Hosted by The Founders Golf Club, members, guests and sponsors gathered to raise funds benefiting the local chapter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation at Rally for the Cure – a community program designed to raise funds and bring awareness to breast cancer research and local breast cancer community programs.
After shotgun starts in separate events for ladies and men, golfers played 18 holes with some players utilizing professional caddies on the Founders Club’s Robert Trent Jones, Jr.-designed golf course. The event also included a gourmet luncheon in the elegant Golf Hall dining room, overlooking an oak hammock and the 18th hole of the championship course.
“We’re thrilled to support such a worthy cause and encourage residents and members to give back in a meaningful way,” said Beth Hirsch, President of The Founders Golf Club’s Women’s Golf Association. “Thanks to the generosity of nearly 100 guests at the event, we were able to raise more than $10,000 for Susan G. Komen.”
The Founders Club offers the area’s only official caddie program, so golfers are encouraged to walk the course. Membership is limited to 275 to ensure members enjoy year-round golf with no tee time required.
Training facilities include two putting greens, an expanded driving range and short-game facility, and state-of-the-art TrackMan radar technology offered through Florida Golf Performance Center.
The 24,000-square-foot Golf Hall offers a main dining room, bar and grille, outdoor verandah, and private dining room for casual and fine dining. The facility also has a professionally staffed and fully stocked golf pro shop, state-of-the-art fitness center, and men’s and women’s locker rooms and lounges.
The club offers a vibrant, active social calendar and an in-season reciprocal partnership with Sarasota Yacht Club.
Amenities at The Founders Club are designed to foster camaraderie among residents and a connection with nature. Paved walkways meander throughout the community, which is planned for just 262 homes on expansive homesites overlooking picturesque preserves, lakes and fairways along golf.
The Founders Club also features Har-Tru tennis courts, basketball and sand volleyball courts, as well as a picnic pavilion. Fitness and wellness classes, educational and instructional programs, and social gatherings are coordinated by a professional staff.
The 700-acre Founders Club, Sarasota’s premier golf and social club community, offers large homesites overlooking nature preserves, lakes and golf course fairways. The community features 100 protected live oaks and a natural habitat that attracts a variety of birds and wildlife.
An award-winning custom homebuilder and developer in the Southwest Florida home market for nearly three decades, London Bay Homes offers custom estates ranging from 2,200 to more than 6,000 square feet of living space at The Founders Club. Home and homesite packages are priced from the $900,000s to more than $5 million.
The Founders Club is close to Sarasota’s famed Gulf of Mexico beaches, the University Town Center mall, and the acclaimed local restaurants, boutiques, and arts and cultural venues of downtown Sarasota.
Visitors can stop by The Founders Club Sales Center Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. located at 3001 Founders Club Drive, three miles east of I-75 on Fruitville Road, Exit 210.
For more information about The Founders Club, call 941-404-3107 or visit www.TheFoundersClub.com. For membership information, contact Juliette Valin at 941-371-9720.