Golf Course Architecture - Issue 64, April 2021

67 Photo: AdVenture Southwest Florida T imes are good for residents of the Shadow Wood community on Florida’s west coast. Each of its three golf courses have been renovated, real estate is sold out, there is now a membership waiting list, and an improved practice facility is being planned. Ten years ago, things were a little more uncertain. In the wake of the credit crunch, developer Bonita Bay Group was selling its golf clubs to fight off bankruptcy. Shadow Wood Country Club was among those, and the members agreed to take control and create their own new vision for the future. The club has three courses, all built around the turn of the millennium. The North and South were designed by Bob Cupp at the community’s main site in Estero. The Preserve course, designed by Arthur Hills, is a 15-minute drive north, located directly alongside the Estero Bay Preserve. Anticipating some future issues in relation to the infrastructure, the club’s committee consulted Cupp for guidance on an initial project on the The par-five seventh on the renovated Preserve course at Shadow Wood