The Founders Club
Sarasota, Florida
The Founders Club is a brand new community crafting an
exclusive golf club bound by the ancient traditions of the sport.

Description: The Founders Club traces its roots back to John Hamilton Gillespie, who in the late 1880s traveled from Scotland to the wild lands of "Sara Sota" with his clubs in hand and a vision for what this land of natural beauty could become. Today, the Founders Club is coming to life as a new, traditional golf club inspired by the ancient story of golf as it was told in Sarasota.

Nearest Airport: Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport, 20 minutes

Amenities

• 6,800-yard, par-72, championship golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

·         24,000-square-foot "Golf Hall" scheduled for completion July2005:

• Main dining room
• Intimate dining room for private parties
• Club Bar and Lounge with fireplace
• Shaded dining verandah with fireplace overlooking the 18th green
• State-of-the-art-fitness facility
• Men's and women's locker rooms featuring lounge areas with card tables
• Massage therapy treatment room

·         The lakeside community recreation area, available to all Founders Club residents:

• Recreation center with social room
• Outdoor recreation area with basketball, sand volleyball, picnic gazebo and grills
• Family activity area
• Two Har-Tru® tennis courts

Real Estate

• 262 homes
• Home sites priced from the $200,000s
• Home/Home site packages from $900,000 and up
• 200 home sites have golf course views, highlighted by wetlands and preserves
• Estate home sites priced from the $300,000s to over $600,000
• All other lots have been designated to 6 selected builders

 Exclusive and Accessible

With a deliberate nod to the game of golf's rich history both in Scotland and "Sara Sota," The Founders Club is designed to blend a pure golf experience with the area's natural beauty. Set within the sculpted grounds of a gated and guarded community, The Founders Club is a classic golf club privately reserved with only 275 equity golf memberships.

A new club built with the ancient traditions of the game.

The benefits of the limited membership include no tee times and the freedom to walk or ride the course as desired. The 18-hole championship course winds away from the clubhouse embraced by an inspiring landscape of more than 700 lush acres and enhanced by a traditional caddie program and a full complement of golf practice facilities.

Beyond the winding entry drive of the guarded community, the community's abundant landscape is accented by 90 acres of picturesque lakes, and stands of pines, palms and old oak hammocks that also provide unique canopies above the meticulously kept streets.

Golf will be joined by wetlands and nature preserves.

The Founders Club will offer only 262 homes with 200 enjoying direct golf course vistas highlighted by free-flowing fairways, wetlands and natural preserves.

The entry gatehouse, the golf clubhouse and the homes themselves are designed to blend the private club nature of The Founders Club with the beauty of these most pristine surroundings.

To preserve the sense of exclusivity within The Founders Club, the developers have hand-selected a group of homebuilders whose homes capture the spirit of community for the modern day while giving a nod to history with designs that recall Sarasota´s rich architectural heritage.

Though seemingly tucked away within a landscape miles from it all, The Founders Club lies just a short distance from Sarasota´s rolling white-sand beaches, the downtown, and the city´s exciting mixture of attractions, restaurants and shopping.

Real Estate
The Founders Club is designed to accommodate just 262 homes, of which 200 will have golf course views, highlighted by wetlands and preserves. Six top-quality builders have been selected to build within the club grounds.

Sample home.

Estates home lots, which will feature one-of-a-kind homes that start around $1,000,000 and 4,000 square feet, can be purchased directly from The Founders Club. Estate homesites are priced from the $300,000s to over $600,000. Then the buyer must use one of the designated Estate builders and commence building within 24 months of home site closing.

All other lots have been designated to six select builders, with home/home site packages beginning at $700,000.

Golf
Carrying on the honorable traditions of golf that J. Hamilton Gillespie first brought to Sarasota, renowned golf course designer Robert Trent Jones, Jr. has fashioned a dramatic and rewarding course for The Founders Club in the Scottish links tradition.

Dining on the veranda at Golf Hall.

The 18-hole championship golf course takes cues from the gently rolling terrain, set against a backdrop of centuries-old oaks, pines and palms, and highlighted by natural buffers of untamed landscaping.

The 6,800-yard, 72-par layout offers an unfettered route of play across fairways embraced by lakes and natural wetlands. Furthermore, Jones has designated the course as a "core" layout, meaning that once golfers step on the course, they will not be disturbed by streets, interior homes or long walks between greens and tees--pure, traditional golf in a natural environment, the way the game was meant to be played.

The community's traditional golf clubhouse offers a quiet intimacy and classic, understated luxury. The 24,000-square-foot "Golf Hall," designed by the award-winning architectural firm of Fleischman Garcia of Tampa, will include a full-service pro shop and adjacent golf cart storage, along with an outdoor dining verandah surrounding an intimate fireplace overlooking the oak-canopied 18th green.

Additional features within the clubhouse include a gracious main dining room as well as an elegant private dining room, and a club bar and lounge featuring a fireplace with cozy, intimate seating.

A state-of-the-art fitness center includes a massage therapy treatment room as well as fully equipped men´s and women´s locker facilities, which also feature lounge areas with card tables and comfortable seating.

The Team Behind the Concept
Golf course communities is being developed by The Founders Club Development Company, L.L.C., whose principals include Thomas Brown, Jay Tallman and Fred Starling. Brown and Tallman head U.S. Assets Group, which specializes in luxury residential development. The company's impressive resume includes the exclusive golf communities of Orchid Beach Club on Lido Key, Beau Ciel in downtown Sarasota and en Provence on Longboat Key.

The Founders Club Floorplans

The Founders Club has many beautiful home designs to choose from. The following table shows some of the home designs that The Founders Club has to offer. Simply click on any home to view it's floorplan.

	Addison 3934 Square Footage: 3,934 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3.5 Study, Outdoor Living Area, Den 4 Car Courtyard Garage Price: $994,600 (Golf Course or Lake Lot)
	Addison 4520 Square Footage: 4,520 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4.5 Study, Outdoor Living Area, Den, 2nd Story Game Room, Retreat, Veranda 4 Car Courtyard Garage Price: $1,040,200 (Golf Course Lot) or $990,200 (Lake Lot)
	Carrera 3721 Square Footage: 3,721 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4 Study, Outdoor Living, 2nd Story Retreat, Veranda 3 Car Garage Price: $964,600 (Golf Course Lot) or $914,600 (Lake Lot)
	Provence 3922 Square Footage: 3,922 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3 Library, Den, Veranda, 2nd Story Bonus Room with half bath, balcony 3 Car Garage Price: $880,200 (Lake Lot)
	Bella Vista 3276 Square Footage: 3,276 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Study, Outdoor Living, 2nd Story Bedroom, Retreat, Bath, Veranda 3 Car Garage Price: $829,700 (Golf Course Lot) or $779,700 (Lake Lot)
	Casablanca 3569 Square Footage: 3,569 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 5 Den, Outdoor Living, with 2nd Story Retreat, Veranda 3 Car Garage Price: $868,100 (Golf Course Lot) or $818,100 (Lake Lot)
	Marbella 3270 Square Footage: 3,270 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3 Retreat, Veranda, with 2nd Story Bonus/Game Room, Half bath, Veranda #2 3 Car Garage Price: $848,300 (Golf Course Lot) or $798,300 (Lake Lot)
	Paloma II 3209 Square Footage: 3,209 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Den, Outdoor Living, 2nd Story Retreat 3 Car Garage Price: $812,900 (Golf Course Lot) or $762,900 (Lake Lot)