Founders Club -- Private

Address: 9000 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota, FL  34232
Phone: (941) 378-0900
Fax: (941) 378-0384
Hours: to be established – call for availability
Website: www.thefoundersclub.com
Head Golf Professional: Bob Irving
Course Description: Opened in February 2005, the 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. is set against a backdrop of centuries-old oaks, pines and palms and offers three par 5s and three par 3s on each nine.
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Yardage: 7,094
Community Description:  The Founders Club offers 262 homes, 200 with direct golf course vistas of fairways, wetlands and natural preserves. Homesites start from the $400,000s. A 24,000-square-foot Golf Hall scheduled for completion by fall 2005.
Amenities: Driving range, putting green, chipping green, pro shop, lessons, clubhouse with a main dining room and private dining rooms, fitness facility, and massage therapy treatment room. A recreational facility highlights basketball, sand volleyball, a picnic gazebo and grills, and two Har-Tru tennis courts.