Jim Williams Jr., the developer of a member-owned golf club in North Texas has chosen Jack Nicklaus to design to the BearsBrook Golf Club in Prosper, Texas.
The Golden Bear will be given the opportunity to design a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course on a piece of property less than 30 miles north of Dallas – a site highlighted by rolling terrain, 120 feet of elevation changes, rich with thousands of hardwood trees and meandering stream.
“This is a beautiful piece of property,” Nicklaus says. “Two of the most striking features are the great trees on the site, and streams that run through the middle of the property. The owners are passionate about the game of golf, and they desire to have a core golf course, which means a course that is dictated by the features of the land and not a course that is dictated by a residential development. The developers intend to use the best features of the property, accentuate them, and provide to members the best golf experience they possibly can.”
BearsBrook is being considered as a Jack Nicklaus Golf Club, which is an exclusive access and reciprocity program for 25 Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses located in ideal markets around the world. The program will be limited to 35 Founders or Associate Members at each club. Each Jack Nicklaus Golf Club will be able to offer Associate Members reciprocity at other Jack Nicklaus Golf Clubs, as well as access to a Nicklaus Home established on each property for use by Jack Nicklaus, his family and other JNGC Members worldwide.
“The golf club will be located on approximately 225 of the 1,400 acres assembled by LandPlan and its investors, and it will be the most ideal portion of the land to dedicate to the finest golf experience Jack Nicklaus can create,” says LandPlan Development Executive Vice President Scott Erwin. “The golf course land is without question the crown jewel of our Prosper land. It is very valuable and highly developable because only a small portion is located in the flood plain. If it was developed as gated residential lots without golf, our most valuable lots would be located in this heavily wooded area with creek views. So to dedicate this land to golf is a commitment from LandPlan that should resonate with future members.”
Erwin anticipates construction to begin in the summer of 2009, and targets a fall 2010 opening of the BearsBrook golf course and clubhouse.
