement with Del Webb's Stone Creek community, part of the Pulte Homes family, in Ocala, Fla. ClubCorp will manage the community's 18-hole championship golf course and clubhouse, which is currently under construction and due to open in February and April 2008, respectively.
The golf course and club will be located in the guard-gated community of Stone Creek, one of the largest new Del Webb communities in the country with more than 4,000 homesites. An abundance of lakes will be integrated into the18-hole golf course and the clubhouse will offer members and guests fine dining facilities, meeting rooms, and a pro shop.
"We look forward to bringing our first-class hospitality and amenities to the Stone Creek community,” says Eric Affeldt, ClubCorp's president and c.e.o. "The club will be the perfect addition to our prestigious portfolio of golf and country clubs and will complement Del Webb's state-of-the-art amenities complex, making Stone Creek the ideal leisure community.”
"We are delighted to be extending our relationship further with ClubCorp,” says Jay Thompson, Pulte's division president in Ocala. "We know that ClubCorp, an industry leader for more than 50 years, will provide its expertise and create exceptional experiences for our residents.”
ClubCorp also manages Pulte Homes' Eagle's Ridge Golf Club and the Preserve Golf Club near Ocala, and will own and manage the soon-to-be-finished Applecross Country Club near Philadelphia.