RIVE
ISLE
Parrish, Florida
941-776-1729
RiveIsle.com
Imagine a community that has it all: boating, golf and tennis on a
private island surrounded by serene nature preserves.
Indeed,
the very
best of
Gulf Coast living is now
offered at Rivé Isle.
Rive Isle is a 500-acre private island community accessible via
two gate guarded-secured roads, just minutes from downtown Sarasota,
St.
Petersburg and Tampa Bay. Spectacular views of the
Manatee, with
direct access
to the Gulf of Mexico and
nature
preserves, will be main
features of Rive Isle
custom homes,
crafted by three of Florida's most
desirable builders. Of the 178
estate-sized homesites, 157
offer boat
docks for direct access
to the Gulf.
Preserve lots offer community
docks just a short
stroll away.
The perfect complement to the Rive Isle lifestyle is membership at
their prestigious country club. Only 300 private
memberships
are being
offered
at Rive Isle's "links
designed" golf course,
rated as one of
the state's top 50
courses. Club members will
also enjoy a
3,800-square-foot fitness center, a
junior
Olympic-size swimming pool,
Har-Tru tennis courts and an
8,000-square-foot country club with
restaurant and
lounge. A
new River Lodge
provides a community meeting
place offers boat
docks, kayak storage and launch
sites. And an
inviting
clubhouse right in your Rive
Isle neighborhood makes it
an
ideal environment for
socializing and pursuing your leisure activities.
Residents
may use their own private golf carts to access all of the
community
amenities.
Tropical breezes and natural wonders have long enchanted visitors
to Florida's Suncoast. Beach lovers can comb 100 miles of beaches from
Clearwater to Fort Myers, and Rive Isle homes have direct access to
some of the
best fishing waters in the world. Within driving
distance
of Rive Isle are more
than 90 challenging
golf
courses designed by some
of the game's most prestigious
architects. And a cultural bounty of
theater,
museums, art
shows, festivals,
concerts and more awaits to
entice your
artistic side.
Homesites at Rive Isle are sized up to one acre and are capable of
accommodating estate-sized residences. Home and lot
prices
range from
$900,000
to $3.5 million.
SANDESTIN
GOLF & BEACH RESORT
Sandestin, Florida
877-870-5917
Sandestin.com
Then it comes to vacation destinations, bigger can indeed be
better, as exemplified by one of Florida's venerable resorts Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort
With 2,400 acres spanning three and one-half miles between the
Gulf of Mexico and the Choctawhatchee Bay, Sandestin is like a world
unto
itself. The resort's four award-winning golf courses
represent an
idyllic
combination of quality and
variety. Rees
Jones's Burnt Pine
Golf Club nestles
against Robert Trent
Jones Jr.'s Raven Golf Club,
which played host to the 2006
and
2007 PGA Champions
Tour's Boeing
Championship at Sandestin. Sandestin
also
features a pair of fine Tom
Jackson courses: the newly
reconstructed Baytowne
Golf Club, offering
glimpses
of the
Gulf of Mexico, and the scenic Links Course
featuring
five
holes along the Choctawhatchee Bay.
But golf is only the beginning at Sandestin. The Village of
Baytowne Wharf offers more than 12 restaurants, four nightspots and
over 40
specialty boutiques. Sandestin offers more than 1,700
accommodation options, and
other amenities include 15 tennis
courts, a
98-slip marina, a full-service
health club
and day
spa, and
complimentary tram service.
SARA BAY COUNTRY CLUB
Sarasota, Florida
941-355-7658
SaraBaycc.org
Founded in 1926, Sara Bay Country Club is a private, member-owned
golf club located just north of downtown Sarasota. The golf course was
designed
by legendary architect Donald Ross, and it is widely recognized as one of Florida's finest classic courses.
The greens at Sara Bay mirror Ross' famous design at Pinehurst No.
2. Brian Silva, a leading expert on Ross designs,
completely
restored
the course
in 1991 and returned
in the fall of 2006
to oversee an extensive renovation that included new tee complexes,
rebuilding of all bunkers, improved drainage, re-grassing of fairways, and conversion of putting surfaces to TifEagle Bermuda. Throughout every facet of
this project, extraordinary care was taken to preserve the integrity of
the
original Ross design.
