Development and management company Trophy Golf & Resorts has signed a long-term agreement with Dolphin Capital Investors to manage and operate the planned 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Kilada Hills Golf Resort in Peloponnesus, Greece.
Kilada Hills, a high-end, master-planned golf and residential resort development, will be the first golf resort in Greece to feature a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course.
As part of the agreement, Trophy Golf & Resorts will head up the golf course development team by providing predevelopment and development consulting services, managing the integration and opening of the golf course, and ultimately overseeing the ongoing operation of the golf course following its launch. Trophy Golf’s appointment to the Kilada Hills Golf Resort project represents a significant landmark in the company’s international growth and further solidifies Trophy Golf as a premier operator of Nicklaus-designed golf courses.
“We are very excited to partner with Dolphin Capital and be on the forefront of the emerging Eastern Mediterranean golf market to deliver an exceptional golf experience to Kilada Hills Resort guests and club members,” says Michael Zmetrovich, CEO, Trophy Golf & Resorts. “We look forward to collaborating with a talented team of professionals, including Jack Nicklaus and GHM Hotels, to create a highly anticipated, world-class golf resort in Greece.”
The 600-acre Kilada Hills Golf Resort site occupies a stunning spot, located within a two-hour drive southwest of Athens on the Peloponnese Peninsula, close to Porto Heli, one of the most up-market, picturesque, second-home residential areas in Greece. Expected to open in early 2011, the resort will comprise a GHM-operated Chedi luxury hotel, 45 Chedi signature villas, more than 250 residential units and beach club, centered by an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course. Other resort facilities will include an equestrian center, winery, olive oil process facility and a small retail complex. Work on the first phase is expected to start on-site early next year.