Southworth Golf Management has recently signed long-term management agreements with La Estancia Golf Resort (La Romana, Dominican Republic) and Maine National Country Club (Wells, Maine).
La Estancia Golf Resort
La Estancia Golf Resort, a new luxury 3 million square meter residential golf community in La Romana, Dominican Republic , has signed with Southworth Golf Management (SGM) to manage and operate the golf facility and golf villa rental properties.
La Estancia Golf Resort sits atop the beautiful hills and majestic gorge of the Chavon River valley on the Dominican Republic 's east coast. Its residential community, designed around an 18-hole P.B. Dye Championship golf course, offers the ultimate in Caribbean luxury with a breath of traditional Spanish design and features single family villas and home sites, golf cottages, town homes, and condominium apartments. The semi-private P.B. Dye-designed course features a remarkable layout that preserves the area's native beauty and lets the unique typography determine the course routing.
"Southworth Golf Management is proven to deliver the finest luxury golf experience, one that our residents and guests will truly appreciate. Their quality and expertise in the Caribbean made them a perfect fit to manage our golf resort," said Armando Cignarale, Founder and President of Cignal Corp, developer of La Estancia.
In addition to maintaining the golf course, SGM will manage the Golf Club, which includes a spectacular 1,300 square meter Clubhouse complete with restaurant, Golf Shop and changing facilities, as well as all of the resort golf villa rental properties.
"This is an extraordinary golf community with an exceptional P.B. Dye-designed golf course. We are very excited to put our management expertise to work for La Estancia and its future," said David Southworth, President of Southworth Development.
Maine National Country Club
Maine National Country Club (MNCC), a new 360-acre luxury golf and residential community and the first new private golf club built in the Wells/Kennebunkport area in more than 100 years, has also recently signed an agreement with SGM to manage and operate the Club facilities.
"Southworth Golf Management has a history of delivering a casual, yet luxurious golf and club experience, one that our members and residents will truly appreciate. Their quality and expertise in this arena, as well their proven track record of managing, full service, high-end family-oriented clubs is second to none and made them our obvious choice. We are also pleased that this relationship will afford our members reciprocity at other Southworth-managed clubs including clubs located in Scotland , the Caribbean and in the U.S. ," said Bill LaMarche, Managing Partner & COO of Maine National.
Centrally located in the pristine, rolling terrain of Wells – just minutes from the beautiful coastal communities of Kennebunkport and Ogunquit – MNCC intends to set a new standard for private golf and living well. The Club features an 18-hole, 7,292-yard Faxon/Booth-designed Championship golf course and a luxury residential community of 27 single-family home sites and 54 luxury town homes. The Club's experience and styling captures the essence of Maine 's relaxed yet elegant family lifestyle.
The Club's amenities will center around a spectacular 12,000 +/- square-foot, full-service New England-style Clubhouse featuring fine dining, men's and women's locker rooms and lounges, fitness center and kids' club. Members will also enjoy a state-of-the-art practice facility, outdoor swimming pool, tennis complex, extensive junior golf and sports programs as well as kids' summer camp programs and access to one of the area's fully stocked trout streams.
Currently under construction, the golf course is scheduled to open its first nine holes next summer and the final nine by early summer 2009.
"I believe that this will be an extraordinary golf community built with a very talented New England group. From designers Brad Faxon and Brad Booth, to general contractor Agri-Scape , Maine National will benefit greatly from this collection of seasoned professionals. We are very excited to team up with these companies and look forward to a long and genuine relationship with the town of Wells and its surrounding communities," said David Southworth , President of Southworth Development.
