Private Clubs - Summer 2018

3

A

Shape Up

GO EYEBALL TO EYEBALL WITH GORILLAS IN RWANDA

classic rides get major upgrades

Just-opened New Orleans bar you won’t want to miss

C

C

E

S

S

T

H

E

Focus on fitness at a newly renovated Miami resort

L

U

X

E

L

I

F

IN F R A NC

E

5 must-p lay golf courses Grand c ru wine s flow on a laid -b Burgun dy barg ack e cruise All the la from Pa test ris

E

SUMMER 2018

Go for a Ride

Cycle emerging wine regions in Argentina and Canada

On British Columbia’s Kettle Valley Rail Trail.

Can’t you just feel the cool Canadian air?

And more ...

Now zoom from London to Amsterdam Three new food courts on steroids LPGA unveils a tournament for champions

President’s Letter

D

ear Members and Guests, Summer! A time to celebrate with family and friends, and our clubs provide the perfect setting for just that. With a range of wonderful amenities — golf, resort-style pools, tennis, and fitness facilities — and a host of family activities, our country clubs offer the ideal “staycation” destinations. This summer, we are gearing even more programs and activities toward our youngest members with a multitude of junior golf camps and kids programming.

I’m extremely excited and proud of our commitment to our junior programs and how we continue to enhance the experience for up-and-comers. We offer ClubCorp Junior Golf Camps across our network of clubs — and 70 of our clubs now offer Junior.Golf, a technology platform that provides programming and connects the teacher, student, and parents with player progress. Our clubs also support the PGA Jr. League, which introduces kids to the game in a fun, social atmosphere as they compete in teams in a two-person scramble format. Braelinn Golf Club at the Clubs of Peachtree City in Georgia has more than 700 kids participating in Junior.Golf and boasts the largest PGA Jr. League in the country.

In company news, we are finalizing large reinvention capital projects of multimillion-dollar investments at 11 more clubs in our portfolio — including a complete renovation of the Metropolitan, located on the 66th and 67th floors of Willis Tower in Chicago, that is slated to be completed by late fall — and progressing on numerous technology enhancements including a new mobile platform for better member engagement. We also are pleased to announce the opening of the Collective, a new club concept in Seattle, and to welcome Engineers Country Club on Long Island, N.Y., as a new managed club in our portfolio. These additions continue to reinforce our commitment to offering you value in membership both at your home club and with our network of clubs. We truly look forward to creating more and more ways to enhance your membership benefits.

I hope you enjoy the warm weather and your summer months and, as always, if you have any suggestions or comments, please contact me at my email address below.

R. J. HINKLE

Mark Burnett President and Chief Operating Officer mark.burnett@clubcorp.com

2

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

CUSTOM BALANCED. PRECISION MILLED.

Tour-Caliber Performance

Sole Weights

The next generation of PING’s 100%-milled putters are crafted and engineered to provide tour-caliber touch and performance through proven innovations like patented True Roll Technology and a new custom-weighting system.

Visit a PING Fitting Specialist or PING.com today.

Custom weighting options in steel, tungsten and aluminum are offered to match a golfer’s feel and balance preferences.

©2018 PING P.O. BOX 82000 PHOENIX, AZ 85071

Premium Finishes Three finishes — Stealth, Copper and Platinum — are available, depending on model.

Vote for the CLUBCORP

“GOLF PRO OF THE YEAR FINALISTS” for a chance to win a PING prize package.

See golf shop for details.

SUMMER 2018

Table of Contents In Every Issue

38

2 President’s Letter 6 From the Editor/ Contributors 7 Digital

26

24 Wine & Spirits Raise

46

38 French Tees

Heading to France for the Ryder Cup this fall? We spotlight five French courses you’ll want to play yourself — including the Ryder Cup’s host course.

BY S HAU N T O L S O N

43 At a Snail’s Pace Gone Ape 46

Pair your French getaway with grand cru wines and a relaxed cruise in Burgundy on a new luxury barge.

BY K I M B E R L EY L OVAT O

a glass to New Orleans’ 300th birthday at the French Quarters’ intimate, new Cuban-inspired bar.

31 Profiles Noteworthy club members with fascinating stories.

35 The Game Luke Donald, one of the PGA Tour’s top-ranked bunker players, knows his way around a hazard or two.

He and four other golf experts reveal what they do to overcome common bunker setbacks.

BY T O M M AC K I N

26 Culture Indianapolis children’s museum expands its indoor and outdoor activities just in time for family summer vacations.

28 Golf Find out which LPGA stars have already qualified for next winter’s inaugural Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions.

80 Luxury Golf Cars Streetrod, known for its Vintage golf cars, launches a custom Lux collection that will turn heads both on the course and off.

BY K E L S EY O G L ET R E E

64

Cross paths with mountain gorillas, golden monkeys, and other jungle life in Rwanda, Africa’s transformed safari destination now luring affluent travelers.

BY PAU L RU B I O

52 Cycling and Wine Tours Blend the best of two worlds — adrenaline-pumping biking and calming wine tasting — on two new trips where you’ll pedal your way through emerging wine regions in Argentina and Canada.

BY E LAI N E G LU SAC A N D J I L L R O B I N S O N

60 Born in the U.S.A.

Three classic American vehicles get ready-to-rumble upgrades. What you’ll like about these latest models.

64 ClubCorp News and Events. Take a peek at the Collective in Seattle, ClubCorp’s innovative concept that brings a youthful, active vibe to the city club experience.

BY KATE WAHNSCHAFFE

68 Where to play.

Where to dine. Where to meet. To help you book everything from tee times to dinners and relaxing getaways, use this handy directory of our associate clubs, resorts, and affiliates.

BY M I C HAE L F RAN K

4

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

On the Cover: Photography by Robb Thompson

STEVE CARR (COURSE), PAUL RUBIO (GORILLA), MARVEL (CAPTAIN AMERICA), CLAY HAYNER (COLLECTIVE)

60

8 Travel Give wellness the importance it deserves at a renovated Miami resort; pamper yourself at an ecofriendly Mexican hideaway; top chefs team with master sommeliers to debut allstar hot spots across the country; get from London to Amsterdam with highspeed train service.

LIVE AUTHENTIC BEAUTY LET US TAKE YOU CLOSER TO THE SECRETS OF THE CARIBBEAN Call Silversea at 844-382-1359, Clubline or your travel professional to reserve your voyage today

#ThisIsSilversea

Immerse yourself in the island way of life. Experience the world-class cuisine and high-end shopping of St. Bart’s. Get to know the Cayman Islands, once a refuge of infamous Blackbeard. The landscapes you’ll see are sure you leave you in breathless appreciation — beautiful waterfalls, towering mountains, fertile green valleys, miles of beaches — yet you’ll also learn about the music, folklore and cuisine of the local people as well as the colonial history. Mention promo code CLUBCORP18 when booking to receive 5% savings and a $200 shipboard credit. Plus, enjoy Free Roundtrip Economy Air when you book by July 31, 2018.

From the Editor How-To Videos

I

n this space last issue, I encouraged you to tag us on social media and tell us who you thought would win the 2018 Masters at Augusta last April. Before the tournament, we also went out in the field ourselves and polled members and guests at ClubCorp clubs in several states. We got picks from executives here at company headquarters, too. We videotaped the predictions and posted them in a four-part series on our Facebook page. Did they grab attention! We reached more than 90,000 people and nearly 35,000 viewed the clips — hopefully you were one of our viewers. For the record, only one of our video stars picked Patrick Reed, this year’s champ. Kudos to Gerry Sam, a member at the Clubs of Prestonwood in Dallas.

For summer, we’re producing another set of videos — this time, instructional.

Designers Lori Cusick and Ron Thomas shot golf pro Key Young, a golf fitness professional at Gleneagles Country Club in Plano, Texas, demonstrating the tips on making better bunker shots offered up by pro Luke Donald and other experts in this issue’s Elevate story (“Saving Strokes From the Sand,” page 35). The videos visually illustrate how to execute particular shots. We’ll be posting them in a series over the next several weeks; let me know how helpful you find them.

Soon, we’ll pull out our camera again — shooting a video of the editorial team at Plano’s Legacy Hall, one of the three new culinary havens writer Jen Murphy spotlights in “Next-Gen Food Courts” (page 16). Jen made her picks for what to eat there, and we’ll share ours with you on social media.

That’s an assignment we’ll really be sinking our teeth into.

— DON NICHOLS don.nichols@clubcorp.com

EDITORIAL

Editor-in-Chief DON NICHOLS

Breaking the Mold It’s not business as usual at ClubCorp’s newest city club. Turn to page 64 and check out what makes the Collective an exciting concept charting new territory for the club industry.

Design Director

Managing Editor

LORI CUSICK

LOUIS MARROQUIN

Associate Design Director RON THOMAS

Assistant Editor KATE WAHNSCHAFFE

Administrative Assistant DESTINY WASHINGTON CONTRIBUTORS

Jennifer Ceaser, Wayne Curtis, Michael Frank, Elaine Glusac, Drew Limsky, Kimberley Lovato, Tom Mackin, Terri Marshall, Jen Murphy, Kelsey Ogletree, Jill Robinson, Paul Rubio, Shaun Tolson W R I T E R S:

Alex Boerner, Peter Calvin, Justin Clemons, Patrick Colpron, Clay Hayner, Paul Lester, Javier Pierini, Robb Thompson, Joe Vaughn P H O T O G R A P H E R S:

OPERATIONS

Production Director ERIC KOLB

Circulation Manager SHARRI BOWERS ADVERTISING / MARKETING

Vice President, Partner Marketing & Sales R A N D A L F. K A Z M I E R S K I, 972-888-7374 randy.kazmierski@clubcorp.com Activation Director 972-888-7368

L U R A M C C A S L I N,

Digital and Event Manager 972-888-7323

A M Y L E I N A R T,

ADVERTISING OFFICES

Bill Besch, 631-665-0467, bill.besch@clubcorp.com

EAST

Contributors

Scott Verel, 312-316-5454, scott.verel@clubcorp.com

WEST

6

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

Writer Jill Robinson Home base: Half Moon Bay, Calif.

Assignment: “2 Exhilarating Cycling Trips” (page 52) Quote: “The minimal traffic in the Quebrada de las Conchas [in Argentina] meant that I had the smooth, curving roads almost to myself while I cycled among the fantastical rock formations.”

Has written for: Afar and Outside

Photographer Patrick Colpron Home base: Paris Assignment: “Burgundy at a Snail’s Pace,” about luxury barging (page 43) Quote: “Photographing on the Grand Cru barge was a truly unique experience.

The people on board were like family and the crew offered the best service nonstop, always with a smile.”

Has shot for: The Toronto Star

Tom Jaronski, TGC Sports LLC, 610-787-9732, tjaronski@tgcsports.com

CARIBBEAN

EDITORIAL AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

Private Clubs is published by ClubCorp Publications Inc., 3030 LBJ Freeway, 5th Floor, Dallas, TX 75234 Phone: 972-888-7547 Fax: 972-888-7338 E-mail: privateclubs@clubcorp.com Private Clubs Online: privateclubsmag.com ClubCorp information: clubcorp.com Subscriptions and Address Changes: Subscriptions are $15 a year in the United States, $24 a year in Canada. privateclubsmag.com Copyright © 2018, ClubCorp Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Publisher reserves the right to accept or reject any editorial or advertising matter.

Editorial submissions must be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Publisher assumes no responsibility for return of unsolicited manuscripts or art. No part of this magazine may be reproduced, reprinted, or otherwise duplicated without written permission of the publisher. Private Clubs is a registered trademark of ClubCorp Publications, Inc.

Printer: LSC Communications, Strasburg, Va.

PETER CALVIN (NICHOLS), JAVIER PIERINI (ROBINSON)

Writer Paul Rubio Home base: Boston Assignment: “Gone Ape,” about gorilla trekking in Rwanda (page 46) Quote: “Go for the gorillas, but also expect to fall in love with everything else about Rwanda: the people, the land, and the power of change.

The entire experience is awe-inspiring.”

Has written for: Condé Nast Traveler and Robb Report

Photographer Robb Thompson Home base: Vernon, British Columbia Assignment: “2 Exhilarating Cycling Trips” (page 52) Quote: “Cycling and shooting Canada’s Kettle Valley Rail Trail offered such a unique perspective on many communities that I would never get any other way.”

Has shot for: Bike Magazine

Digital

Join the Private Clubs Community @PrivateClubsMag

PrivateClubsMag.com

Facebook

Making News Bonus content not in our print edition

Travel French Tees

Five courses you’ll want to play

RIDES

In May, Seabourn launched its newest ship, the Ovation. What you’ll like about this 300-suite vessel.

Instagram

Culture

See pastels by masters at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Golf Born in the U.S.A. Three all-American classics hit the pavement this year with renewed verve and powerhouse upgrades

TRAVEL

View our video demonstrating experts’ tips on making better bunker shots. The tips come from our Elevate story on page 35 of this print edition.

Twitter

People

Access this collection of miniprofiles to learn about other members of ClubCorp clubs, people just like you.

And much more

Members of ClubCorp clubs

READ US ON OUR FLIPBOOK, TOO! 1 On your club website, log in to the members-only area. In the QuickLinks column, under My World click on Private Clubs Magazine.

1 Or, log on at m.myclubmobile.com and click on the magazine icon.

S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

7

One of four pools at the resort

Carillon Miami Wellness Resort

Latitude 26° N / Longitude 80° W

Activities Swimming, yoga, boxing, cardio workouts, rock climbing, and more.

Carillon Miami

Travel 8 Wine & Spirits 24 Culture 26 Golf 28

Health

‘Wellness Your Way’

You’re in control of your fitness at this renovated Miami resort BY

DON NICHOLS

M LENNY KAGAN (POOL), DOMINIC JAMES (YOGA), LORI CUSICK (BOXER)

y heart’s racing as I work up a sweat in this fitness class called the “Boxer’s Workout.” I’m punching, jabbing, and kicking the nearly 6-foot-tall black punching bag that’s staring me in the face, all the while listening intently to instructions from Adam Wenguer, the personal trainer

leading this punchfest, so I don’t injure myself.

“When you throw a roundhouse kick, connect Beet salad with your shinbone, not the foot or toes.”

About halfway through the 50-minute, fast-paced class, I swear under my breath whenever Wenguer ups the intensity by barking orders. “Faster, faster, longer punches!” “Now be powerful for 20 seconds; finish strong!”

When our boxing gloves finally come off, Wenguer instantly switches to nice-guy mode. “Thanks for pushing it, even when it was hard,” he tells us. Pushed I did and I’m beat, but, boy, am I feeling a fitness high.

Wenguer’s boxing session is one of nearly 300 fitness classes offered weekly at the 150-suite Carillon Miami Wellness Resort in Miami Beach, an oceanfront property with a long history that has undergone a sea change over the past year. Opened as the Carillon Hotel in 1958, it became popular with the Rat Pack crowd. It shut

S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

9

Travel/

On the West Coast For a big dose of wellness in Southern California, consider a new health and fitness experience at the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village north of LA. In the recently launched Signature Retreat at the on-site California Health & Longevity Institute, spend four days focusing on how to live a more balanced, healthy life.

The schedule includes a nutrition consultation with a registered dietitian; a fitness consultation and metabolism assessment by exercise physiologists, who also lead workouts in the gym and on an activity lawn; hikes on nearby trails in the Santa Monica Mountains; hands-on classes on cooking healthy (with easy recipes even novice cooks can make at home); and meditation and yoga sessions. Daily lectures by experts cover a variety of topics, such as managing stress for better health, eating healthy when dining out, managing cravings, and the secrets to burning fat. At mealtimes, you’ll be surprised by just how tasty healthy dishes can be.

Three of my favorites: Italian Chicken Soup With Farro and Pesto, Salmon With Coconut Cilantro Lime Sauce, and Turkey-Stuffed Squash With Broccoli. From $2,997. 818-5753000; chli.com — D.N. 10

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

Let’s Dance, H20 Strength, Rockwall Bootcamp, Tabata, and Tread & Shed.

The renovation work focused on connecting the Carillon to Miami and the beach. Throughout the property, designers replaced a color scheme heavy in brown, purple, and green with beachy colors such as pale gray, blue, and beige. New midcentury modern furniture better matches the local vibe. The public areas look dramatically different, in particular, especially the signature restaurant off the lobby reception area. Shutters that once blocked the ocean view are gone, revealing floor-to-ceiling windows that bring the outdoors in, creating a bright and welcoming space for dining.

Along with its new look, the restaurant has been renamed the Strand Bar and Grill and rebranded. Formerly an Asian concept focused on wellness-oriented dishes with calorie counts listed, it now serves health-conscious New American cuisine with no mention of calories. Chefs prepare dishes such as Roasted Chicken With Asparagus and Spring Mushrooms using little fat and organic ingredients from local boutique farms.

“Canyon Ranch didn’t embrace the location. They put this fortress on the beach on Collins Avenue and then closed out every part of the sun, sea, and beach. That’s 180 degrees different from what we’re doing,” says Nash.

From $495. 866-800-3858; carillonhotel.com

Director of Nutrition Paulette Lambert in the demonstration kitchen

LENNY KAGAN (SUITE), DON NICHOLS (FOUR SEASONS-3)

down in 1992 and remained vacant Suite living area until it reopened in 2008 as the Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa, with a wellness focus. After the property faced many hurdles and went into bankruptcy, a new owner bought it in 2015, sticking to the wellness theme but installing a new management team and resurrecting the Carillon name.

This past year, yet another newly assigned leadership team adopted a new approach to the resort’s wellness program while also launching a multimillion-dollar renovation completed last December.

“Wellness Your Way,” the property’s new mantra, represents a major shift from the Canyon Ranch days. Certified wellness practitioners — including an acupuncture physician, exercise physiologist, and nutritionist — will still dictate a strict health and fitness regimen, if you so desire as a guest. But you also can just spoil yourself in the 70,000-square-foot spa and maybe take a few fitness classes, or do nothing but lounge poolside or on the beach. “Basically, we now treat everybody as adults,” says Paul Nash, managing director. “We guide them. We’re not forcing them.”

If you opt to concentrate on fitness, you’ll have lots of choices to make. Nash has increased the variety of classes, adding more types of yoga sessions and Les Mills workouts, which emphasize strength, body flow, and body pump. Besides boxing, other holdover classes have names such as Barre,

A N E XCLUSI V E OF F E R TO

MEMBERS OF CLUBCORP CLUBS 2 0 % O F F O U R B E S T S U M M E R PA C K A G E S

When you visit Pinehurst this summer, you’ll not only get your third night and fourth round free, but, as a member of a ClubCorp club, you will also % off the normal package rate. So you can enjoy more of Ross, receive 20% Fazio, Maples, Jones and Nicklaus.

SUMMER TEE Starting at $818* 3 Nights 4 Rounds of golf Breakfast and dinner daily

Rate includes discount

Village of Pinehurst, North Carolina • 866.976.2693 • pinehurst.com *Rate is per person, based on double occupancy. Valid 7.1 - 9.5.18. Subject to tax and resort service fee. $195 premium for Pinehurst No. 2.

© 2018 Pinehurst, LLC

Mention offer CLUBCORP18 when you book.

/Travel/

Beachfront suite

The Find

Breathing Easy Live like a pampered castaway at this remote Mexican eco-resort south of Tulum D R EW L I M S KY

N

icole the massage therapist tells me that some people cry during the janzu water treatment I signed up for.

Others feel bliss. We’re standing in the 4-foot-deep lagoon, and instead of envisioning the rebirth water dance we’re about to do, I’m thinking about the mushy bottom under my feet. I don’t like mush. Nicole also tells me that sometimes she’ll squeeze my shoulder before she guides me under the water, and sometimes she won’t.

Oh, and sometimes I’ll be upside down, submerged, with my wet feet on either side of her head.

This is the kind of thing you do when you’re at Mukan, the first ecoresort in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. It opened in 2016 under a different name, but a new management team recently made some upgrades and reintroduced the rebranded Caribbean property in January. To get to this skinniest of

12

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

barrier islands, you leave behind Tulum’s bohemian strip and take a tiny boat south through the mangroves for 45 minutes into a world of privacy and seclusion, the beachfront resort’s two big selling points.

It boasts just nine accommodations and not much else, precisely the reason people book this hideaway.

Besides spa treatments, there are a few other things to do, such as swim in the turquoise sea or watch the sunset electrify the lagoon in quicksilver as Willie, the houseman who takes care of nearly everything for me, lights a tribute made from copal (tree resin).

He sets the flaming vessel on the dock beside me. In the mornings, Willie takes my breakfast order, asking eagerly if I’d like some Mayan bread made with cocoa before my huevos rancheros. “It’s my favorite,” he says. After a bite topped with housemade jam, I tell him it’s my favorite, too.

In the afternoons, Willie sets up a table in the sand, beside the king-size

beach bed, and brings me sublime, creamy guacamole and dorado ceviche prepared in a colorful ring on the plate, like a Christmas wreath. He tells me that each day a fisherman armed with a spear heads right out to the reef — I can see it from the beach — and returns to the shore with lunch.

Back to janzu: I don’t cry. But I do feel elated. Through my closed eyelids, I can “see” the shadows of the lagoon’s wavelets pass between me and the scorching sun. Nicole was right: Sometimes I’m under the water and realize that I didn’t even need the arm-squeeze, didn’t need to take a gulp of air to prepare. Upside down, I reach for the soft bottom and dig my hands into it, wondering why it ever bothered me. When I come up, I hear the roar of the ocean on the other side of the narrow spit of sand that is Mukan, my senses reeling. Funny, I didn’t even hear those waves when I first waded in.

From $420. mukan.com

KENNY VIESE (2)

BY

/Travel/ Restaurants

Perfect Pairings

Visiting-chef dinners, guest bartenders, and pop-up collaborations aren’t new. But now, industry stars are moving beyond short flings and opening permanent mash-ups together. The latest megawatt partnerships literally raise the bar, pairing cocktail geniuses with top chefs and even master sommeliers. Here, three of the newest spots with a roster of all-star talent. — JEN MURPHY

Legacy Records’ open dining space

Grilled octopus

Ryan Hardy

Arvid Rosengren

Jeff Bell

Corrida, Boulder, Colo.

Restaurateur and beverage maestro Bryan Dayton is largely responsible for elevating the cocktail game in Colorado’s Front Range cities. His string of hits includes Boulder’s Oak at Fourteenth and Denver’s Acorn and Brider. Dayton tapped chef Amos Watts, whose versatile résumé includes Denver’s meat-centric Old Major and Sonoma’s now-defunct, two-Michelin-star Cyrus, to be his chef and partner at this new downtown Boulder hot spot. With a name roughly translating to “bullfight” in Spanish, the rooftop restaurant pairs Basque traditions and flavors with mountain views. The duo spent 10 days eating and drinking their way through Northern Spain all in the name of R&D. On the menu: ibérico ham, marbled steaks, paella, and tapas complemented by alcoholic granitas, gin and tonics, sherry-based cocktails, and loads of Spanish wines. 303-444-1333; corridaboulder.com

14

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

Metropolitan cocktail

Chef Ryan Hardy and sommeliers Grant Reynolds and Robert Bohr — the trio behind New York City’s Delicious Hospitality Group — have put together a food and beverage dream team for their newest venture, Legacy Records.

Located in the up-and-coming Hudson Yards neighborhood on Manhattan’s west side, the 85-seat restaurant pairs Hardy’s Italian-infused cooking with a wine list curated with Arvid Rosengren, winner of the World’s Best Sommelier Competition in 2016, and a bar program overseen by 2017 best bartender in America, Jeff Bell, of Manhattan’s PDT. Just like at their Soho flagship, Charlie Bird, a hip-hop-fueled soundtrack sets the mood in the sexy, midcentury-modern space. Settle into the upstairs bar for pre- or post-dinner cocktails. For fun dining, share pastas such as chestnut tagliatelle and lamb sugo cavatelli, and let Rosengren introduce you to esoteric wines such as Spain’s 4 Monos Garnacha Tinto Grio and creative drinks such as the Japanese whisky-based Stone’s Throw, mixed with plum wine and shiso. legacyrecordsnyc.com

JENNIFER OLSON (OCTOPUS), NOAH FECKS (HARDY), KIRK CHAMBERS (BELL)

Legacy Records, New York

Raw bar

Royal Boucherie, Philadelphia Nick Elmi, the Top Chef winner behind Philadelphia’s impossible-to-get-into Laurel restaurant and chef-driven bar ITV, collaborated with bar experts Dave Frank and Stephen Simon on this late-night hot spot.

Elmi has won acclaim for his seven-course, French-driven tasting menus, while Frank and Simon have created a mini gastropub empire with popular Philly bars such as Khyber Pass Pub, Royal Tavern, and Triangle Tavern.

Antique light fixtures, leather banquettes, and tin ceilings give their new bilevel brasserie in the historic Old City district a speakeasy vibe.

The menu puts emphasis on charcuterie, shellfish, and classic cocktails. Elmi has simplified his lauded French fare here with dishes such as Champagne-braised escargot and a truffle-mayo-topped burger served with pork fat fries. With food served until 1 a.m. and a geeky wine list full of well-priced natural and small-production bottles and wines by the glass, Royal Boucherie has already become the go-to hangout for the city’s chefs and bartenders. 267-606-6313; royalboucherie.com

LOGAN CRABLE (LORO-2)

Chef Nick Elmi

From left, Aaron Franklin and Tyson Cole

And When Great Minds Collide in the Kitchen What do a pit master and a sushi chef have in common?

More than you think.

Thai Green Curry Sausage plate

S

ushi and brisket seem like an unlikely pairing. But when James Beard Award winners Tyson Cole and Aaron Franklin team up to marry them, the result is knock-your-socks-off delicious. Cole, the chef behind Austin’s popular Uchi and Uchiko and a member at the city’s Lost Creek Country Club, is a master of refined Japanese cuisine. For years he has been scheming a way to combine his love of Asian flavors with Texas barbecue traditions. Partnering with Franklin, one of America’s most influential pitmasters, was a no-brainer. His eponymous Austin barbecue joint consistently sells out of the 120 briskets available daily.

In Texas, barbecue is religion, and Franklin has earned his following by cooking the same five meats — brisket, pulled pork, ribs, turkey, and sausage — the same way ever since opening in 2009. As for sides, he sticks to humble staples: slaw, potato salad, and slices of cheap white bread. He saw teaming up with Cole as an opportunity to flex his culinary creativity.

In April, the duo debuted Loro, an Asian smokehouse and bar in Austin’s South Lamar neighborhood. The design references Texas dance halls, and an outdoor space includes oak-shaded picnic tables and a lantern-lit patio.

The menu is both familiar and foreign. At its heart: Franklin’s signature smoked meats. But you’ll also find char siew pork shoulder and Thai green curry sausage plates, smoked and grilled brisket sandwiches, and crispy Sichuan tofu bowls. Healthy accompaniments with bright, acidic flavors, such as green papaya salad, have replaced stick-to-your ribs sides.

Wash down the salty, sweet, sour, and smoky flavors with draft beer, batch cocktails, or sake slushies. 512-916-4858; loroaustin.com — J.M. S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

15

/Travel/ Trend

Next-Gen Food Courts

Food hall projects in the U.S. experienced nearly 70 percent growth from 2015 to 2017, and the trend shows no sign of slowing down. More than gourmet food courts, the latest culinary emporiums feature on-site cooking studios, coffee bars, and breweries, and we’ll see more of these spaces helmed by a single chef in the coming year. Here, a strategy for all-day dining at three of the most ambitious newcomers. — J.M.

Isabella Eatery

La Centrale

Legacy Hall

Top Chef finalist and D.C.-area restaurateur Mike Isabella showcases his greatest hits at this 41,000-square-foot food court on the top floor of Tysons Galleria shopping mall. Nine dining options include offshoots of his popular concepts such as Yona sushi bar and Spanish restaurant Arroz, in addition to Isabella’s first coffee bar, ice cream parlor, and cocktail spot. isabellaeatery.com

The next best thing to visiting Italy is shopping and dining at this three-floor, 40,084-square-foot Italian food hall at the shops at Brickell City Centre. You can purchase all of the ingredients featured in the 14 eateries, from homemade mozzarella to house-cured salumi, in the on-site Mercato. Brush up on your pastamaking at the cooking studio. lacentralemiami.com

One year in the making, this behemoth three-floor, 55,000-square-foot food mecca in the Dallas suburb of Plano boasts 20-plus food stalls hawking everything from gourmet doughnuts and bao (steamed buns filled with meat) to poke and lobster rolls. You’ll also find six bars, as well as an on-site craft brewery and taproom. legacyfoodhall.com

10 a.m. Nonfiction Coffee

9 a.m. Caffé

9 a.m. Juice Bar

Order: Coffee made from artisanal beans from Kenya and a kouign-amann, a French croissant on steroids

Miami

Order: An espresso and avocado toast topped with poached eggs, stracciatella, sauteed zucchini, and roasted cherry tomatoes

Plano, Texas

Order: Start Me Up, a mix of pineapple, green apple, and mint

Noon Arroz

11 a.m. Mercato

9:30 a.m. Glazed Donut Works

Order: Gambas al ajillo (garlic shrimp), patatas bravas (fried potatoes with sauce), and 36-month-aged jamon iberico (cured ham)

Buy: House-made cavatelli and a bottle of Tenuta Calissoni Bulgari olive oil from Lazio

Order: Maple bacon doughnut

5 p.m. Requin

12:30 p.m. Pizza e Pasta

Noon Red Stix Yakitori & Banh Mi

Order: Half a dozen briny Olde Salts oysters paired with a glass of dry Jean Marc Lafont Cremant de Bourgogne champagne

Order: Speck e Tartufo pie topped with Savini black truffle, mozzarella, ricotta, mushrooms, and a farm egg

Order: Charcoal-grilled chicken skewers over vermicelli noodles topped with herbs, bean sprouts, and crushed peanuts

5:30 p.m. Octagon Bar

3 p.m. Gelateria by Venchi

1:30 p.m. Haute Sweets Patisserie

Order: A Sbagliato, an aperitivo of aperol, rosso vermouth, and cava brut

Order: Two scoops of chocolate gelato topped with caramelized hazelnuts

7 p.m. Yona

7 p.m. Pesce

4 p.m. Unlawful Assembly Brewing Co.

Order: Tyson roll (eel, tamago omelet, avocado, cucumber, eel sauce) and assorted nigiri

Order: Fritto Misto (a mix of fried foods) and a whole branzino to share

Taste: After a taproom tour, the hoppy Blind Justice IPA

9 p.m. Retro Creamery

9 p.m. Aperitivo Bar

7 p.m. Knife Burger

Order: Affogato milkshake

Order: A glass of Nardini Grappa Bianca

Order: The Magic burger on a Thomas’ English muffin topped with tomato, cheddar and bacon

16

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

Buy: A box of matcha tea, red velvet, and PB&J macarons

DREAMSTIME (COFFEE, OYSTERS, GRAPPA)

McLean, Va.

STEP UP YOUR GAME A good caddy can only take you so far. Add style to your swing with up to 10% off base rates on Select Series vehicles with AWD # G070008.

For reservations, call 1-800-331-1212 and mention AWD # G070008 or visit avis.com/clubcorp10

Terms and Conditions: The savings of up to 10% applies to Avis base rates and is applicable only to the time and mileage charges of the rental. Offer applies to the Signature Series vehicle group only (group X). All taxes, fees (including but not limited Air Conditioning Excise Recovery Fee, Concession Recovery Fee, Vehicle License Recovery Fee, Energy Recovery Fee, Tire Management Fee, and Frequent Traveler Fee) and surcharges (including but not limited to Customer Facility Charge and Environmental Fee Recovery Charge) are extra. Please mention AWD G070008 to take advantage of this offer. Optional products such as LDW ($35.99/day or less) and refueling are extra. Offer is available for U.S. and Canadian residents only for rentals at participating locations in the U.S. Offer may not be used in conjunction with any other AWD number, promotion or offer. A Saturday night keep and an advance reservation may be required. Offer is subject to vehicle availability at the time of rental and may not be available on some rates at some times, including some online rates at Avis.com. Car rental return restrictions may apply. Offer subject to change without notice. Holiday and other blackout periods may apply. Renter must meet Avis age, driver and credit requirements. Minimum age may vary by location. An additional daily surcharge may apply for renters under 25 years old. Discount valid on rentals checked out no later than December 31, 2018. Š2017 Avis Rent A Car System, LLC

/Travel/

— KELSEY OGLETREE

Otago wine region

For Oenophiles

Your Next Kiwi Crush BY

E LAI N E G LU SAC

bungee jumping and pinot noir wines — adrenaline vs. elegance — are polar opposites. The former, and other extreme adventures, headline the appeal of the mountainous Otago region in the southern part of New Zealand’s South Island.

But the latter, produced here in the country’s coldest, hottest, and driest growing districts, aim to share that marquee as a cache of new tasting rooms opens in and around Cromwell, about 35 miles northeast of Queenstown.

The pinot wineries in the scenic Cromwell Basin — bounded by Lake Dunstan, the Kawarau River, and Pisa mountain range — flourished over the past two decades and their newly maturing vines are the pride of tasting rooms, aka “cellar doors,” now attracting travelers. Misha’s Vineyard (mishasvineyard.com) makes its wine lakeside but pours its complex pinot noirs and aromatic white varietals in a new Cromwell tasting room. In the growing district, Domain Road Vineyard (domainroad.co.nz), popular for its long-finishing pinots and quaffable rosé, established its tasting room in shipping containers above the vines. Nearby, Desert Heart Estate (desertheart.co.nz) now serves pinots and cheese platters in view of the Pisa range. “There is so much excitement around new wineries, and the styles are so diverse that no two tastings are the same,” says Judy McKenzie, a local Abercrombie & Kent tour guide.

Finding Otago wines in U.S. markets is rare, making travel to the region mandatory for pinot fans. In true Kiwi style, make wine tasting an outdoorsy endeavor via the new 4 Barrels Walking Wine Trail in Cromwell (find maps at the town visitor center, cromwell.org.nz), linking four vineyards — Misha’s, Aurum Wines, Scott Base, and Wooing Tree — over 5 miles.

Where to Stay Queenstown, the South Island adventure capital, makes an ideal base for exploring the rural Otago, and new lodgings and adventures seal the deal.

1 The dramatic new 69-room QT Queenstown from the Aussie boutique hotelier QT Hotels & Resorts hosts Reds Bar, the town’s sundowner destination for cocktails with panoramic lake views.

From $590. qthotelsandresorts.com/queenstown 1 Luxury villa rental company Touch of Spice is the go-to for celebrities filming in the area. It books properties such as jeweler Michael Hill’s six-bedroom, art-filled Lodge at the Hills estate with a grass tennis court and audio listening room. New excursions available to guests include heli-e-biking trips on a private ranch across Lake Wakatipu. Villas from $500. touchofspice.co.nz

18

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

RAFAEL BEN ARI/DREAMSTIME (OTAGO)

NEW LA DINING SPOT Eleven chefs. Ten seats.

Twenty-five-plus courses.

Two-and-a-half hours.

This is the gastronomic experience at Somni, the inventive new tasting menu restaurant from José Andrés and Aitor Zabala at the SLS Beverly Hills Hotel. With a name that means “dream” in Catalan, Somni is an interactive, constantly evolving culinary event.

“It’s not about extreme combinations, but the ability to create a flow of simple and more complex dishes that together create a whole experience,” says Chef Zabala. “I’m over the term ‘molecular gastronomy.’ For me there are only two types of food, good and bad, and we make good food.” $235 per person; 310-246-5543; exploretock.com/somni

GET YOUR EXCLUSIVE JUNIOR PUMA GEAR AND A CHANCE TO MEET RICKIE FOWLER Calling all Junior Rickie Fowler Fans! Purchase your exclusive Puma junior polo and hat like Rickie will wear at the PGA Championship. Plus, enter for a chance to win* a trip to meet Rickie at the 2018 Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club.

Only available from ClubCorp.

CLUBCORP.COM/LOOKLIKERICKIE #LOOKLIKERICKIE

*No purchase necessary. Contest ends 7/1/2018. For official rules, visit clubcorp.com/looklikerickie. Other restrictions and exclusions may apply. See Club for details. © ClubCorp USA, Inc. All rights reserved. 37571 0518 MM

/Travel/

12 Reasons

ONTARIO

10

to Visit Canada This Summer DON N I C H O L S

BRITISH COLUMBIA

3

This summer, BC Ferries introduces the 150-passenger Northern Sea Wolf, plying a new 10-hour route between Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, and Bella Coola in the Great Bear Rainforest. Travel through the picturesque waters of the Inside Passage. 888-223-3779; bcferries.com

4

At Grouse Mountain, in North Vancouver, explore two new mountain-biking trails on your own or on guided tours.

Pedal-assist bikes make the scenic trails accessible to even novice cyclists. 604-980-9311; grousemountain.com

5

In May, Harbour Air (in partnership with Kenmore Air) launched dock-to-dock seaplane flights between downtown Seattle and downtown Vancouver, with continuing service to Tofino on Vancouver Island. 800-665-0212; harbourair.com

6

Lodge lobby

ALBERTA

1

Kananaskis, at the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, welcomed the 247-room Kananaskis Mountain Lodge, an Autograph Collection Hotel, in May. Play golf at the newly reopened Kananaskis Country Golf Course. Rooms from $148.

888-236-2427; autographhotels.marriott.com

Parq Vancouver, a new entertainment destination, boasts downtown’s only casino, two hotels — the 329-room JW Marriott and the 188-room Douglas, an Autograph Collection Hotel — eight restaurants and lounges, a rooftop park, plus a spa and fitness center. 604-683-7277; parqvancouver.com

7

Get physical at the new Rope Runner Aerial Adventure Park in Squamish, between Vancouver and Whistler. At this family-friendly, four-level outdoor attraction, challenge yourself on a variety of obstacles involving ropes. 604-892-4623; roperunnerpark.com

20

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

This summer, Kimpton opens its first Toronto property — the 188-room Kimpton Saint George, in the city’s Annex neighborhood, where a bohemian spirit mixes with sophistication. At press time, scheduled to open by July 1.

From $258.

416-968-0010; kimptonsaint george.com

MANITOBA

8

See a replica of Nelson Mandela’s 8-by-7-foot prison cell in “Mandela: Struggle for Freedom,” a thoughtprovoking exhibition running from June 8 to Jan. 6, 2019, at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg.

877-877-6037; humanrights.ca

2

A 2016 fire forced the closing of the Mount Royal Hotel, a downtown Banff staple for 100-plus years.

But with a $35 million restoration nearly complete, the 133-room property is scheduled to reopen on July 1. From $250. 877-8622623; mountroyalhotel.com

11

12

In Niagara Falls, go for a spin at the Niagara Speedway, an elevated go-kart track that’s 40 feet tall at its highest. Start on a road course, spiral up, then zoom down a long hill. At press time, scheduled to open on June 1.

800-801-8557; cliftonhill.com

NEW BRUNSWICK

9

S U M M E R 2018

This summer, the Algonquin Resort at St. Andrews by-the-Sea wraps up a multimillion-dollar renovation of its Algonquin Golf Course with renovated bunkers, greens, holes, and tee boxes. 506-529-8168; algonquinresort.com

Plus, bonus reason 13 To cycle British Columbia’s Okanagan wine region on Canada’s new Great Trail (see page 56)

ERIC PETERSON (PLANE), DREAMSTIME (POKER CHIPS)

BY

Harbour Air

Le Boat, the self-driveboat rental company that operates in eight European countries, has sailed across the pond. Rent one of its luxury Horizon cruisers for multiday excursions along the Rideau Canal, a scenic route connecting Ottawa with Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.

Vessels sleep from four to 10 people. 800734-5491; leboat.com

8am : Horseback ride on the beach Seabrook ISland

Make It Uniquely Yours

11am : 18-holes on Ocean Winds course 5pm : Drinks & dinner at The Beach Club

Miles of pristine beaches. Minutes from Charleston. Endless amenities and activities.

And the inexplicable feeling of knowing you’re exactly where you should be.

Seabrook Island ~ Make It Uniquely Yours SM

D i s c over S e abro ok. c om | 800-358-6556

/Travel/ On the Rails

New high-speed train service gets you from London to Amsterdam BY

JENNIFER CEASER

F

ancy a leisurely side trip from London to Amsterdam?

Skip the airport hassle and hop the Eurostar, which recently launched twice-daily high-speed train service between the two cities, whisking you from London’s St Pancras Station to Amsterdam Centraal in three hours and 41 minutes.

Travel on the state-of-the-art e320 trains — which offer free Wi-Fi and power outlets at every seat — starts at just $50 one way, but the fully flexible Business Premier class warrants the $374 ticket. Express check-in means you can arrive just 10 minutes before departure, but you’ll want to get there early for the free drinks and snacks at St Pancras’ exclusive Eurostar lounge.

On board, settle into the roomy seats and watch the countryside zip by at 186 mph, stream free Amazon Prime TV shows, or delve into the huge stack of U.K. newspapers and glossy European titles.

Midway through the journey, dine at your seat on a three-course breakfast or dinner designed by Michelin-star chef Raymond Blanc, along with unlimited wine and regional craft beer. To make your arrival seamless, a taxi-booking service on the train ensures a cab will be waiting at the station.

The return, requiring a train transfer and passport check in Brussels, is slightly less convenient, but that’s slated to change by the end of 2019. eurostar.com

1935 Avions Voisin C25 Aérodyne

More Need-to-Know Tidbits SEE On Sept. 6-9, MCH Group, the company behind Art Basel in Switzerland, unveils Grand Basel, a new car show that will look at cars as art forms, with gorgeous collectibles for eye candy. But the show will look to the future, too, with exclusive concept-car debuts. The annual event will extend to Miami and Hong Kong in 2019. grandbasel.com FLY Thanks to a new partnership between Singita and Federal Airlines (at press time scheduled to begin June 1), travelers can now fly directly from Johannesburg to Singita lodges in the Sabi Sands private game reserve adjacent to South Africa’s Kruger National Park. singita.com EAT At the Bellagio Las Vegas Hotel, Chef Michael Mina has reopened his eponymous restaurant with a new concept that emulates fresh seafood feasts at seaside villages around the world.

Bite into dishes such as Spice-Crusted and Whole Fried Fish (above). 866-259-7111; bellagio.com SAIL Continuing its rapid growth, Viking Cruises launches its fifth ocean vessel in June. The Viking Orion, which will accommodate 930 passengers in 465 cabins, will first ply the Mediterranean then make its way to Asia, Australia, and Alaska. 866-984-5464; vikingcruises.com SLEEP Owners of the Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas recently completed a $33 million renovation project updating all 226 guest rooms, public areas, spa, and fitness center with a more modern aesthetic. From $235.

214-871-3200; crescentcourt.com RIDE In Branson, Mo., Silver Dollar City theme park calls its newest ride — Time Traveler — the “world’s fastest, steepest, and tallest spinning coaster.” It reaches speeds up to 50 mph; has a 10-story, 90-degree vertical drop; and a 95-foot-tall loop. Do you dare? 800-475-9370; silverdollarcity.com EXPERIENCE Pick from several sporting endeavors at the new Sandy Creek Sporting Grounds at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Ga. The main draw is clay shooting but other options include archery, canoeing, fishing, hiking, and kayaking. 706-467-1584; reynoldslakeoconee.com — COMPILED BY THE STAFF

22

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

ANTHONY MAIR (FISH), TAGGART SORENSEN (CRESCENT COURT)

A Eurostar Is Born

WORLD CUP OF GOLF NOV. 21 - 25, Melbourne, Australia Exclusive Travel Offer for Members of ClubCorp Clubs Recieve a $500 voucher towards a handcrafted Australian golf vacation by mentioning CLUBCORP 2018

Make your way to the 2018 World Cup of Golf in Melbourne, Australia to witness the world’s best golfers compete at Metropolitan Golf Club, before playing Australia’s top-ranked Royal Melbourne and Kingston Heath Golf Clubs and blending your swing with a sip of Victoria’s finest wines.

CALL TO SPEAK TO OUR AUSTRALIA TRAVEL EXPERTS | (888) 229-0082

/Wine & Spirits/ Bars

Birthday Toast

Help New Orleans celebrate its 300th at this tiny new Cuban-themed bar BY

WAY N E C U R T I S

A

full three centuries have passed since some intrepid Frenchmen settled on the bend in a river, naming it New Orleans after their benefactor — which means there’s no better time to visit and celebrate the city’s persistence and determination.

One inviting place to mark the storied past: a tiny new French Quarter bar called Manolito. A stop here is also a way to quietly recognize one of the formative eras in the city’s past, when the Spanish ruled New Orleans between 1762 and 1803, largely from their base in Havana.

Two of the bar’s founders — Nick Detrich and Chris Hannah — traveled frequently to Cuba in recent years, along the way befriending a coterie of cantineros, a sort of club of experienced bartenders who have kept alive the tradition of refined Cuban service and traditional drinks-making. Manuel Carbajo, a bartender at the renowned Havana bar El Floridita, had been particularly instrumental in guiding the pair through the intricacies of Cuban bartending. So when Carbajo died in a car accident in 2017, Detrich and Hannah, along with local bartender Konrad Kantor, set about creating a bar to honor Cabajo and the elegance of his

El Presidente

(as served at Manolito) 2 ounces Banks 5 Island rum 1 ounce Dolin Blanc vermouth 1/4 ounce Pierre Ferrand Curacao 1 bar spoon grenadine

Combine ingredients in a glass with ice, then “throw” the drink between two glasses 5-7 times. Strain into a coupe. Garnish with a cherry.

hospitality. With the permission of his family, they christened it with Carbajo’s nickname.

Manolito opened in the spring, imbued with a raffish sort of timeworn sensibility you’d find in Havana. “We wanted it so it looked like people had been smoking in here for 30 years,” says Detrich.

Plenty of American bars have embraced a Cuban theme, with mojitos and photos of old cars and a soundtrack by Buena Vista Social Club. But the three partners wanted to create a place that did more than that and honored Cuba’s traditional hospitality, offering a salute to the cantineros and their professionalism.

Manolito is intimate at best, with just six seats at the bar and room for about 30 more seats between the cozy downstairs and a doll-house-size mezzanine.

But the drinks are outsized in flavor, including Cuban cocktails such as the artfully blended El Floridita daiquiri (made with a splash of maraschino liqueur), along with other Cuban classics such as El Presidente.

So step in the door, order a drink that suits, and raise a toast to a complicated city that has survived three centuries, three nationalities, and dozens of floods and hurricanes.

Here’s to 300 more. 504-603-2740; manolitonola.com

San Antonio turns 300, too. Where to party?

“Swank” is no longer a term of hipster irony — it’s now simply descriptive of midcentury simplicity and elegance. (Thank you, Mad Men!) That’s the first word to come to mind when entering the Modernist, a new cocktail bar that offers a worthy detour if you head to San Antonio, another U.S. city celebrating the 300th anniversary of its founding.

Your first trick? Finding it — it’s in an unmarked 1920s-era home with no sign. Walk in, and you’d be excused for thinking you’ve wandered into someone’s 24

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

living room. Then you spot the bar with its quilted vinyl barstools fronting an array of well-curated spirits.

Don’t look for a cocktail menu with hard-to-decipher drink names. There is none. The bartenders encourage you to simply tell them what you normally drink, and they’ll concoct something to please you.

Then again, you can always go all Don Draper and order up a classic old-fashioned or Manhattan. When you’ve lasted 300 years, you can do whatever you want.

210-446-8699 — W.C.

live life luxuriously

T H E M O S T I N C L U S I V E LU X U RY E X P E R I E N C E T M

Enjoy every day exactly as you wish while exploring the world’s most beautiful places. Everything is included — from flights to excursions and from gourmet dining to unlimited WiFi. Allow us to take care of every detail as you sail aboard our luxuriously appointed, perfectly-sized ships to more than 450 destinations in the company of an intimate group of newfound friends. You really can have it all aboard Regent Seven Seas Cruises®.

CALL 1.844.4REGENT (1.844.473.4368) OR CONTACT YOUR TRAVEL AGENT

REQUEST YOUR FREE BROCHURE AT RSSC.COM/CLUBCORP

/Culture/ “History of Hoops” interactive exhibit

Also New for Summer

1

Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation Children’s Garden

Big Before, Bigger Now

2

“Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes”

Zone in on sports at Indianapolis’ expanded children’s museum BY

T E R R I MAR S HAL L

S

ince 1925, families have flocked to the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis for transformative learning experiences across art, humanities, and science platforms. With more than 130,000 artifacts housed in a 487,000-square-foot facility spread over 29 acres, it has long been the world’s largest children’s museum. Now, with its justcompleted Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience, the museum ups its game even more. This $38.5 million, 7.5-acre expansion combines physical fitness, health education, and sports history in a variety of family-fun indoor and outdoor experiences.

Highlights include a replica of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where you can do Mario Andretti proud in the Pedal Experience. The cars look like stock cars, but the racing thrills come from 100 percent pedal power. In the Indianapolis Colts Football Experience, legends-in-training learn to safely pass, catch, run, and kick field goals. Golf takes center stage on two nine-hole putting courses, replicas of holes from around the world designed by noted golf course architects Pete and Alice Dye. The entire family can practice putting skills or play a round. Through the museum’s partnership with the state’s professional sports teams, sports legends such as NBA star Oscar Robertson sometimes mingle with visitors during special events to inspire every member of the family. 800-820-6214; childrensmuseum.org 26

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

3

Believe it or not, 2019 will mark the 80th year of Marvel’s superheroes. In celebration, Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture brings us this exhibit that shares the story of these beloved comics through more than 300 original artifacts, including film, comics, costumes, and props. 206770-2700; mopop.org

“Unseen Oceans”

In New York, go deep beneath the ocean’s surface on a voyage of discovery at the American Museum of Natural History’s latest exhibition, which introduces cutting-edge technologies such as robotics and high-definition imaging that scientists use for ocean exploration. 212-769-5100; amnh.org Triton submersible replica

ANN SCHERTZ (BASKETBALL), AVRORRA/DREAMSTIME (PEPPERS), MARVEL (CAPTAIN AMERICA), DENIS FINNIN (SUBMARINE)

Family Fun

More green, less screen is the theme at the new children’s garden at the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Columbus, Ohio. The 2-acre attraction features a landscape and geology playhouse, nature art studio, garden canopy walk, wetlands, and garden plots where children can learn how to grow vegetables and flowers. 614-715-8000; fpconservatory.org

/Golf/ Brooke Henderson

Lexi Thompson

Tournaments

LPGA News

Michelle Wie

Champions event debuts next year Stacy Lewis BY

T O M M AC K I N

B

esides the warmer temperatures, you now have another reason to book a trip to Florida come this winter. The LPGA plays in 15 countries this year, but its 2019 schedule will kick off about 75 miles southwest of Tour headquarters in Daytona Beach, Fla., with the recently unveiled Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. Scheduled for Jan. 17-20, play will unfold at Tranquilo Golf Club at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando in Lake Buena Vista.

The limited field for the new 72-hole stroke-play event will feature winners of LPGA tournaments from the previous two seasons. While the pros compete for a $1.2 million purse, 45 celebrities will play by their sides in a modified stableford format

with their own $500,000 purse. Golf Channel will televise the first two rounds, with coverage of the final two rounds on NBC. The tournament week will also include special events and concerts.

“The opportunity came about to bring our existing Diamond Resorts Invitational [started in 2013 with amateurs, celebrities, and post-golf concerts] to network TV starting next year, so we thought it deserved a competitive golf event on the professional side,” says Mike Flaskey, Diamond’s chief executive officer.

LPGA winners who have already qualified for the tournament include Tour stars Brooke Henderson, Brittany Lincicome, Stacy Lewis, Lexi Thompson, and Michelle Wie. “Obviously it’s serious: We’re playing for a lot of money, and there are points to be won for the season. But it’s just a nice laid-back event to kick the season off,” Lincicome says.

Not Familiar With Diamond Resorts?

Ka’anapali Beach Club

Founded in 2007, the Las Vegas-based hospitality company manages more than 100 resorts across North America and Europe, such as the Cabo Azul Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico, and the Ka’anapali Beach Club in Maui, Hawaii.

Diamond Resorts members use their vacation ownership points to book the properties, but nonmembers can make reservations, too.

The company recently expanded its U.S. offerings by acquiring the Amber Vacation Club, which includes Sunrise Ridge Resort in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.; Alhambra Villas and Alhambra at Poinciana resort in Kissimmee, Fla.; and the Modern Honolulu in Waikiki.

Through Diamond’s affiliate agreements, its members can also use their points to book other resorts, cruises, vacation experiences, and events — such as the Diamond Resorts Concert Series — in more than 300 destinations in the U.S. and around the world. 800-438-2929; diamondresorts.com 28

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

GETTY IMAGES: RICHARD A. WHITTAKER/ICON SPORTSWIRE (HENDERSON), SCOTT HALLERAN (LEWIS), THANANUWAT SRIRASANT (THOMPSON), MADDIE MEYER (LINCICOME), ZHE JI (WIE)

Brittany Lincicome

FAMILY FUN FOR EVERYONE! •• •

TEE UP FOR THE 2018 PARENT-CHILD BETTER BALL! All Members and guests are invited to bring their children ages 12 – 18 to play three rounds on FIRESTONE COUNTRY CLUB’S renowned South and West Courses in a two-person best ball format. The tournament will be flighted by the junior’s age, and the tournament weekend also includes a putting contest, all meals Friday lunch through Sunday lunch, and an exciting awards ceremony.

•• •

2018 CLUBCORP PARENT-CHILD BETTER BALL JULY 14 – 16, 2018 Firestone Country Club, Akron, OH • $1,475 per team, $545 per additional junior Visit www.clubcorptournaments.com or email Kathy Walker, Tournament Director, to learn more. kathy.walker@clubcorp.com © ClubCorp USA, Inc. All rights reserved. 40128 0218 BB

Margaret Spellings Carolina Club, Chapel Hill, N.C. Member since: 2016 Who she is: As president of the statewide University of North Carolina system, she oversees the chief executives of the institution’s 17 campuses, bringing expertise from the eight years (2001-2009) she served as White House domestic policy adviser and U.S. secretary of education.

Making changes: Since joining the UNC team two years ago, Spellings has implemented a strategic planning process aimed at improving graduation rates and making the college more affordable. “I had talked about all these issues for decades from a 30,000-foot view, and it was intriguing to come to a place where I could really roll up my sleeves and move the needle quickly.”

Educational philosophy: “What gets measured gets done. I’m all about accountability and being clear about what we want and what we expect. It’s kind of Management 101 comes to higher education.”

The best part: “Seeing how engaged and hungry students are for learning and how optimistic they are about their futures. Being around students is a lot of fun.” — KATE WAHNSCHAFFE

“

We tackle things like access, affordability, and student success.

ALEX BOERNER

”

/Profiles/

“

We provide VIP golf experiences hosted by players and celebrities.

”

Mike Chisum

Gleneagles Country Club, Plano, Texas Member since: 2003 Who he is: As founder and president of Chisum Sports and Hospitality, he works with his team to create customized corporate golf events featuring top golfers and instructors for clients such as Google, United Rentals, and Wells Fargo.

Double duty: In his other role, as co-founder and partner of Players Group Management, he manages the careers of professional golfers, including David Toms and Ryan Palmer.

Perfect fit: “When we’re planning an event, I always use an insight about the audience, the timing, or the location to help determine who the talent is. At a PGA Championship event we did for MetLife, we used Padraig Harrington because he was a former PGA Championship winner, though he isn’t a player we manage. The talent has to be relevant and the right fit.”

— LOUIS MARROQUIN

32

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

JUSTIN CLEMONS

Fruitful beginning: Through connections made playing college golf at the University of Texas and Baylor University, he started his career in earnest at Titleist, rising up the ranks to director of player relations during his decadelong stint there. “The relationships I’ve developed during my 20 years in the golf world give us access to things we can offer for our events that are unique to us.”

“ ”

As much as technology changes, the core principles stay the same.

Eric Hardy

Skyline Club, Southfield, Mich.

Member since: 2014 Who he is: Armed with a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, he joined forces in 1995 with college friend Patrick Tomina to start W3R Consulting, a technology consulting firm. Now 23 years later, as CEO and president, he has seen his startup grow to five offices nationally with revenues exceeding $50 million.

Clients include: Accenture, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Comerica, Excellus, Health Care Service Corp., and McDonald’s.

Change of direction: Though the company started out providing IT and fulfillment solutions for Detroit’s automotive industry, it has expanded its focus in recent years to IT consulting, staffing services, and data analytics for the rapidly changing health care insurance industry.

Recent recognition: In 2017, Black Enterprise magazine ranked W3R 62nd on its list of the nation’s largest AfricanAmerican-owned-and-operated businesses.

JOE VAUGHN

Next step: “We’re going to move from exclusively doing data work to data and security. Your health insurance records are probably the most sought-after thing hackers are trying to breach. So we’re addressing the security components — both processes and technology — that must be in place to assure that security.” — L.M.

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

33

©ClubCorpUSA, Inc. All rights reserved. 0518 40352 BB

Instruction

Saving Strokes From the Sand Five experts help you solve common bunker conundrums BY

T O M M AC K I N

STREETER LECKA/GETTY IMAGES

F

ormer world No. 1 Luke Donald estimates that more than half of his PGA Tour counterparts prefer to play out of a greenside bunker rather than thick, heavy rough around a green.

“I’ve been at, or near, the top of the stats in bunker play for a few years, and hitting from the rough is always more guesswork,” he says. “With bunkers, you usually get a reasonably good lie and you can control the shot. There’s not as much of the element of luck. It’s more skill.”

But building that skill takes time, patience, and practice. On the following pages, five professionals and instructors who know their way around those dreaded bunkers examine a variety of lies to help you get out of the sand with ease and fewer strokes.

IN & OUT: Luke Donald approaches a bunker shot with confidence.

/The Game/

Downhill Lie

Instructor: James Sieckmann

Longer Bunker Shot Player: Luke Donald

Donald, perennially among the top-ranked bunker players on the PGA Tour, has earned 12 wins on the PGA and European Tours.

“I use a less lofted club, such as a 54-degree wedge, when the greenside bunker shot is more than 20 yards. You want the ball to run out more on this shot. I get the ball more forward in my stance and make sure the shaft is vertical, or even leaning slightly backward toward my belly button, to expose the bounce on the club. When you use the bounce, you can be a little off on where you strike the sand. It gives you more room for error and you don’t have to be so precise with your strike. When you take the club back, keep the toe open and feel it move around you. In the normal golf shot, the club path hinges up, but with this shot you want it more rounded to expose that bounce on the club. I like to play with a reasonably square stance, or slightly closed, so I can feel the head of the club going out and around, then coming back down.”

36

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

“This is one of the harder shots in golf.

You need to create a stable base and use your most lofted wedge. Turn the toe of your front foot down the slope and slide your front knee downward, so your weight presses into your front foot. Lay the clubface as wide open as possible.

Most Tour players get their back leg out of the way by dropping their back foot slightly backward. You can’t take the club back low and inside to hit this shot; the club has to move up and out with plenty of wrist hinge. Line up dead straight to the landing spot, and release the club past a stable lower body so the splash mark made by the clubhead as it enters and exits the sand points about 20 degrees left of the target line. Doing so creates the height and spin you see from the greats, like my longtime student Tom Pernice Jr. Don’t move the ball back in your stance — it’s impossible to hit it high and soft from there. Keep it just inside your front heel and lean into your front leg instead.”

ILLUSTRATIONS BY RON THOMAS, STUART FRANKLIN/GETTY IMAGES (DONALD), LORI CUSICK (DOWNHILL LIE)

Sieckmann, based at Shadow Ridge Golf Academy in Omaha, Neb., and a member at Anthem Golf & Country Club in Anthem, Ariz., has coached more than 80 PGA, LPGA, and Champions Tour players. Current students include 2017 Ricoh Women’s British Open champion I.K. Kim and Tom Pernice Jr., ranked No. 1 in sand save percentage last year on the Champions Tour.

Go Online

To see video demonstrations of these bunker tips, visit privateclubsmag.com/ bunkershots

Fairway Bunker Shot

Player: Bill Haas In 2017, Haas, who’s earned six PGA Tour wins including the 2011 Tour Championship, ranked in the top 10 for greens in regulation from a fairway bunker on the PGA Tour.

GETTY IMAGES: STEPHEN DUNN (HAAS), SAM GREENWOOD (ALEX); LORI CUSICK (BALL)

“Some golfers hang back on their right foot during this type of shot, but I get ahead on my left foot. The farther you are ahead, the harder it is to hit behind the ball, and the easier it is to hit it solid.

Amateurs try to help the ball out of the fairway bunker and move backward during the swing. Try to hit down on the ball, unless you have to deal with the lip of the bunker. That’s a different ballgame. If you check the lie of Tour pros after they hit this shot, none of them will have a divot behind the ball.

The divot is always in front of the ball because they hit down on it. Ball first, then the sand. Make the ball position closer to the middle of your stance because you’re trying to hit the ball first.”

Buried Lie

Instructor: Matt Killen Killen, an instructor at Discovery Land Co. properties throughout North America, includes 2017 PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas, as well as Bud Cauley, J.B. Holmes, and Kenny Perry, among his students.

“You have to dig the ball out of a buried lie, so you need to square the clubface to the ball and use that leading edge like a shovel into the sand. If you try to open up the clubface, it will skip off that lie and likely blade the ball. A lot of buried lies occur right under the bunker lip, which prevents a follow-through. So you take the leading edge of the club and stick it an inch or two behind the ball to get it out. Your weight is forward — at least 60 percent on your front foot — and the ball should be slightly back of center. Keep your front shoulder tilted down toward the ball. If that shoulder rises, the low point of your swing will change. You want the club to enter the sand before it reaches the ball, but you don’t want the club to touch down too early. Don’t try to be too greedy with this shot. Just focus on getting the ball out and onto the green.”

Short-Sided Bunker Shot

Player: Marina Alex Alex, who joined the LPGA Tour in 2013, posted a career-best six top 10 finishes in 2017. She ranked ninth in sand save percentage last year.

“Putting yourself in the correct setup will help you elevate the ball quickly out of a greenside bunker. A majority of pros position the ball pretty far forward in their stance, almost off their left heel. Make sure the shaft is leaning slightly backward away from the ball by maybe an inch or two. I take a really wide stance and get my weight a little bit ahead of center. Then I take the club — always my 58-degree wedge — up and out as much as I can without much shoulder rotation. The key is to feel your right hand releasing under the ball to generate the most spin possible. My overall stance is a fraction open to the target. If I’m really struggling with this shot, I’ll practice using a 50- or 54-degree wedge.

Doing that forces my body to react to the shot in front of me without overthinking. When I go back to my higher lofted wedge, the shot seems so much easier.”

S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

37

French

As a dramatic, demanding golf course near Paris prepares to host the Ryder Cup, writer Shaun Tolson uncovers exceptional golf experiences across the country

38

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

this fall, during the final six days of September, golfers all around the world will set their sights on the outskirts of Paris as the French host the 2018 Ryder Cup. The U.S. vs. Europe duel returns to continental Europe for only the second time since the illustrious event’s parameters changed in 1979 — a modification that opened up the Great Britain and Ireland team to all European golfers. On the one previous occasion when the Ryder Cup competition unfolded on the continent at Spain’s Valderrama Golf Club in 1997, the destination seemed an obvious choice: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros, whose successful playing career over the previous two decades had permanently linked the country and the sport, captained the European team.

France can’t claim a champion golfer of that caliber, a major reason it’s often not perceived as a premier golf destination. Yet the country holds a rich golf tradition and

Paris Le Golf National

Golf du Medoc Grand Saint-Emilionnais Golf Club Bordeaux

Seignosse Golf Club Biarritz Le Phare International Training Center and Golf Course

T

Ryder Cup Cometh

STEVE CARR (COURSE), FRANCK FIFE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES (FLAG)

Tees sports more than 550 courses and golf resorts, some exceptional. One such extraordinary example — Le Golf National — will be on display as the Ryder Cup’s French home.

If you plan to attend this year’s showdown, don’t leave all the swing play to the pros while in France. The country’s world-class golf experiences appeal to amateurs of all ability levels, and you won’t be disappointed. Here, we spotlight five must-play courses and a teaching facility, from a centuries-old beauty tucked on the edge of a coastal resort town to a links-style layout that meanders through one of the country’s most heralded wine-producing regions. We also chronicle the unique experiences that a round on this year’s Ryder Cup course serves up.

LAY OF THE LAND: Absorb the grandeur of the Albatros Course’s second hole at Le Golf National.

The spectacular, 45-hole Le Golf National lies about 20 miles southwest of central Paris in Saint-Quentin-enYvelines. You’ll want to play its crown jewel, the par-72, 7,321-yard Albatros Course, but keep in mind the course will be closed to the public all September. Designed by architects Hubert Chesneau and Robert von Hagge, the course has hosted the French Open for 25 years and will host both the Ryder Cup this year and the Olympic golf competition in 2024.

During a round, the Albatros is at times a Parisian homage to classic links design and, at others, a sparkling representation of French parkland golf. What it is not — at any time — is easy. Paul Armitage, the resort’s general manager and a proficient player with a single-digit handicap, warns me of this before my round. “If you come back and say after your round that you didn’t like the course, you’d be one of the very few,” he says. “If you come back and say, ‘I lost 12 golf balls,’ you’d be the millionth person.”

He’s right, though fortunately not about the fate of my dozen Titleists. The layout features a combination of gradual and aggressive changes in elevation, which the designers manually constructed from a flat stretch of terrain during the course’s three-year construction span in the late 1980s. The French Golf Federation selected the resort’s location and chose to manipulate the Albatros’ topography (many holes play through shallow valleys) to create a stadiumlike venue that would provide copious viewing areas for spectators and media.

By taking control of the land, Chesneau and von Hagge created a dramatic series of holes, almost half of which incorporate striking water hazards. Three of the final four holes require golfers to navigate around or over water, which will inject additional drama into the Ryder Cup matches. Many holes, especially the ones devoid of water, prove deceptively difficult off the tee, too. Hit your ball into the first cut of rough a few yards left or right of the fairway, and your next shot will be challenging, though playable.

An errant shot that lands in the far more penal second cut of rough a few paces farther away will require you to hack your ball back onto the fairway; that is, assuming you can find the ball. Things don’t get any easier on the fast-rolling greens, thanks to significant contours and bold ridges.

Despite its immense difficulty, the Albatros asserts itself as a must-play for golfers of all ability levels. As long as you temper your expectations for low scores, you’ll be rewarded with an unforgettable round of golf.

S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

39

International Training Center and Golf Course of Ilbarritz

A Golf Paradise in Basque Country

Paris Le Golf National

Golf du Medoc Grand Saint-Emilionnais Golf Club Bordeaux

40

Seignosse Golf Club Biarritz Le Phare International Training Center and Golf Course

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

mountain views, and you can go from large golf courses to small, tricky ones.”

A golf getaway to Biarritz would be incomplete without a round at Rousseau’s charming Le Phare, which sits about a mile northeast of the city’s center plaza.

That metropolitan location reflects a bygone era during which the course was built — Tom and William Dunn designed its holes in 1888. The layout also reflects the course’s age, as holes most often double back on one another. Despite its short length of 5,908 yards (another indicator of its age), Biarritz Le Phare, which plays to par 69, challenges even low handicappers with narrow, tree-lined fairways and small greens.

At Seignosse Golf Club, 15 miles to the north, the opening hole — although equally Hole No. 2 at Seignosse Golf Club

Biarritz Le Phare

narrow and tree-lined as the first at Biarritz Le Phare — looks and feels altogether different thanks to a pronounced downslope from tee to green. The hole, a long par 4, also previews what’s to come, as the par-73 course stretches to almost 7,000 yards in length and trundles over and around steep hillsides. A medley of elevated tee shots with downhill and uphill approaches into the greens — along with some strategically placed water hazards that will challenge you — assures a dynamic round of golf punctuated by many memorable holes.

Like No. 1, length defines Seignosse’s 18th hole.

Although more forgiving

off the tee, the serpentineshaped green, which plays as France’s first par 6 from the championship tees, is demanding. Following two well-struck shots — a straight driver off the tee and a 2-wood that fades around the corner to the middle of the fairway — I’m left with a full 8-iron to the elevated green, which, like many of the putting surfaces on the course, is large and boldly contoured. The hole encapsulates all of the challenges that the course presents throughout a player’s round. It also explains why some of France’s most famous golf pros visit Seignosse to prepare for their professional tournaments.

CLAUDE RODRIGUEZ (TRAINING CENTER, LE PHARE)

T

The resort town of Biarritz, on the Basque coast in southwestern France, has attracted discerning globetrotters since European royals first began vacationing there about 130 years ago. Impassioned golfers have visited the city and its surrounding areas for nearly the same length of time.

The mere sight of the International Training Center and Golf Course of Ilbarritz, set on the coast just south of the city limits, telegraphs the destination’s allegiance to the sport. The sprawling practice center and golf academy features a ninehole executive-length course and a massive 360-degree driving range with 14 stations, so you can practice shots of all lengths in diverse wind conditions.

Those varied practice scenarios are all valuable and immediately put to the test, since 16 distinct courses lie within an hour’s drive of downtown Biarritz. “You can go from old and traditional golf courses to modern,” says Claude Rousseau, director of Biarritz Le Phare, one of the country’s oldest golf courses. “You can go from the seashore to inland courses with

Paris Le Golf National

B

Hole No. 8 on Golf du Medoc’s Châteaux Course

From Tee to Green Among the Vines By golf standards, Paris dazzles visitors with a world-class golf resort born from a quest to reshape the earth; Biarritz shines for its eclectic — and in some cases historic — courses.

Bordeaux? It radiates thanks to a duo of golf destinations that, in distinct and divergent ways, reflect the region’s rich, wineproducing history.

To the uninformed, the holes of the Châteaux Course at the Golf du Medoc resort appear to be named. In much the same way that most of the holes at Spyglass Hill Golf Course in Pebble Beach, Calif., reference a character or place in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Treasure Island, each hole of this Bill Coore-designed championship course, about 10 miles northwest of Bordeaux, appropriately showcases a wine-producing château of the region. Some are acclaimed premier grand crus, while others are lesser-known producers of exceptional vintages.

But unlike the monikers firmly attached to the Spyglass Hill holes, the château associations at Golf du Medoc can change every couple of years. That’s an important distinction, especially given a long-standing tradition at the resort. As general manager Vincent Paris explains, if a foreign player records a birdie, custom

suggests — though by no means requires — he or she purchase a bottle of wine produced by the château associated with the respective hole.

“Choose your hole wisely,” says Paris. “Some bottles are 20 euros.

Others are 500 euros.”

The links-style course can provide its fair share of birdie chances, as its greens average 10,700 square feet in area.

That means even a wayward approach shot can sometimes end up on the putting surface. By comparison, the Augusta National greens that have long challenged PGA Tour players because of their size average slightly less than 6,500 square feet in area.

Understandably, you would do well to spend a fair amount of your pre-round warm-up time dialing in the speed of your putts on the course’s almost 11,000-square-foot practice green.

The 7,192-yard, par-71 layout is mostly forgiving off the tee, but thanks to those massive putting surfaces, your scores can grow large in a hurry as your round’s putt tally escalates.

Having hit a number of good iron shots into those greens during the first half of my round — but with just three pars and no birdies to show for them — I step to the tee box of the 163-yard, par-3 eighth hole feeling relaxed

Golf du Medoc Grand Saint-Emilionnais Golf Club Bordeaux

Seignosse Golf Club Biarritz Le Phare International Training Center and Golf Course

and confident, emotions that seem out of place given the broad water hazard that wraps itself around the green’s front and left portions.

Ignoring as best I can the possible calamities that await, I take a smooth swing and hit a crisp 6-iron. The ball launches high but never wavers off line.

When it lands, it bounces once just short of the flagstick and abruptly stops. It looks, at least from this vantage point, to be very close to the hole.

“I guess we know who’s buying the first bottle of wine,” says one of my playing partners.

In the chance that he’s right, I check the tee marker, which displays the label for Château de Camensac. I don’t recognize the name, but the label is branded Grand Cru Classe en 1855, a designation for superior Bordeaux wines celebrated by Emperor Napoléon III during a prestigious international exposition held in Paris in 1855.

I fear I may not have chosen my hole wisely.

Up at the green, after making the short, 12-inch putt that awaits me, I have my first birdie of the round. Upon my return home, I seek out a bottle of Château de Camensac. At $40, the wine is more affordable than I expected, so I buy two bottles: the readyto-enjoy 2010 vintage and the S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

41

Atelier des Lumières

Lutetia

What’s New in Paris If you plan to visit Paris this summer or during the Ryder Cup, here are the latest hotels, attractions, and other developments to check out. Although the City of Light may be timeless, it’s also constantly changing, giving visitors a reason to return again and again.

SLEEP: The Lutetia, a 108-year-old Left Bank landmark hotel in the city’s fashionable 6th arrondissement, has just been restored to its former glory, with original art deco and art nouveau details blending seamlessly with contemporary design. Its 184 rooms include two penthouse suites boasting sprawling terraces with panoramic city views.

From $1,040. hotellutetia.com 1 The highlight of the boutique 48-room Relais Christine — inside an impeccably renovated, antiquefilled 17th-century manse in the heart of St-Germaindes-Prés — may well be its Guerlain Spa, whose vaulted ceilings and stone walls are remnants of an ancient Relais Christine Augustinian monastery. From $395. relais-christine.com 1 Over on the Right Bank, in the buzzy 9th arrondissement, the sleek and modern Hôtel Parister offers 45 retro-style rooms and suites, plus a 60-foot indoor pool, mosaic-tiled hammam, and a host of wellness classes from boxing to boot camp.

From $308. hotelparister.com SEE: Haute shopping mecca Galeries Lafayette just launched its arts foundation, Lafayette Anticipations, in Le Marais, in a 19th-century industrial building strikingly redesigned by Rem Koolhaas. Exhibitions encompass contemporary art, design, and fashion. lafayetteanticipations.com 1 Experience fine art in a novel way at Atelier des Lumières, the city’s first digital art center, with digitized works by the likes of Gustav Klimt projected onto the 33-foot-high walls of a restored iron foundry in the 11th arrondissement, a short walk from the Père Lachaise Cemetery. atelier-lumieres.com

Giovanni Passerini

EAT: Tucked in a concealed alley in the 2nd arrondissement, on the ground floor of the new boutique property from the hip Experimental Group, the Hotel des Grands Boulevards Restaurant puts a creative spin on French and Italian classics, with a menu masterminded by pasta guru Giovanni Passerini. grandsboulevardshotel.com 1 This summer, three-Michelin-star Marseilles chef Gérald Passedat brings his deft touch with Mediterranean cooking to Lutetia Brasserie, the reimagined Lutetia hotel’s signature restaurant. hotellutetia.com

DRINK: The Eiffel Tower serves as your backdrop at La Girafe, a swanky terraced hot spot from nightlife king Laurent de Gourcuff, set atop the roof of Paris’ architectural heritage museum, Cité de l’Architecture & du Patrimoine, in the Trocadéro gardens.

Hole No. 5 at Grand Saint-Emilionnais Golf Club

42

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

IN THE WORKS: After sitting empty for nearly two decades, legendary 19th-century music hall and 1930s art deco cinema La Scala Paris, on the Boulevard de Strasbourg in the 10th arrondissement, is scheduled to open in September with a restored 550-seat state-of-the-art theater devoted to live performances and film screenings. lascala-paris.com — JENNIFER CEASER

CULTURESPACES/NUIT DE CHINE (LUMIÈRES), KAREL BALAS (PASSERINI)

2014 vintage with cellaring potential. The latter I decide to save to commemorate a memorable birdie or two in the future.

Forty miles east of the Golf du Medoc resort, the youthful Grand SaintEmilionnais Golf Club reminds players of its Bordeaux roots with a location tucked among surrounding vineyards. It showcases its designer’s philosophy to build courses that preserve their natural topography.

Tom Doak achieved celebrity status as a golf course architect when his Pacific Dunes opened at the Bandon Dunes resort in Bandon, Ore., in 2001, and he returned to the resort almost a decade later to design Old Macdonald Golf Links. Those two courses inspired the Mourgue d’Algue family to hire him to create the layout of its Bordeaux course, which opened in 2015. Although the family is steeped in golf tradition — the patriarch, Gaetan, won the French amateur title numerous times earlier in his life — the potential of the family’s property, not their golf heritage, convinced Doak to tackle the job.

Kristel Lawton-Mourgue d’Algue, the club’s co-owner, commends Doak for creating courses that foster a sense of place. At the 6,765-yard, par-72 Grand Saint-Emilionnais, two holes best encapsulate the course’s romantic location: the fifth hole abuts a nearby château’s vineyards, while the 16th offers views of a 12th-century church that looks down over the countryside from a distant hillside beyond the green.

According to Lawton-Mourgue d’Algue, Doak’s use of the land’s gently rolling hills creates a natural, comfortable rhythm for a golfer’s round, though she acknowledges that the 16th evolved shortly after the course opened. The 481-yard dogleg right initially played as a long par 4 but it was transformed into a more approachable par 5 to protect player morale during a round’s final few holes.

“We want people to enjoy,” she says, “and every now and then, you can make a birdie.”

Such is also true, I’ve learned, at Bordeaux’s other established golf resort.

Only there, scores under par can lead to commemorative — and sometimes costly — wine purchases.

TAKING IT SLOW: Cruise along the Canal du Centre. From top right, shop in Chalon-surSaône, recline in the Grand Cru lounge, and sample Château Belgrave Haut-Medoc.

Burgundy at a Snail’s Pace

I

While in France, spoil yourself even more by pairing top wines with a laid-back vibe on a new luxury barge cruise BY

K I M B E R L E Y L O VA T O P H OT O G R A P H Y BY

PAT R I C K C O L P R O N

it doesn’t take long to adjust to the unhurried gait of Burgundy, France.

Float along one of the region’s many languid canals on a barge, and life slows to a lollygag, just the right speed for food and wine lovers. After all, why hurry in the gustatory gut of France, surrounded by acclaimed pinot noir and chardonnay villages and vineyards whose winemaking roots go back more than 2,000 years? Elegant Waterways’ new Grand Cru Cruise harmoniously marries this idea, and as I step aboard the appropriately christened Grand Cru barge, my shoulders pull away from my ears and my jaw tension loosens with the first glass of Crémant.

As a devotee of France travel for the past 30 years, I have explored much of l’Hexagone, but never by barge. Although friends who have “barged” raved, I snubbed the idea for years. Maybe the word “barge” itself soured me. It even sounds curt and uninviting, and conjures an image of sleeping in cramped bunk beds and eating canned tuna with one’s nose pressed against a tiny S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

43

porthole. But the Grand Cru and its ever-smiling crew splinters every unsubstantiated opinion I had about a barge cruise — impersonal, cramped, boring, with inexplicably inferior food. I thoroughly marvel at the counter narrative I’m discovering.

More Spacious Than You Think

The French have used more than 5,000 miles of canals and locks that twist through the country to transfer commercial goods since the late 1700s. “Hotel barging” vacations came on the scene in the 1970s, with Chicago-based Barge Lady Cruises spreading the love and awareness of barging to North Americans since 1985. But the Grand Cru, just one of many vessels Barge Lady Cruises partners with, is the Burgundy region’s first to focus entirely on superior elixirs knighted by the French wine classification. These new seven-day sailings run from April to October, traveling only about 50 miles between the towns of Dole and Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune, briefly gliding along the Canal du Rhône au Rhin, before settling into a relaxed rhythm on the Canal du Centre.

My hosts, Earl and Candy Robertson, have been at this for about 20 years, and the Grand Cru cargo is any group of eight bon vivants willing to book the entire vessel.

Fueled by a love of travel, and several self-guided French canal tours, Earl and Candy launched Elegant 44

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

Waterways’ first barge, Prospérité, in 2001. The 128-foot Grand Cru, their third vessel, formerly used for hauling commercial goods, took two years and more than $1 million to refurbish. “Essentially, it was like custom-building a floating 3,600-square-foot house,” says Earl.

Four staterooms come with kingsize beds, TVs, large wardrobes, and bathrooms with a rain shower and separate soaking tub. Supersize windows replacing portholes invite in natural light, and I can stand up straight, even on tiptoe, in my room. Wide windows also encircle the main salon and dining room, and a deck with a Jacuzzi also has seating for eight to accommodate alfresco dining. Even small details summon a relaxed but luxurious ambience. Sheets and towels are as plush as at any luxury hotel, while the pale wood floors, fresh flowers, and neutral color palette trend more stylish beach house than boat.

Candy and Earl selected all decor items and furniture, buying from local artisans and French boutiques.

From the silverware to the soup bowls to the art made from French wine labels, a custom touch prevails.

“We host a beautiful cruise through the countryside, but we wanted to showcase authentic French products and art, too. It enhances the overall experience for guests,” says Candy.

While it would be easy to linger indoors among all the Frenchness,

BARGE LIFE: Dock along the route on the Grand Cru, dine on fine dishes such as fillet of sole and leek, and bed down in one of four staterooms.

France looms large outside and I plant myself on the deck for much of the journey. Even the canal seems to be in cahoots with the slowed-down prescription of barge life, caressing the emerald-green banks so gently I can hear my own breath. We drift past stone houses and waving families, fields of cows, and neon-yellow rapeseed flowers that look preserved in a postcard-perfect state. In the distance, hillsides blanketed with vineyards invite future exploration, and bell towers of ancient villages reach toward a blue sky. Save for the occasional iPhone-toting teen who appears to time-stamp my 21st-century existence, I’m lost in yesteryear.

Onboard Wining and Dining

The idyllic scenery sends my senses into overdrive, but the pièce de résistance of the Grand Cru Cruise is the vessel’s namesake — grand cru wine. At each gourmet lunch and dinner, two are served — one red, one white. A crew member presents them, often accompanied by an amusing anecdote. The

2013 Corton-Charlemagne, for example, a fullbodied white wine from Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune, was allegedly named for the French king at the request of his wife. As the story goes, she complained to winemakers that the red wine her husband preferred stained his snowy beard and she asked them to create a bold white wine that tasted like a red. Eh voilà! Whether the tale is true doesn’t matter. The wine and laughter that ensues result in the perfect pairing. We taste 24 French grand cru wines during the trip, including a Camus Père & Fils Charmes-Chambertin from Burgundy, a Château Belgrave from Bordeaux’s Haute-Médoc appellation, and a Georges Vesselle Brut Rose Grand Cru from Champagne.

Any fear I had of starving aboard the Grand Cru proves baseless. Earl laughs as he assures me, “We’ve yet to lose a guest to lack of food.”

Given our Burgundy locale, I expect to be stuffed like a foie gras goose with heavy local specialties such as boeuf bourguignon, escargot, and coq au vin. Instead, Chef Olivier Blengino, who formerly cooked on superyachts on the Cote d’Azur, brings his Mediterranean savoir faire and menu to the table each day, a satisfying surprise for my swooning taste buds. Among his light and healthy dishes: a flaky white fish with ratatouille; a tomato, basil, and mozzarella salad; and tuna tartare. At each meal, we also savor three French cheeses, tasting 36 in all.

Off-Barge Excursions

Though we plan our days around meals (it is France, after all), we do leave the table, and the barge. It’s no exaggeration to say one can walk faster than the barge, making it easy to hop off and take a bike ride or saunter along the path skirting the canal.

Thanks to the Grand Cru’s dynamic tour guide, Anne Wuppermann, we have it made. Not only from the region, she also speaks perfect English and curates an itinerary steeped in local culture, seasoned with food and wine. We shop at a market in Chalon-surSaône; taste wine in Chassagne-Montrachet; visit the fairytale-esque Château de la Rochepot; take a guided tour of Beaune, the gorgeous walled city at the heart of the Burgundy winemaking region; and lunch at three Michelin-star Lameloise, in the village of Chagny.

To call the experience “fantastic” and “different” is accurate, yet does it a disservice. This slow-motion floating feast pleads with us to push pause on our hectic lifestyles. It’s weirdly revelatory and poignant at times to realize how difficult it is to untwine. But a good dose of Grand Cru hospitality, paired with the best of French wine and food, proves as tasty a remedy as I’ll ever find.

THINGS TO DO: From top, stroll along the canal after a market excursion, stop in Chalon-surSaône to check out local artisans and cafés, have a nightcap with barge mates on the Grand Cru deck, and explore charming Château de la Rochepot.

Details: From $58,000 for up to eight guests, which includes van transfers to and from Paris, about 250 miles northwest of Dole. 800-880-0071; bargeladycruises.com S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

45

GONE

APE

Writer Paul Rubio braves the jungle to hang with mountain gorillas in Africa’s newest safari hot spot — Rwanda, a transformed country now ready to lure luxury travelers. Sound spine-tingling enough for the adventurer in you?

CLOSE ENCOUNTER: Make contact with the Ntambara gorilla troop.

PAUL RUBIO

I

’m drenched in sweat, ascending a near-vertical muddy slope, holding onto a walking stick in one hand, a flimsy Hagenia tree in another. My guide, Francis, motions me to stop as he takes an incoming radio call. Finally, the magic words we’ve been waiting for all morning: “The trackers have found our gorilla troop, about another 500 meters uphill.”

Like that, the adrenaline takes over and the group I’m traveling with — Francis, two other travelers, two porters, and one park ranger — scurries through the imposing terrain. I’m minutes away from consummating a wildlife lover’s ultimate bucket-list experience: face time with the critically endangered mountain gorilla, one of our closest living relatives in the animal kingdom.

The excitement is palpable.

We’re in the thick of northern Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park searching for the Ntambara family, one of 20 gorilla troops living within the park. In our quest to find this fast-moving troop, one of the original families studied by famed primatologist Dian Fossey, we’ve already endured an arduous three-hour climb through dense forest, blanketed in stinging nettles and crowned by ancient trees. Once we reach the gorillas, we’ll have a single precious hour to observe them, a time limit set by the Rwandan government to minimize human-gorilla interactions.

We hear some rustling in the bushes, and through a clearing I make eye contact with a baby gorilla firmly clutched to his mother’s back. I’m overcome with emotion. It’s at once surreal, exciting, beautiful, and inspiring. But before I can even catch my breath and swap my camera lens for a smaller zoom — we’re that close — out races the dominant 450-pound silverback, who nearly topples me. Though his mock charge should frighten me — he’s literally breathing down my neck — I feel confident under Francis’ instructions and quickly realize it’s just his way of S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

47

J

ust 25 years ago, rampant poaching, habitat loss, and civil unrest had all but sealed the mountain gorillas’ fate: extinction. Rwanda itself evoked images of civil war, genocide, and environmental despair, all of which quite naturally scared tourists away. But not anymore; so much has changed in so little time. This “Land of a Thousand Hills” — often described as Africa’s model nation and the continent’s biggest success story — is now luring travelers back with its clean and safe streets, thriving economy, wildlife-rich national parks, and fast-growing luxury tourism offerings.

ON THEIR TURF: Observe the Sabyinyo gorilla troop in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park.

Case in point: For my gorilla trekking, I’ve settled into the six-villa Bisate Lodge (from $1,155 per person per night, sharing; wilderness-safaris.com), which debuted last June just beyond the boundaries of Volcanoes National Park as the first of Rwanda’s ultraluxurious lodges and a testament to the country’s new status as Africa’s hottest safari ticket. As a “Premier Camp” under Wilderness Safaris’ esteemed portfolio of safari lodges, Bisate serves as a posh base for the gorilla experience and more. While there, you can take guided walks through the local community, participate in habitat restoration projects, embark on a Volcanoes National Park safari in search of golden monkeys, and hike to the top of Mount Bisoke volcano or to Fossey’s grave.

That said, some simple down time just admiring the intricate design and surrounds is never frowned upon. Etched into a hillside in close proximity to the national park, the outwardfacing spherical villas dole out jaw-dropping views of Rwanda’s iconic Bisoke, Karisimbi, and Mikeno volcanoes. Thatched exteriors blend into the natural landscape while bold interiors reflect a new chapter of African chic. Within the arched bamboo walls lies a stone fireplace that divides the colossal bathroom and living/sleeping area. Hand-woven stick-work and straw-work complement modernist furnishings embellished by emerald green, black, and white iterations of Rwandan imigongo (a geometric art form).

Common areas include an emerald-tiled bar and lounge (stocked with an endless pour of fine South African wine) and a wine cellar-library hybrid, idyllic for both private dining experiences and good reads.

C

urrent president Paul Kagame deserves much of the credit for the country’s dramatic transformation. Kagame commanded the rebel force that ended the genocide in 1994, and he now serves not only his country but also the entire 55-country African continent as head of the African Union.

Through the will of the people, Kagame has made an optimistic vision for Rwanda reality — an education-driven society; advanced access

RWANDA’S LUXURY LODGING BOOM: WHAT’S COMING In Rwanda, top-tier safari lodges such as Bisate are finally replacing backpackerstyle lodging to accommodate clientele willing to pay the pricey $1,500 per person per day fee to go gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park and to meet travelers’ demands to discover two of the country’s other national parks, Nyungwe Forest and Akagera.

48

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

1 Set to join Bisate in Volcanoes National Park’s ultraluxe market are the multitent One&Only Gorilla’s Nest (866-552-0001; oneandonlyresorts.com) by the end of the year, and the eightsuite/one-villa Singita Kwitonda Lodge (singita.com) in summer 2019.

1 The 24-unit One&Only Nyungwe House will open late this year in

S U M M E R 2018

the country’s southwest reaches, on the edge of Nyungwe National Park, where chimpanzee trekking headlines the daily agenda. 866-552-0001; oneandonlyresorts.com 1 On the country’s eastern border with Tanzania, Wilderness Safaris is working on a new, yet-to-be-named lodge slated to open by the end of the year in

the 432-square-mile Akagera National Park. With the 2017 reintroduction of the black rhino, which had been declared locally extinct in 2007, Akagera officially regained Big Five status. Not only was a baby black rhino born in the park last year, but seven lions translocated from South Africa in 2015 doubled their pride in a year. wilderness-safaris.com

PAUL RUBIO (GORILLAS-4, MONKEYS, PORTERS), CROOKES AND JACKSON (LODGE-3), DANA ALLEN (VOLCANO)

feeling me out. Soon after, he’s wrestling with other silverbacks and younger blackbacks in the troop and climbing the trees above. I’m watching my greatest Planet Earth fantasies unfold in real time — and this live show doesn’t disappoint.

The following day, I set out again into Rwanda’s jungle-clad volcanoes, this time a 90-minute search of the Sabyinyo family, a troop of 17 gorillas with a home range on the opposite side of the park from the Ntambara troop. We endure a physical journey far less difficult than yesterday’s, but the emotional journey’s equally poignant. Two babies surround me, and the youngest uses my limbs as a ladder to reach a higher tree. He starts causing a bit of a ruckus. I stand there quietly, carefully watching mom nearby, who goes about eating her stash of prickly thistle plants and nodding at me with approval. But, soon, eight other gorillas descend from the trees above to see what the fuss is all about. I’m cornered, far outnumbered and loving every second of it.

Bisate Lodge guest bedroom

How to Safari in Rwanda

Bisate Lodge’s hillside villas Golden monkeys

Bisate Lodge’s reception area

As in neighboring Kenya and Tanzania, luxury outfitter Micato Safaris ranks at the top of the food chain for upscale wildlife endeavors in Rwanda. The company handles all logistical details, such as booking accommodations, arranging luxury transportation within the country (a driver and vehicle is required to get to and from Volcanoes National Park, even when staying at places such as Bisate Lodge), securing advance permits to see the gorillas, and tipping drivers, lodge staff, porters, guides, and park rangers. You’re assigned a personal safari director who ensures a flawless experience. For example, he plays a key role the morning of your gorilla trek — his haggling with park authorities determines which troop your group sees. In my case, I requested the more demanding trek the first day to see a lesser-known family, and the next day I wanted to snap prize-worthy shots of the largest and oldest silverback and female in the Sabyinyo troop. My director made both these wishes reality.

800-642-2861; micato.com

Mount Bisoke in Volcanoes National Park Volcanoes National Park porters

50

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

SHAVE COSTS IN NEIGHBORING UGANDA While Rwanda fills a niche for the highest of high-end gorilla tourism, Uganda has positioned itself as a less-costly alternative. Gorilla trekking there costs $600 per day in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Uganda’s portion of the Virunga Massif) or farther north in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The country’s accommodations and overall infrastructure aren’t at the same level as Rwanda’s, but lower prices reflect this.

1 Only one habituated gorilla troop resides in Mgahinga, the Nyakagezi group, but the animals are so approachable and charismatic that you’ll likely know all 10 by name and their idiosyncrasies by trek’s end. To meet the Nyakagezi family, stay at Mount Gahinga Lodge, a simpleyet-charming and authentic six-banda retreat by Uganda’s leading lodge company, Volcanoes Safaris, that lies in walking distance to the national park. Guests can participate in its many community projects, including the new Batwa Vocational Centre & Resettlement project, a major endeavor to relocate and provide jobs for Uganda’s marginalized Batwa people. From $275 per person per night, sharing. volcanoesafaris.com HOME BASES: Clockwise from top, stay at Mount Gahinga Lodge, hang out in the lodge’s living room, and observe local Batwa artisans.

Above, see native artworks in the lodge.

Right, recline in a cottage lounge at Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge.

1 In the Rushaga and Nkuringo areas of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, you can now opt for a gorilla habituation experience (though the standard gorilla trek is still an option). Each day under this program (now being marketed to the U.S.), which costs $1,500 per person per day, two groups of four shadow primatologists and rangers habituating wild gorilla troops. Expect four hours of face time with the gorillas (not the standard one hour), but don’t necessarily expect the same caliber of photography because unhabituated individuals tend to be more skittish. For this experience, stay in the Nkuringo area of Bwindi. A good choice: Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge, the closest lodge to the trailhead used to reach the gorilla troops. From $414 per person per night, sharing. wildplacesafrica.com More info: ugandawildlife.org

ROBIN FRANCOIS (GAHINGA-4)

to resources such as health care and clean water in the countryside; and wildlife tourism, the primary driver of economic growth and an exemplar of wildlife conservation.

This commitment to conservation, namely with regard to the aweinspiring mountain gorilla, has propelled Rwanda into modern-day safari stardom.

When the dust settled from civil war in the mid-’90s, the postgenocide regime made it a top priority to create a safe haven for the some 320 remaining mountain gorillas living within its borders, and international nongovernmental organizations eagerly helped. The mission — to increase security and patrol frontiers in Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda’s swath of the greater Virunga Massif that also spans the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda), nurture an environment conducive for gorilla repopulation, and foster the growth of high-end tourism through upclose encounters with this inspiring creature that shares 98 percent of its DNA composition with us.

Today, the positive impacts of this mission are profound. The mountain gorilla population continues to grow, with 20 gorilla troops or families roaming the picturesque peaks and valleys of Volcanoes National Park, up from only seven a decade ago. A poaching incident hasn’t occurred in 15 years.

The Rwandan government has even embarked on a program to expand the national park to accommodate the growing gorilla population, adding 69 acres this past January, with plans for future extension.

Notwithstanding Rwanda’s new lavish identity, it is — and will continue to be — humans’ intrinsic desire to observe mountain gorillas that anchors safaris to Rwanda.

This up-close wildlife encounter moves most — not just me — to tears and truly merits labels such as “life changing” and “once in a lifetime.”

OTHER AFRICA NEWS You’ll find plenty of other new and interesting safari happenings throughout the rest of sub-Saharan Africa Qorokwe Camp

Asilia Jabali Ridge

Botswana

DANA ALLEN (QOROKWE-2)

Okavango Delta In February, Wilderness Safaris finished rebuilding and reopened its flagship “Premier Camps,” Mombo and Little Mombo. Situated on Chief’s Island in the northwest of Moremi Game Reserve, these camps offer front-row seats to the overall top wildlife interactions in the Okavango Delta — think the hunts and territorial fights you gawk at in nature documentaries. Last December, Wilderness also debuted its Qorokwe Camp in the private Qorokwe Concession, prime real estate for buffalo, hyenas, and lions. Watch the multisensory wildlife drama unfold before your eyes at any three of these Okavango Delta camps.

From $1,930 (Mombo and Little Mombo) and $846 per person per night (Qorokwe), sharing. wilderness-safaris.com

Tracking rhinos in Kenya

Kenya

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy In April, Elewana Kifaru House became the newest and 16th member of East Africa’s esteemed Elewana Collection. The name of this new, six-banda property is rooted in the Swahili word for rhino and rightfully so: More than 120 black and white rhinos live in the surrounding Lewa/Borana Wildlife Conservancy. Not just classic game drives and typical safari pampering, Kifaru House offers exclusive hands-on experiences such as meeting and interacting with antipoaching dog teams as well as safaris through the conservancy by horseback or camel.

From $615 per person per night, sharing. elewanacollection.com Elewana Kifaru House banda

Tanzania

Ruaha National Park Southern Tanzania’s Ruaha National Park may be almost 1.5 times the size of Serengeti National Park and host onetenth of the world’s lion population — plus colossal herds of elephants and a healthy number of leopards — but the lack of park infrastructure and upscale accommodations had kept it off the map from luxury travelers.

Until now, that is. Asilia Jabali Ridge, the park’s first world-class safari lodge, opened in September. The understated-yet-elegant, eight-suite lodge sits atop a rocky outcrop overlooking wildlife-strewn plains below.

Beyond captivating Elephants game drives, be sure in Ruaha to request walking National safaris, during Park which you may see elephants and other large animals alongside the smaller things often missed in the Land Rover, such as rare flowers, snails, animal tracks and prints, and birdlife. New flight services from Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar, and the Serengeti plus improved roads make the trip a breeze. From $788 per person per night, sharing. asiliaafrica.com Jabali Ridge bedroom

Banda’s private veranda view

S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

51

2 Exhilarating Cycling Trips, 2 Emerging Wine Regions

DISCOVERING CAFAYATE Exploring the Argentine region some call the next Mendoza

BY J I L L R O B I N S O N P H O T O G R A P H Y BY J AV I E R

O

verhead, telephone wires crowded with bromeliads hang like garlands and small green parrots chatter.

It’s 7 a.m. in Salta, in northwest Argentina. With bicycle frames and tires stashed in the back of the car, we depart the elegant, 100-year-old House of Jasmines estancia on Ruta Nacional 51, a two-lane road that sounds much more grand than its appearance. It’s ideal for cycling because it’s quiet, with minimal traffic, and well paved.

Shortly after we set out, I learn just how little cowboy life has changed in the Argentine countryside in the past three centuries. We pass by three gauchos traveling on horseback, followed by a jaunty fawn-colored dog with wary eyes. Two clad in traditional pancake-size boinas (berets) and baggy bombachas (trousers) clutch maté calabashes in their fists, sipping the beverage through a bombilla (metal straw).

Ruta 51 is no tourist show.

After 90 minutes of driving, we stop at Posta de las Cabras, a dairy farm with a restaurant that specializes in homemade cheeses and delicious desserts, which I taste while my guide, Paola Sartori, assembles the bicycles. After she preps them and fills our water bottles, and I check my cycling helmet, we’re ready to mount the bikes and begin our pedaling journey. Our destination: the Cafayate wine region, Argentina’s epicenter of high-altitude viticulture. Set in the Calchaquí Valleys amid dramatic desert and mountain landscapes, this region isn’t as developed as Mendoza, its popular sister to the south. But wine lovers are beginning to notice Cafayate, with visitor numbers doubling between 2012 and 2016,

PIERINI winery production growing, and a higher demand for local wines in external markets.

Vineyards in the area range from 5,400 to 10,000 feet above sea level, and the grapes that flourish here (bonarda, cabernet sauvignon, malbec, syrah, tannat, and torrontés) produce intense and concentrated wines due to the warm, sunny days and cool nights. While malbecs are most popular, as in Mendoza, many winemakers consider cabernet sauvignon and tannat blends the region’s strong future.

Paola and bespoke tour operator Gray & Co. are my keys to Cafayate.

Putting guest satisfaction first, they’ve talked with me extensively about my likes, dislikes, and desires for this journey, which will encompass four days of cycling. They have arranged everything — hotels, bikes, tastings, meals, and the selection of moderate cycling routes that offer a chance to discover the region and its wines more closely. I’ve hardly raised a finger, but now I do have to pedal.

DAY

The road from Posta de las Cabras gradually climbs all the way to the small town of Cafayate, nearly 54 miles south, with a few downhill breaks. Taking in the scenery from a bicycle saddle makes for a more sensory experience than in a car, where windows keep scents and textures at bay. Along the route, in the Quebrada de las Conchas, red rock canyons open up to azure skies like a miniature Grand Canyon.

“Just like malbec,” says Paola, pointing at the earth’s deep red color. Despite the morning hour, the thought of a glass of wine makes my mouth water. But first, we have to get to Cafayate.

1

DISTINCT TERRAINS: Facing page, from top, writer Jill Robinson bikes through Quebrada de las Conchas in Argentina; a group cycles on the Kettle Valley Rail Trail in Naramata, British Columbia.

Above, a stop at Bodega El Esteco vineyards in Cafayate.

We follow the Rio de las Conchas, a river that will curve along with the road most of the way to our destination. Camino Sinuoso signs along our route sound far sexier than the English translation: “winding road.” As we dip into the canyon, the landscape changes.

Rugged mountains wear a cloak of gray-green vegetation, while rock features thrust up out of the earth at an angle, the layers of minerals visible like pages in a book. Light red is iron oxide; dark red, zinc; light green, copper; and blue, cobalt.

A series of geological features prompts us to pull off the road onto the dusty shoulder as we encounter each one. The Garganta del Diablo (Devil’s Throat), a rock gorge with ropes of tillandsia bromeliads clinging to the towering walls, and the Amphitheater are located near each other. We walk through the narrow opening in the cliffs that widen like a keyhole into the Amphitheater, and the sound of a small wooden flute being played in

S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

53

the entrance lifts up into the air to bounce off the curved walls.

At Tres Cruces, a short distance down the road, we switch from two wheels to two feet to follow a trail to an overlook, where the vastness of the Quebrada unfolds before us. The river meanders through a valley choked with green plants seemingly out of place in this desert environment.

Past a small figure of clustered rocks in the shape of a frog, the Quebrada’s walls narrow. The same kind of chattering parrots we heard earlier in the day make their home in small niches in the cliffs, and weathered formations make the landscape appear like the pointed fairy chimneys in Turkey’s Cappadocia region.

A stiff breeze begins to whip up the rust-colored dust as we ride through the last named formation.

El Obelisco, an obelisk of sandstone and clay, stands alone surrounded by sand and bright green scrubby plants.

Las Ventanas, windowlike holes in the cliff faces carved by erosion, call to mind Southwestern cliff dwellings.

The columns and towers of Los Castillos look like castles of pink rock.

The wind that has worked together with rain in forming the Quebrada’s features helps carry us the rest of the way into Cafayate after about five hours. Multiarmed giant Cardón cacti — similar to saguaro — are scattered through rows of vines in brick-dust earth.

We ride down the long driveway to Grace Cafayate, a new 12-room, 20-villa luxury hotel that forms part of La Estancia de Cafayate, a secluded 1,360-acre residential and sporting estate with a golf course, two polo fields, gym, squash courts, and indoor pool. Free-standing villas have private patios with authentic asado grills, and the hotel’s spa and swimming pool overlook the vines. We settle in here,

HISTORIC CAFAYATE: From top right, stay at century-old House of Jasmines, view the city’s timeless architecture, and hike vast Tres Cruces.

our home for the next three nights.

Based on my particular itinerary, we’ll eat here twice, but all Gray & Co. clients can choose exactly how they want to enjoy the region — on and off the bike.

The Tasting Begins Finally, it’s time to head to a winery for that glass of wine. Maybe two.

We cycle a little more than 3 miles northwest from Grace Cafayate to

Bodega El Esteco, whose Spanish colonial-style white facade gleams in the sun, along with the white roses that dot the grounds where there aren’t vineyards. We sit in a shady courtyard and taste from a selection that runs the breadth of the winery’s labels. Altimus, a winemaker’s blend that changes annually, results from a meticulous personal selection of the best grapes from each harvest. The 2011 blend of malbec, cabernet sauvignon, and cabernet franc quickly becomes my favorite with its ripe, soft tannins and flavors of raisins, ripe plums, and spicy black cherries.

Argentina’s iconic white grape, the floral, aromatic torrontés, results from crossing native grapes with the Spanish-introduced muscat of Alexandria, an ancient grape variety. A tour through El Esteco’s production rooms reveals the different way some of the wine is fermented and aged, in giant concrete eggs. The eggs’ porous concrete breathes like oak yet the wine can still develop as if in stainless steel.

We switch from two wheels to two feet to follow a trail to an overlook, where the vastness of the Quebrada unfolds before us.

54

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

MODERN TOUCHES: From top left, set up base at the Grace Cafayate hotel and refresh at the Bodega El Esteco winery. From top right, stop for a tasting at the El Porvenir winery or at Destilería, which charms with its flea-market ambience.

Less than a mile away, in the middle of Cafayate, the familyrun boutique winery El Porvenir specializes in tannat and torrontés, yet its four vineyards also have malbec, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, and syrah vines, among other varietals. Of the winery’s three labels, El Porvenir (also referred to as Icon) blends four red varietals that vary each year based on the best wines from each vintage.

After tasting the 2013 blend, which includes tannat and has hints of fruit, spice, and powerful tannins, I can’t resist buying a bottle to bring home with me. Due to the wine’s excellent structure, I can save it for up to 15 years, but I know I won’t be able to hold out that long.

Come nighttime in Cafayate, the main plaza thrums with music.

Families walk beneath the trees, and tables from local restaurants and shops spill out into the sidewalk.

A neon Alfajores sign beckons those who seek the confection-

style cookies with sweet fillings, most notably the indulgent dulce de leche. A short walk takes us to Bad Brothers Wine Experience, a restored adobe home that has morphed into Cafayate’s first wine bar, featuring tastes of Bad Brothers wines paired with modern small plates. The restaurant and bar are far more than a “wine bar,” with rooms scattered along the edge of two patios, making the experience seem like an exclusive house party. Tasting samples from the ultrapremium Facón collection elevates that feeling.

DAY

After a good night’s sleep and breakfast, I’m ready for a second day of pedaling and wine tasting. We ride south of town for about 34 miles — a two-and-a-halfhour pedal — with the landscape slowly becoming more desertlike and the soil changing from red to buff. We pass a handful of small villages and vineyards (two belonging to El Porvenir) when a building labeled Destilería catches my eye. “It’s new,” says Paola. “Shall we take a look?” Inside, among funky flea-market decor, we find a distillery producing grappa and aguardiente from torrontés, but the bartender also serves beer and wine.

Cyclists are always in need of hydration breaks, so after a sample of the grappa and aguardiente, I buy a bottle of the latter to tuck into my cycling bag.

2

Our next stop lies 36 miles north, so we decide to take a break from our two wheels and pack the bikes into the car and drive to Finca Las Nubes, home to Finca las Nubes and José Luis Mounier wines, tucked into a corner of the valley up against the mountains that form a natural boundary on one side. In a region of breathtaking beauty, this perhaps ranks as the prettiest place to relax in the sunlight on the grass, where winery dogs wander from sunny to shady spots, and the view sweeps across the vineyards of Cafayate to the small town, and finally to rustyred mountains in the distance. The

S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

55

2012 Tannat Reserva tastes much smoother than many other tannat wines we’ve tried thus far, due to the practice of fermenting in barrels, which takes the edge off the tannins.

DAY

After breakfast, one last day for a ride in the valley takes us 17 miles north to the village of San Carlos, where we visit pottery artisans Javier and Fernanda at their studio, Cielo Antiguo. At every meal in Grace Cafayate’s restaurant, their plates have caught my eye, and now we have a chance to make our own.

While Javier dedicates great attention to my time at the wheel, I have to admit that I prefer their designs to my creation.

Piattelli Winery, 16 miles south from San Carlos, qualifies as the most modern in Cafayate, with a sprawling stone building that could be plucked up and dropped in the Napa Valley without looking out of place. After touring the winery, we settle in for a “two terroirs” tasting, which compares Piattelli reserve wines from Cafayate with those from its sister winery in Mendoza.

3

While I appreciate the richness of the Mendoza wines, I’m beginning to become so familiar with the distinct sense of Cafayate terroir in my glass that it’s a sentimental favorite. At Domingo Molina, farther up the hill from Piattelli, we taste malbec and red blends from the barrel as we watch the sun set over the valley, washing the red earth in golden light.

The deep reds of the wine in my glass, with a taste of purple fruit and leather, seem the perfect sensorial accompaniment to the scene.

A final dinner back at Grace Cafayate consists of rich malbec wine, delicious homemade empanadas, and Argentine asado.

It’s not often that I’m happy to reach the end of a trip, but in this case, anticipating the ride back through the epic landscape and jagged rock formations of the Quebrada de las Conchas makes me thankful for tomorrow.

Details: Gray & Co. cycling trips to Cafayate start at $2,000 per person per day and include luxury accommodations, meals, expert guides, customized activities, transfers, and more. 416-998-4082; grayandco.ca

A GREAT RIDE On a rugged portion of Canada’s new Great Trail, explore the fast-growing Okanagan Valley wine region

BY E L A I N E G L U S A C P H O T O G R A P H Y BY

ROBB THOMPSON

M TIME TO UNWIND: Clockwise from far left, see crafts in the making at Cielo Antiguo, tour the Piattelli Winery facility, and have a sip at Domingo Molina winery.

56

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

yra canyon is complicated. It plunges south, paralleling the mountain ranges nearby in southeastern British Columbia, and then twists north in an accordion of confronting topography.

But in 1914, 18 trestle bridges and two tunnels that were blasted through the granite gneiss inaugurated east-west travel through Myra by train. The railway preserved Canada’s riches, staved off invasion by the U.S., and, long after its retirement in 1989, provided cyclists a route over which to ponder the engineering of defiance.

Given its historical significance, scenic grandeur, and recreational accessibility, the former Kettle Valley Railway makes an apt piece of

“We’re going to encounter everything the KVR has to throw us,” says Sheridan, deeply tanned by September, close to the end of cycling season, and still cheerleading for the route, bumps and all. “It’s not maintained,” she warns.

“There are no pavers or graders although it has been a hot, dry year.

We’ll be bumping our way over some sections and pedaling downhill in sand.”

But then she smiles broadly and hands me a gemlike plum freshly picked and bursting with sunny sweetness. “You’re going to love it,” she winks.

DAY

Pedaling Through Remote Whistle-Stops Within minutes of pedaling, we’ve lost cellphone service. Our first day in the saddle, our “wilderness day” per Sheridan, follows a 44-mile gravel ribbon through aromatic stands of larch, spruce, and Douglas fir, past strutting grouse and river-cut canyons.

That the KVR remains remote despite the railway’s incursion attests to the rugged terrain faced by Andrew McCulloch, the route’s chief engineer.

Here, in then British Territory at the confluence of the Kettle River and Rock Creek just a few miles north of the 49th parallel, prospectors struck gold in an area west of the Kootenay Rockies known as Boundary Country.

Americans tried to claim the area for the U.S., resulting in the Rock Creek War, a skirmish quelled by the arrival of the colony’s governor. But that didn’t keep the ore from flowing south on American-owned rail routes that snaked close to Canada. The province, which joined the nation in 1871, tallied the shrinkage of its gold, silver, and other minerals and urged the construction of a Kootenay-to-coast route within Canada.

That route required crossing three mountain ranges with railroad technology that maxed out at 2-percent grade. Enter McCulloch, an Ontarioborn civil engineer charged with route design who had a thing for Shakespeare, as demonstrated by rail stops named Romeo, Portia, and Othello. He picked a northbound route away from the border along the Kettle River that bends west across the Okanagan Highlands through

1

Canada’s new Great Trail, a 15,000mile cross-country off-road path completed in 2017 to celebrate the country’s beauty and diversity on the occasion of its 150th birthday.

Though some stretches accommodate paddlers and hikers, bike routes make up much of the Great Trail, and the Kettle Valley Rail Trail — which supplanted the railway — not only offers some of the most stunning passages, but it also links to Canada’s only desert in the Okanagan Valley, a traditional fruitgrowing region newly cultivating a reputation for fine wine and food.

The promise of staggering panoramas, heart-pumping rides, and the reward of locavore meals matched to dry rieslings and rich syrahs lured me — a play-hard, rest-easy traveler — to the KVR, as the route is known. I tasked proprietor Paula Sheridan of KVR Cycle Tours with making my effort-meets-indulgence ambition a four-day inn-to-inn reality. Sheridan specializes in multinight trips along the trail, supplying cycles, luggage shuttles, and provisions. Itineraries explore remote portions where black bears outnumber humans and more cultivated ones where lush vineyards comb the hillsides that together encompass the KVR’s feral-to-refined charms. Stamina willing, of course.

ROLLING ALONG: Above, ride through wine country in Naramata.

Right, rest your head at Little Dipper Hideaway.

dramatic Myra Canyon where nature’s intractability tested his ingenuity.

Completed for nearly $20 million in 1915, the railway soon fell victim to its own improbability, subject to avalanches and rock slides that made maintenance costly. The last passenger train pulled out in 1964 and freight trains stopped in 1989.

Like a McCulloch of the tourism age, Sheridan, a former cycle tour guide in Banff who now spends winters guiding in New Zealand, aims to create a cyclist-focused economy in the former whistle-stops. “We’re trying to get as many people on the trail as possible,” she says at the three-cabin Last Resort in tiny Beaverdell over turkey wraps that her affable partner Swade Finch has delivered in the support van that makes the trip so effortless. “We’ve seen in New Zealand what bike trails have done for small towns that now have shuttle buses, hanging baskets of flowers, cafés.

We’re starting to get there.”

The few people who live in the Boundary region prove interesting.

We cycle directly into the trailside Little Dipper Hideaway B&B near Westbridge where owner Frauke Delisle is preparing a hearty dinner, as well as a homemade peach pie for dessert. Before we sit down, her husband, George, a former forest ranger, guides a tour of the wooded property and his “cookies” or tree trunk samples. “Every stump has a story,” he vows, identifying one from a tree planted in 1653.

DAY

Navigating a Wondrous Canyon Our second day of pedaling — unofficially heritage day — starts at the very beginning, the original

S U M M E R 2018

2

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

57

KVR station in Midway near the U.S. border, and rolls north through grassy ranchland bordering the Kettle River where bald eagles top the trees. A post-picnic-lunch shuttle delivers us to Myra Canyon. (“We cherry pick,” admits Sheridan, who follows the most scenic legs in the easiest directions because, at 30 to 50 miles each day, “you’ll feel it, even at a 2-percent incline.”)

In the railway era, passenger trains only traveled through Myra Canyon at night to avoid frightening riders. Now, we spend the afternoon cycling over those 18 wondrous spans, where the tracks were removed and the crisscrossing trestles were reinforced to hold cyclists who flock from nearby Kelowna to the 7.5-mile passage that defies the canyon’s steep drop-off.

From Myra, the KVR gradually descends toward Okanagan Lake, an 84-mile-long glacier-carved waterway. To reach our next overnight, Myra Canyon Ranch, we detour, point our bikes down a steeply winding dirt road, and cruise brakeless and breakneck for a fast mile until we reach the lodge with horse stables and four modernist apartmentlike rooms complete with floor-to-ceiling windows framing the radiant sunset.

The ranch has no restaurant, but again our guide has arranged a feast of salmon and chicken, and a later

start the next morning means I can moose-watch on horseback in neighboring Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park.

DAY

Wilderness to Wine The bounty of the province meets the frontier’s DIY culture in all the homemade pie along the KVR, including the peach and apple treats baked in a wood oven by Doreen Reed, pastry maven and co-proprietor of the log-built Chute Lake Lodge, a 22-mile ride south of Myra Station. In the antique-filled dining room, I find Richard Cannings, a local biologist, author, and new Parliament member holding an informal town hall. “That’s what politicians do in summer — go around and meet people,” he says over pie. “I do it by bike.”

Joining his constituency tour, I pepper him with questions on trees (behold the northernmost ponderosa pine region) and birds (he identifies a redpoll by its chirp alone). We stop at stone ovens built by railway construction workers and crumbling tunnels the current bike route circumvents until we finally emerge from the forest on a panoramic ridge some 3,300 feet above Lake

3

Exploring Canada’s Great Trail The 15,000-mile trail largely hews to southernmost Canada in its cross-country route but swings up to the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Recreational options in 13 provinces and territories span hiking, paddling, and skiing. Some ways to explore the trail’s variety: 1 Kayak the 165-mile Salish Sea Marine Trail between Vancouver and Victoria in British Columbia and see the Gulf Islands and the Sunshine coast.

1 Hike the 50-mile High Rockies Trail in Alberta connecting Banff National Park to the B.C. border in a high-country route.

1 Bike, walk, and do some bird-watching on the popular 43-mile Waterfront Trail, which runs along Lake Ontario through Toronto.

Visit thegreattrail.ca for links to trail maps and information.

58

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

ON THE ROAD: Above, get a fresh start at the original KVR station in Midway.

Below left: hop on a different kind of saddle at Myra Canyon Ranch. Below right, rejuice at Naramata Heritage Inn & Spa.

Okanagan. Below us, vineyards furrow the Naramata Bench, a siltrich plateau. Steering through them, we leave the KVR and coast into Serendipity Winery in tidy Naramata, where we taste the versatile terroir in an herbaceous sauvignon blanc and a plush Bordeaux-style blend.

Only agricultural zoning keeps lakeside Naramata, where I sleep in a former school, now the Naramata Heritage Inn & Spa, from being overrun by development. But as local winemaking consultant Bradley Cooper explains, the 1973 Agricultural Land Reserve Law keeps condos from uprooting grapes.

“Fifty percent of B.C. is above the tree line and useless for farming,” says Cooper. Now 172 wineries call the Okanagan Valley home, and the Ontario-based Andrew Peller Limited, one of the country’s largest wine marketers, acquired three local wineries in October. The valley’s first

For Non-Cyclists Dive into up-and-coming wine regions without getting in the saddle with these adventures

WINE TIME: Above, tour Covert Farms.

From far left, pick a vintage at Road 13 Vineyards, and uncork a bottle at Liquidity.

Below, stop for a bite at Watermark Beach Resort.

major investment signals promise in the budding region where many vines are well under 20 years old, infantile by industry standards. “The soil is so vigorous, there’s still a lot of experimentation going on.”

DAY

Tasting Room Tour On our final cycling day, we reach Penticton at the southern end of Okanagan Lake and follow a KVR spur line south through a vital section of the Okanagan wine region.

Evidence of the 10,000-year-old glaciers that ground out the valley visibly score a towering cliff face near Liquidity winery’s glass-walled tasting room. It triple-tasks as an art gallery and locally sourced restaurant, all overlooking viognier vines and Vaseux Lake. “We don’t do art exhibits with landscape paintings. This is my IMAX show,” says winery owner Ian MacDonald.

The hottest part of the Canadian desert runs some 30 miles from Penticton down to Osoyoos on the U.S. border where vintners can grow heat-loving varieties such as syrah, which we stop at Road 13 Vineyards

4

to savor. At the 650-acre Covert Farms, we tour the biodynamic fields in a 1952-vintage Mercury truck, then sample B.C. cheeses with estate pinot noir at the rustic tasting room.

“It’s almost like the undiscovered virgin of the wine world. We started late and are finding our own identity,” observes Bertus Albertyn, owner and winemaker at nearby Maverick Estate Winery, who joins me that evening for a four-course send-off dinner at the lakeside Watermark Beach Resort Hotel in Osoyoos.

As risk-reward propositions go, I’ve ventured nearly 200 miles, earning tonight’s 28-hour sous vide lamb. Everything else this section of the Great Trail delivered — legends of Canada’s past and the promise of its future — is glorious gravy.

Details: KVR Cycle Tours offers inn-to-inn cycling trips along the Kettle Valley section of Canada’s Great Trail. Four-day trips start at $850 and include bikes, luggage shuttles, meals, and overnights.

250-498-9194; kettlevalleyrailtrail.com

GEORGIA (Eastern Europe): Get immersed in the qvevri winemaking technique, a traditional method using earthenware vessels that dates to 8,000 B.C., on Butterfield & Robinson’s “Georgia Places on the Verge” adventure. The 10-day itinerary begins in Tbilisi and travels through the Kakheti Province (the country’s foremost wine region), Caucasus Mountains, and along the Black Sea coastline.

Combine wine tasting in monasteries and wineries with walks through ancient landscapes and mountainside sanctuaries.

Includes overnights at best-in-region hotels, meals, local artisanal wine tastings, and ground transportation. Sept. 5-14; $7,495 per person.

866-551-9090; butterfield.com

MEXICO: Discover the Valle de Guadalupe, in Baja California, on Cox & Kings’ “Food & Wine Lovers’ Delight: Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe Wine Region” tour. Follow a suggested four-day itinerary or tailor a custom journey to your preferences. Focus on wineries such as Casa de Doña Lupe, La Cetto, and Pedro Domecq, or choose food pairings by local chefs who are raising the bar for Baja cuisine. Includes accommodations, meals, drinks, and transfers. Custom dates as arranged. From $1,795 per person. 800-9991758; coxandkingsusa.com U.S.: Improve your photography skills in Oregon’s Willamette Valley while getting exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to premier wineries on Lumaria Workshops’ “Oregon Wine Country — Insider’s Tour.”

On this five-day tour with award-winning photographers Robert Holmes and Andréa Johnson, explore dramatic scenic areas, visit top-tier wineries, and sample the local wine and cuisine. Soar by private helicopter over vineyards, learn drone photography techniques, and tour between wineries on horseback. Includes lodging at luxury resorts, photography instruction, all activities, and ground transportation. July 31-Aug. 4.

From $4,448 per person. 503-801-0000; lumariaworkshops.com — J.R.

S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

59

Born in the U.S.A. Three all-American classics hit the pavement this year with renewed verve and powerhouse upgrades BY

60

MICHAEL FRANK

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

F

or the past several decades, the Chevrolet Corvette, Ford Mustang, and Jeep Wrangler have stood out as quintessentially American, each morphing tremendously over the years, yet all instantly identifiable icons, then and now.

While making mostly excellent design decisions through the years, their respective brand leaders continue to stay true to what these cars have stood for: the Mustang forever the ubiquitous, affordable American muscle car; the Corvette retaining its crown as a peer to Ferraris, at a fraction of the cost; and the Jeep with no equal as a climb-every-mountain freedom machine. The banner headline this summer? All three have been massively updated in their latest iterations, each offering something tremendous in its own right, and across a broad swath of pricing, too. Here, we take you on a highlight tour, with our insider perspective on how they drive and how we’d suggest you spec your own all-American ride.

2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Built on the guts of the already-powerful Z06 version of the Corvette, the ZR1 features a 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 putting out 755 horsepower, a massive 105 horsepower increase. This means the ZR1 as either a convertible or coupe will easily exceed 200 mph and race to 60 mph in just 2.9 seconds — and that acceleration number might even be conservative. This sports car fires from a standstill instantaneously, thanks to a larger supercharger, and it corners and stops like only ultraexclusive super cars from Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, and Porsche.

Glue yours to the road: Order yours with the $2,995 ZTK Performance package. Why? The car already comes with a very aggressive ground effects package, including a front airfoil and side skirting, all to make the ZR1 cling to the pavement. But the ZTK pack adds a carbon-fiber rear wing that greatly improves how the car handles at higher speeds. You want it because it’ll make your Vette both faster and safer.

Pump up the volume (or don’t): You may not always want to advertise you’re driving the fastest car in the county, so when you’re just tooling around, this Vette sounds reasonably tame. Mashing the gas, though, not only makes this Corvette accelerate with fighter-jet-like force, but full-throttle punches also bypass the sound

deadening of the muffler, so you’ll hear the V-8 roar with an ultramuscular, ultrabaritone bellow. If an engine could sing the national anthem, it would sound like this.

Take a road trip with ease: The beautiful thing about a Corvette? Six-plus-footers can drive one without discomfort — and, speaking of comfort, the ZR1’s dampers are calibrated for street handling and can be switched via driver control to a reasonably placid mode for commuting.

Choose the right top for you: If you can roll around openair for the bulk of the year, get the soft-top ZR1. If not, when closed, the cloth-roofed car looks less visibly appealing and you won’t benefit from the additional quiet the hard lid affords.

Info: From $119,995; chevrolet.com S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

61

2018 Ford Mustang GT You see very few rear-wheel-drive, four-seat sports cars on the road these days, especially at this price.

Even fewer that offer the Mustang GT’s combination of playfulness and user-friendly features such as a rear seat big enough for tykes and a large trunk. It’s a sports car that’s as fast as most anything else on the street, but a reasonably pragmatic one.

Take it for a more-polished spin: The entirely reworked Mustang V-8 now produces 25 more horsepower than the last GT V-8 and it’s smoother, too, with less gruff bark and a more refined whir as the revs climb. But don’t let the less-brutal-sounding engine turn you off — this ’Stang flies, hitting 60 mph in less than four seconds. It also corners startlingly well. Expect some body roll, but it’s easy to anticipate, counter steer, and set the GT up for the next apex.

Pick your transmission: For the first time, the Mustang GT offers a 10-speed automatic (with manual shift settings), in addition to a six-speed

62

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

GET IT IN GEAR: Choose from a 10-speed automatic or a six-speed stick shift.

stick. Get the auto if you battle daily stop-and-go traffic, or the stick if your commutes are easy and you want to hammer back roads the rest of the time.

Rev up your ride: To really do it right, order both the $3,995 Level 1 Performance package and the $1,695 continuously variable suspension system. This adds Brembo front brakes, a stiffer chassis, tauter suspension, a larger radiator for superior cooling, and 19-inch wheels with sticky Michelin Pilot Sport 4S performance tires. You can stiffen or soften the Mustang’s road compliance, keeping it looser for dashes to the grocery and stouter and more athletic for chasing through corners.

Go your own way: With the optional active valve performance exhaust, the default Sport and Track modes increase exhaust volume as you stiffen the suspension. But if you prefer a loud exhaust and soft suspension, Ford lets you create your own unique mode, including how quickly the transmission shifts.

Info: From $35,995; ford.com

2018 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Four-Door The Jeep Wrangler four-door comes in four trims, from bare-bones basic (yes, without even a roof) to a rugged Rubicon with extra wheel travel under the fenders, for serious rock crawling. Regardless of trim, though, it’s an entirely different vehicle, barely sharing any sheet metal with the outgoing rig. Engineers aimed for ride refinement and eliminating wind noise and squeaks and rattles, and got it right, while also making every functional aspect of the Wrangler four-door more refined and easier to live with.

Keep calm and drive: On rough roads, the prior Wrangler could feel like you were ricocheting inside the drum of a worn-out washing machine — you would literally feel wrung out from the experience. The new Wrangler drives leagues better. Chassis engineers cut side-to-side roll, and tauter steering means you don’t have to make as many fine adjustments to keep the Wrangler straight on the highway.

Doff your top: The Sahara offers two soft-top versions, and with both you can remove the doors, lower the windshield and anchor it to the hood, and even remove the rear side windows. When you’re done, the car looks practically naked — and pretty glorious if you’re driving on the beach or tooling along a forest track in the Rockies. Pragmatists should order theirs with the $4,000 Sky One Touch Power Top. It’s an electric cloth roof that unfurls

to expose both rows of seats. Live in the Sunbelt?

Get the tan (rather than black) removable soft top, because it keeps the interior cooler. Peel that lid off and leave it off all summer, rain or shine — even the instrument cluster’s weatherproof.

Weather the seasons: If you have to drive in the snow and rain, rather than over mud and boulders, get the Sahara’s new full-time four-wheel-drive system, which can shift power to any wheel, rather than constantly churn all four wheels at once.

Make it automatic: Jeep now offers a sweet, smooth-shifting eight-speed automatic in the Wrangler, which we like mated to the new turbocharged four cylinder that, believe it or not, has more torque than the standard V-6, and sounds less crude, too.

Info: From $38,540; jeep.com

S U M M E R 2018

CLOSE AT HAND: Jeep retooled the Wrangler console with an eye on convenience.

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

63

ClubCorpClubCorp News andNews Eventsand Events WORK AND PLAY: This streetlevel club features music bungalows with Gibson guitars ready for strumming, a member library, a stage for performances, productivity spaces, a quick-eats coffee shop, and more.

On the Radar

The Collective What you need to know about ClubCorp’s new club concept

C

lubCorp’s newest hangout opened its doors in May, exuding chill vibes with a come-as-youare dress code, screen-free zones, and an artsencouraged mentality. This urban basecamp in the heart of Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood serves as a retreat from city life and a launchpad for adventure planning and connection with like-minded members. Here, a few innovative highlights.

64

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

HANG TIME: Unwind in swinging nest chairs at the tech-free Hammock Garden, where face-to-face conversation and personal reflection are made easier without any buzzing cellphones to interrupt.

CLAY HAYNER (7)

BY K AT E WA H N S C H A F F E

CHILL ZONE: The screen-free area extends to part two of the Hammock Garden — a giant, bilevel cargo net with oversize pillows.

Changing of the Greens

Gleneagles preps for the summer sizzle with newly installed heat-tolerant grass BY

T O M M AC K I N

To golf course architect Damian Pascuzzo, greens are like children.

“None of them grow at the same rate, even though they’re in the same family.” Greens were the centerpiece of a project he and Steve Pate, his partner in Pascuzzo & Pate Golf Design, completed this past year at Gleneagles Country Club in Plano, Texas, where they installed new heat-tolerant grass on the putting surfaces of the King’s Course.

Here’s why the club made the switch: ARTIST AT WORK: Every three months, members select an artist-in-residence who hosts workshops and sets up camp in the club’s art studio.

What was the primary focus of the project?

The club decided to switch from bentgrass greens, which can really get stressed out in the hot, humid summers. You can literally lose a green with that grass in 30 minutes if it’s not monitored properly. We converted the greens to MiniVerde Bermudagrass, which performs superbly in the heat and provides terrific conditions from early spring through late fall.

How can heat and humidity affect bentgrass greens?

CLIMB HIGHER: The club’s boutique bouldering area with 22-foot ceilings includes a training wall for beginners, as well as trickier slabs and overhangs for more experienced climbers.

GRAB A BITE: High Tide, the club’s day-and-night bar, serves seasonal, organic bites, local coffees, and craft beer. Sit down for dinner, challenge a friend to a pingpong match at the bar’s custom-built hardwood table with leather net, or break out a board game.

Those conditions weaken that grass and make it very susceptible to diseases. Bentgrass really thrives in a cooler climate. During late fall, winter, and spring in the Dallas area, that grass is fine. But it’s just not geared for the heat.

What’s it like to putt on MiniVerde Bermudagrass greens?

In my experience, the ball tracks very cleanly, it doesn’t wiggle, and it stays on line. It makes for a smooth and high-quality putting surface.

What was the overall scope of the Gleneagles project?

It started as a greens and bunkers reconstruction project. Many of the fairway bunkers were no longer relevant for today’s players so they were either eliminated or relocated to a more strategic spot. Then we were asked to rebuild the tees, adding new forward and back teeing options. The tees were redesigned from ovals to a more classic rectangular shape that fits beautifully with Gleneagles’ parkland-style golf course. We also built a killer practice putting green and putting course, which combined measure 16,000 square feet.

How are the greens playing now?

LORI CUSICK (GLENEAGLES)

Any new green will play firm for the first year to 18 months. But the members at Gleneagles now have the best of both worlds. The Queen’s Course greens will be in peak shape during the fall, winter, and spring. The King’s Course greens will be peaking late spring, summer, and early fall.

MiniVerde Bermudagrass has also been installed at five other ClubCorp clubs, but not by Pascuzzo & Pate 1 Hackberry Creek Country Club, Irving, Texas 1 Neuse Golf Club, Clayton, N.C. 1 Stonebriar Country Club, Frisco, Texas (both courses) 1 Stonebridge Ranch Country Club, McKinney, Texas (Dye course) 1 Wildflower Country Club, Temple, Texas S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

65

ClubCorp News and Events By Kate Wahnschaffe Hot Deals

In the News

Summertime Travel Perks

Buzz From the Clubs

Club awards, developments, and member recognition

1

Escape to the heart of downtown Charleston, S.C., this summer with the “Third Night’s a Charm” package at Belmond Charleston Place and get 25 percent off a threenight stay in a suite or Club Level room through Aug. 31, based on availability.

Belmond Charleston Place

2

Through Sept. 5, save 20 percent on Pinehurst’s “Summer Tee” package. When you stay two nights at one of the resort’s luxury accommodations, the third night and fourth round of golf come free, as well as a breakfast buffet and threecourse dinner daily. From $818 per person, including discount.

Just Added: Alamance Country Club, Burlington, N.C. Perry Park Country Club, Larkspur, Colo.

Pines Country Club, Morgantown, W.Va. Reames Golf and Country Club, Klamath Falls, Ore. Sulphur Springs Country Club, Sulphur Springs, Texas Twin Hills Golf & Country Club, Oklahoma City Windyke Country Club, Memphis, Tenn.

Patrick Reed

Finishing 15 under par, Patrick Reed, a member at the Woodlands Country Club near Houston, donned the green jacket at this year’s Masters, bagging his first major and sixth PGA Tour win. He bested Rickie Fowler by one stroke and Jordan Spieth, who made a strong comeback attempt on Sunday, by two.

In awards news, the U.S. Croquet Association selected Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., as its 2017 USA Croquet Club of the Year and chose Blake Fields, an 11-year-old

member at the club, as Junior Player of the Year.

Elsewhere, the American Junior Golf Association named the Callaway Golf Junior Classic, played at Country Club of the South in Johns Creek, Ga., the 2017 Open Tournament of the Year.

ClubCorp has launched a pace-of-play program dubbed “Play It in 4,” aimed at keeping rounds of golf to an ideal four-hour limit and stressing three principles: start smart, be prepared, and move with a purpose. The company also has partnered with golftech experts Full Swing, adding golf lounges with Full Swing simulators at Flat Creek Country Club in Peachtree City, Ga.; Medina Golf & Country Club in Medina, Minn.; Norbeck Country Club in Rockville, Md.; Rolling

Green Country Club in Arlington Heights, Ill.; Seville Golf & Country Club in Gilbert, Ariz.; and TPC Michigan in Dearborn, Mich.

As clubs across the country prepare for this year’s ClubCorp Charity Classic events, the company has released its final 2017 figures: a record $3,071,926 raised for Augie’s Quest, the ClubCorp Employee Partners Care Foundation, and other national and local organizations.

Celebrity sighting: Rock ’n’ roll icon Alice Cooper Alice Cooper spotted in March playing a round of golf at Queen’s Harbour Yacht & Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla.

Junior Golf

3

Which way do you wanna go? Head west for a getaway at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza from July 1 to Sept. 30 for 15 percent off best available rates. If you’d rather go south, travel to the Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center through Aug. 31 for 20 percent off best available rates and daily breakfast for two at the hotel’s Prime Meridian restaurant.

Restrictions may apply. For details on the above deals and to book, call the ClubLine or email clubline@clubcorp.com.

66

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

From left, junior golfers Sara Im, Georgia Bosart, Raylee Bosley, Patmon Malcom Jr., Sahish Reddy, and Michael Jorski

Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals Six junior members from ClubCorp clubs competed in this year’s Drive, Chip & Putt tournament played the Sunday before the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. Sara Im, a member at Laurel Springs Golf Club in Suwanee, Ga., finished first in the Girls 12-13 division and received her trophy from two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson. Other competitors at the event included Georgia Bosart (Girls 10-11) from Oakhurst Golf & Country Club in Clarkston, Mich.; Raylee Bosley (Girls 7-9) from Magnolia Creek Golf Club in League City, Texas; Michael Jorski (Boys 7-9) from Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate in Overland Park, Kan.; and Patmon Malcom Jr. from Atlanta National Golf Club in Milton, Ga., and Sahish Reddy, from Laurel Springs Golf Club (both Boys 10-11).

CHERYL ZIBISKY (ROOM), GETTY IMAGES: PATRICK SMITH (REED), ASTRID STAWIARZ (COOPER), JAMIE SQUIRE (IM); AUGUSTA NATIONAL (DRIVE, CHIP AND PUTT-5)

Save at getaways across the country

At Our Clubs

Couture Collection journey to Tibet

Pro Tournaments

Pernilla Lindberg

Bernhard Langer

ANA Inspiration

Insperity Invitational

In April, Pernilla Lindberg scored her first LPGA win after powering through eight playoff holes against Inbee Park. The duo played half of the sudden-death holes until dark on Sunday, returning to finish the match on Monday — the first time this was done in the tournament’s 47-year history.

Bernhard Langer walked away from this May tournament with his 37th PGA Tour Champions win, trailing behind only Hale Irwin’s 45 for most Champions victories and setting a record for winning a Champions tournament 12 seasons in a row. Langer finished a stroke ahead at 11 under.

Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, Calif.

The Woodlands Country Club, the Woodlands, Texas

Coming Up Aug. 2-5 KC Golf Classic at Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate in Overland Park, Kan. Aug. 2-5 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio

ROBERT LABERGE/GETTY IMAGES (LINDBERG), PAUL LESTER (LANGER), ANDREA FRAZZETTA (TIBET)

Member Event ClubCorp Couples Tournament Presented by Oceania

Low gross winners: From left, Jeff and Teresa

Sixty-two couples didn’t let a few chilly Harper (open) and Jeanna and Jack Wolf (senior) mornings and a little misty rain get in the way of the friendly competition at this year’s three tournament rounds at Pinehurst in Pinehurst, N.C., where they played the best ball, scramble, and alternate shot rounds on the resort’s No. 2, No. 6, and No. 8 courses. In the Low net winners: From left, Danielle and Rodney open division, Jeff and Teresa Harper Carroll (open) and Rene and Cindy Jagot (senior) from alliance club Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, W.Va., snagged overall low gross, while Rodney and Danielle Carroll from Stonebridge Ranch Country Club in McKinney, Texas, won overall low net.

Jack and Jeanna Wolf from the Texas Tech Club in Lubbock grabbed the overall low gross win in the senior division, and Rene and Cindy Jagot from the Clubs of Kingwood in Kingwood, Texas, won overall low net in the same division.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS 1 June 7-10 ClubCorp Two-Person Best Ball at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio 1 July 14-16 ClubCorp Parent Child Better Ball at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio 1 Sept. 5-9 Ross Division Sept. 9-13 Fazio Division Acura ClubCorp Champions Classic at Pinehurst in Pinehurst, N.C. 1 Sept. 20-23 Pink Ball Tournament at Morgan Run Club & Resort in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Just for You

Teaming Up Get to know more about our key strategic alliances, and the deals available to you

Silversea Scoop: Awarded for its innovative cruise

itineraries at Virtuoso’s 2017 luxury travel awards, Silversea sails to more than 900 destinations — most notably the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and both polar regions — on all seven continents.

Ranging in guest capacity from 100 to 608, the company’s nine intimate luxury cruise ships feature all-ocean-view suites, all with butler service and most with private verandas, as well as allinclusive beverage and dining options throughout each ship and inventive on-shore excursion opportunities.

What’s new: This year, Silversea introduced its Couture Collection, an assortment of nine custom-designed pre- and post-cruise luxury land tours. The five- to 11-day trips, which average $34,000 per person, include such exclusive perks as private helicopter service in Mongolia and Gulfstream jets in and out of Antarctica, plus top accommodations and immersive cultural experiences. In May, the company reintroduced the Silver Spirit — now 49 feet longer — to its fleet after a monthslong lengthening and renovation that expands public-area capacities and replicates the look of the flagship Silver Muse.

Looking to 2020, Silversea has begun booking its first seven-continent world cruise, a 140-day journey that will hit 62 ports in 32 countries.

Information: silversea.com Deal: Receive 5 percent off on published cruise prices and a $200 shipboard credit. For details, call the ClubLine or email clubline@clubcorp.com.

S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

67

The List Where to play. Where to dine. Where to meet.

Eagle’s Nest Country Club, Phoenix, Md.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Scottsdale.

Gainey Ranch Golf Club, 480-951-0022 gaineyranchcc.com In Scottsdale, 20 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. 27 holes of golf designed by Benz & Poellot, clubhouse, pro shop, restaurant, bar and grill, banquet facility.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Hyatt Regency Scottsdale at Gainey Ranch In Scottsdale.

Oakcreek Country Club In Sedona. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf

Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia Red Door Spa In Litchfield Park and Phoenix.

Key to symbols

How to use this list Business Clubs Country Clubs Golf Clubs Sports Clubs The Owners Club: Use of The Owners Clubs is available to Owners Club members only.

Communities: As a My Community member, you receive access to clubs in your local area.

Network Alliance Clubs/ Hotels/Services: You enjoy privileges at a group of clubs not owned, operated, or managed by ClubCorp. Green fees may apply.

You also qualify for preferred rates, privileges, and accommodations at select hotels, and have access to ticket, shopping, and transportation services.

New listing since previous issue.

Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa In Sedona.

Seville Golf & Country Club, 480-722-8100 sevillegcc.com In Gilbert, 34 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. 18-hole Gary Panks-designed golf course, 3 tennis courts, health club, water park.

Signature Gold Golf.

SunRidge Canyon Golf Club In Fountain Hills.

University Club

You must be an overnight guest of the resort in order to use the facilities.

Network Alliance clubs that accept your MemberCard.

Business club is equipped with athletic facilities.

Entries in “The List” are under nearest metropolitan area with commercial airline service.

To make reservations, call the ClubLine or e-mail at clubline@ clubcorp.com.

Signature Gold Dining.

Alabama Auburn Saugahatchee Country Club In Opelika. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Birmingham Anniston Country Club In Anniston. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

City Club Birmingham, 205-252-0088 summit-birmingham.com Atop the Regions-Habert Plaza in downtown Birmingham. Meeting and conference rooms, member workstations. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Grand National Golf Club

In Hoover. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Selwood Farm Sporting Clays and Quail Hunting Preserve In Alpine.

Silver Lakes Golf Club In Gadsden. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Huntsville Burningtree Country Club In Decatur. Signature Gold Golf.

Hampton Cove Golf Club Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

The Shoals Golf Club In Florence. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Mobile Magnolia Grove Golf Club

Capitol Hill Golf Club In Prattville. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

City Grill Highland Oaks Golf Club In Dothan. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Next Door Restaurant Shenandoah Plantation Hunting and Fishing In Union Springs.

Wynlakes Golf & Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

Tucson Omni Tucson National Resort Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Oro Valley Country Club, 520-297-1121

My Los Angeles Community, 800-433-5079

Arkansas Bentonville Fayetteville Country Club In Fayetteville. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

In Auburn. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

In Lake Powell. Part of Forever Resorts.

Greystone Golf & Country Club

Montgomery

Anthem Golf & Country Club, 623-742-6200

In Rogers. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Signature Gold Golf.

In Greenville. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

anthemclubaz.com In Anthem, about 40 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. 36 holes of Greg Nashdesigned golf, two resort-style pools, and two fitness centers. Signature Gold Golf.

Fort Smith

Musgrove Country Club In Jasper. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

Oxmoor Valley Golf Club

Cambrian Ridge Golf Club

C apital City Club, 334-834-8920

Red Mountain Theatre Company

capitalmontgomery.com Top two floors of RSA Tower downtown. Formal and informal dining, private party facilities. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

68

S U M M E R 2018

Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

The Capital Grille In Phoenix and Scottsdale.

Bakersfield Country Club

Red Door Spa Tucson National Golf Club

Phoenix

Antelope Point Marina

Bakersfield Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

myarizonacommunity.com

California

orovalleycountryclub.com In Oro Valley, 15 miles north of downtown Tucson. 18-hole golf course, fitness center, casual dining, and private events space. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Arizona My Arizona Community, 800-433-5079

Pine Bluff Country Club In Pine Bluff. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Shadow Valley Country Club

Fianna Hills Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Little Rock Diamante, A Private Membership Golf Club In Hot Springs Village. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Lake Tahoe See Reno, Nev.

Los Angeles mylosangelescommunity.com

Braemar Country Club, 818-345-6520 braemarclub.com.

In Tarzana, 20 miles from Los Angeles International Airport. 2 golf courses, 20 tennis courts, and 2 pools. Closed Mon.

Chinois In Santa Monica. Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

City Club Los Angeles, 213-620-9662 cityclubla.com In the heart of downtown, 17 miles from LAX. Fine dining, private event facilities, seven meeting rooms, movie screening room. Signature Gold Dining.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Los Angeles, Beverly Hills.

TARA HOPE

United States

Ross Bridge Golf Club

House of Blues Foundation Room Lounge In Anaheim.

Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza Porter Valley Country Club, 818-360-1071 portervalley.com In Northridge. 18-hole Ted Robinsondesigned golf course, 5 tennis courts, swimming pool, fitness center.

Closed Mon.

Sand Canyon Country Club In Santa Clarita.

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Six Flags Magic Mountain Spago In Beverly Hills. Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Monterey Carmel Valley Ranch Resort 6 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea. Signature Gold Golf.

Hyatt Regency Monterey

Napa Kitchen Collective Access to member’s lounge and interactive kitchen experience.

Reservations required.

Ontario Canyon Crest Country Club, 951-274-7900 canyoncrestcc.com In Riverside, 20 miles from Ontario International Airport. Golf course, 6 tennis courts, swimming pool.

Closed Mon.

Orange County Aliso Viejo Country Club, 949-598-9200 alisogolf.com In Aliso Viejo, 13 miles from John Wayne Airport. 18 holes of Jack Nicklaus/Jack Nicklaus II-designed golf, practice facilities, pro shop, private event facilities. Closed Monday.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Bayside Restaurant In Newport Beach.

Bistango Restaurant In Irvine.

Center Club Orange County, 714-662-3414 center-club.com In the Center Tower building in downtown Costa Mesa, near John Wayne Airport. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Coto de Caza Golf & Racquet Club, 949-858-4100 coto-de-caza.com In Coto de Caza, 20 miles southeast of John Wayne Airport.

36 holes designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.; 10 lighted tennis courts, 3 pools. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Monarch Beach Resort In Dana Point.

Old Ranch Country Club In Seal Beach. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Palm Springs Copley’s Restaurant Desert Falls Country Club, 760-340-5646 desert-falls.com In Palm Desert, 15 miles southeast of Palm Springs. Par-72 course spans 7,017 yards with views of the San Jacinto Mountain Range. Tee-time cancellation policy applies. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort & Spa In Indian Wells.

Indian Wells Country Club, 760-345-2561 indianwellsclub.com In Indian Wells, 20 miles southeast of Palm Springs Airport. 2 clubhouses, ballroom, fitness center, private dining rooms, patio dining, and pro shop. 2 championship courses wind through the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains. Tee-time cancellation policy applies. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Mission Hills Country Club, 760-324-9400 missionhills.com In Rancho Mirage; 10 miles southeast of Palm Springs. 1,760-acre club with 3 championship 18-hole golf courses.

Large clubhouse, pool, fitness center, 29 tennis courts (5 grass). Tee-time cancellation policy applies. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Roy’s restaurant In Rancho Mirage.

Sacramento Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer’s Dry Creek Kitchen, located in Healdsburg. Access for Members with Signature Gold benefits only.

Empire Ranch Golf Club, 916-817-8100 empireranchgolfclub.com In the foothills of Folsom. 6,669yard, par-71, daily fee golf course overlooking Folsom Lake. Full-service pro shop, clubhouse, dining, driving range, and practice areas. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Granite Bay Golf Club, 916-791-7578 granitebayclub.com In Granite Bay, 20 miles east of Sacramento. 18-hole championship course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., practice facilities, pro shop, clubhouse, fitness facility, meeting space. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Lake Oroville Marina In Lake Oroville. Part of Forever Resorts.

Moccasin Point Marina In Don Pedro Lake. Part of Forever Resorts.

Saddle Creek Golf Club In Copperopolis. Signature Gold Golf.

Teal Bend Golf Club, 916-922-5209 tealbendgolf.com 18-hole, 72-par course designed by Brad Bell, practice range, grill, home of Teal Bend Golf Schools. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Trinity Lake Resorts & Marinas In Trinity Lake. Part of Forever Resorts.

Turkey Creek Golf Club, 916-434-9100 turkeycreekgc.com In Lincoln. 18-hole Brad Bell-designed golf course, grill. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

San Diego My San Diego Community, 800-433-5079 mysandiegocommunity.com

Bay Club Carmel Valley One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

Bernardo Heights Country Club, 858-487-4022 bernardoheightscc.com 18-hole Ted Robinson-designed golf course, informal and formal dining, private events space. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Hotel Solamar Legoland In Carlsbad.

Morgan Run Club & Resort, 858-756-2471 morganrun.com In Rancho Santa Fe. 27-hole championship golf course, practice facilities, 11 tennis courts, pool, overnight accommodations, informal and formal dining, conference/banquet facilities. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Omni La Costa Resort & Spa Rancho Bernardo Inn Golf Resort

the clubline

800-433-5079 international callers

Member Benefits and Levels As a benefit of club membership, you have access to certain clubs and resorts listed in “The List” that are outside the nonresident radius of your home club. These restrictions apply from the place(s) of residence and business for you and your family members. Privileges are based upon your benefit level as described below. The Associate Club benefits do not apply to groups or private events, and cart fees are additional. Call the ClubLine to make reservations and for questions about your benefits. For information on legacy and relocation benefits, contact your home club.

O.N.E. (Optimal Network Experiences): Members receive 50 percent discount on a la carte dining at their home club, benefits in their local community, and complimentary golf and dining privileges when traveling. Complimentary traveling benefits are noted as Signature Gold Golf and Signature Gold Dining in The List.

Signature Gold: is the flagship level of private club benefits, featuring complimentary golf and dining at participating clubs (two rounds and two meals per club per month). Additional benefits include 30-day advance tee times for members with Signature Gold Unlimited and privileges in the market of the members’ second home or business. Signature Gold Golf offers complimentary golf at Associate Clubs and signature courses (two rounds per club per month; tee times booked 14 days prior to play). Signature Gold Dining offers complimentary dining at business and business sports clubs (two meals per club per month).

Associate Bronze: Members receive social privileges at Associate Club properties.

Associate Gold: Members receive golf, social, and athletic privileges at Associate Clubs, excluding some select golf courses. Members do not pay green fees at specified country clubs. (Play restricted to two rounds per month at each location.)

Associate Plus: Members receive golf privileges at certain properties and are limited to two rounds per month per club. Members are charged 50 percent of accompanied-guest green fees.

Associate Silver: Members receive social and athletic privileges at Associate Club properties and golf privileges at certain Associate Club properties. Golf availability varies and green fees apply in certain resort areas and during designated seasons.

Shadowridge Golf Club, 760-727-7700

Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

shadowridgecc.com In Vista, in north San Diego County.

18-hole golf course, practice facilities, clubhouse. Closed Mon. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

In Redwood City. One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

Temecula Creek Golf Resort In Temecula.

University Club Atop Symphony Towers, 619-234-5200

San Francisco

In Santa Clara. One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

My Bay Area Community, 800-433-5079 mybayareacommunity.com

Bay Club at the Gateway One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

Bay Club Courtside

972-888-7527

Bay Club Financial District

private event desk

877-684-3919 privateevents @ clubcorp . com

Bay Club San Francisco One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

972-888-7357

for a complete list of your benefits clubline . com

Bay Club Ross Valley In Kentfield. One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

uc-sandiego.com Atop Symphony Towers downtown. Two main dining rooms and six meeting rooms. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

In Los Gatos. One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

e - mail clubline @ clubcorp . com fax

Bay Club Redwood Shores

One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

Bay Club Marin In Marin. One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West

S U M M E R 2018

Bay Club Santa Clara

Bay Club SF Tennis One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

The Club at Wingtip Club Quarters Crow Canyon Country Club, 925-735-5700 crow-canyon.com In Danville, 30 miles east of San Francisco at the foot of Mount Diablo.

18-hole Ted Robinson-designed golf course, 13 tennis courts, pool, fitness facility. Closed Mon.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Hotel Zoe

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

69

Key to symbols

Business Clubs

Country Clubs

Golf Clubs Sports Clubs

The Owners Club

Communities

co-designed 18-hole course. Athletic facility, 4 tennis courts (3 clay courts, 1 hard court), outdoor pool, spa, and pro shop. 2 dining rooms with seasonal dining hours. Resort rates apply. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Sky Hotel

Colorado Springs The El Paso Club

Network Alliance Clubs/ Hotels/Services

Signature Gold Dining.

New listing Must be an overnight guest MemberCard accepted Athletic facilities

In Larkspur. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Napa Valley Lodge In Napa Valley.

Pleasure Cove Marina In Lake Berryessa. Part of Forever Resorts.

Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club, 707-546-3485 santarosagolf.com In Santa Rosa, 55 miles north of San Francisco in Sonoma County.

18-hole parkland golf course, upscale dining, ballroom. Tennis, swimming, and fitness facilities. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Servcorp See Other Affiliates section.

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

San Jose My Bay Area Community, 800-433-5079 mybayareacommunity.com

Bay Club Cupertino One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

Coyote Creek Golf Club Signature Gold Golf.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Lake Don Pedro Marina In Don Pedro Lake. Part of Forever Resorts.

Silicon Valley Capital Club, 408-971-9300 sanjoseclub.com In Knight Ridder Building in heart of downtown. Main dining room, 4 private dining rooms, meeting rooms, conference rooms. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Victorville Spring Valley Lake Country Club, 760-245-5356 spring-valley-lake.com Spring Valley Lake area. Golf course, 4 tennis courts, swimming pool, and fitness center. Closed Mon.

Colorado Aspen Aspen Glen Club, 970-704-1905 aspen-glen.com In Carbondale, 30 miles northwest of Aspen. Jack Nicklaus/Jack Nicklaus II

70

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

Perry Park Country Club

Denver Black Bear Golf Club, 303-840-3100 blackbearclub.com In Parker. 32 miles south of Denver International Airport. 18-hole Jeff Brauer-designed golf course, driving range, practice facilities, dining room.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Blackstone Country Club, 303-680-0245 blackstone-club.com In Aurora. 25 miles south of Denver International Airport. 18-hole Jay Morrish-designed golf course, dining room, pool, 2 tennis courts, fitness facilities. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

The Capital Grille Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Hotel Monaco Omni Interlocken Resort In Broomfield. Signature Gold Golf.

Fort Collins Fort Collins Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Vail Sonnenalp Club In Edwards. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Sonnenalp Hotel

Connecticut Hartford Hartford Club Signature Gold Dining.

Stamford See New York City.

Windsor Locks Six Flags New England In Springfield, Mass.

Delaware Newark See Philadelphia.

Wilmington University and Whist Club Signature Gold Dining.

Florida

Gainesville

Clearwater

Haile Plantation Golf & Country Club, 352-335-0055

Countryside Country Club, 727-796-2153 countrysideclub.com In Countryside; 17 miles from Tampa International Airport. 27 holes of championship golf, practice greens, driving range, pro shop, 14 tennis courts, fitness center, 2 pools, grill, lounge, and dining. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

East Lake Woodlands Country Club, 727-784-8576 eastlakewoodlandscc.com In Oldsmar between Clearwater and Tampa. 36 holes of Von HaggeDevlin-designed golf, practice and banquet facilities, clubhouse, fitness center, 17 tennis courts, 3 pools.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

StarLite Dining Cruises

Destin Regatta Bay Golf & Yacht Club Santa Rosa Golf & Beach Club In Santa Rosa Beach. Signature Gold Golf.

Vue on 30a In Santa Rosa Beach.

Fort Lauderdale My South Coast Community, 800-433-5079 mysouthcoastcommunity.com

The Capital Grille The Club at Boca Pointe In Boca Raton. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Eagle Trace Golf Club In Coral Springs.

Hamilton Douglass Clothiers Heron Bay Golf Club In Coral Springs.

Lago Mar Country Club In Plantation. Signature Gold Golf.

Red Door Spa Tower Club, 954-764-8550 tower-florida.com On the 28th floor of One Financial Plaza in the downtown business district, with views of the Atlantic Ocean.

Library/lounge, dining room, and private rooms for business and social events. Signature Gold Dining.

Fort Myers The Capital Grille In Naples.

The Club at Pelican Preserve Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Raptor Bay Golf Club In Bonita Springs.

Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples In Naples

haileplantationgolf.com 10 miles from the University of Florida and the Florida Medical Center. 18-hole Gary Player-designed golf course. Tennis, swimming, and fitness facilities, pro shop. Dining room, bar, and grill. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Jacksonville My Jacksonville Community, 800-433-5079 myjacksonvillecommunity.com

Amelia National Golf Club In Fernandina Beach.

The Capital Grille Deercreek Country Club, 904-363-1604 deercreekclub.com 20 miles south of downtown. 18-hole Robert Miller-designed golf course, practice facilities, pro shop, fitness center, 8 outdoor Har-Tru tennis courts, informal dining. Closed Mon. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Marsh Creek Country Club, 904-461-1101 marshcreek.com In St. Augustine. 18-hole golf course, informal and formal dining, 10 tennis courts, fitness rooms, pool, private events space. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort In Amelia Island.

Omni Jacksonville Hotel Queen’s Harbour Yacht and Country Club, 904-221-1012

Citrus Club, 407-843-1080 citrus-club.com On the 18th floor of Citrus Center.

Formal and casual dining, cocktail lounge, six private rooms. Citrus Club Spa and Fitness Center, Meeting and conference rooms.Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

DeBary Golf & Country Club, 386-668-1705 debarycc.com In DeBary, 25 miles northeast of Orlando. 18-hole Lloyd Clifton golf course, formal dining, 6 tennis courts, pool, fitness center. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Golden Bear Club at Keene’s Pointe In Windermere. Signature Gold Golf.

Grand Bohemian Hotel House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

Legoland In Winter Haven.

Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate In ChampionsGate.

Portobello Part of Levy Restaurants. Access for Members with Signature Gold benefits only.

Pensacola Lost Key Golf Club Signature Gold Golf.

Sarasota The Venetian Golf and River Club

queensharbourcc.com On the Intracoastal Waterway in Queen’s Harbour; 24 miles from Jacksonville International Airport.

18-hole Mark McCumber designed golf course. 2 tennis courts, pool.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Kinderlou Forest Golf Club

Melbourne

In Carrabelle.

Suntree Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Miami My South Coast Community, 800-433-5079 mysouthcoastcommunity.com

The Biltmore In Coral Gables.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Servcorp See Other Affiliates section.

Orlando Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge Buena Vista Palace Resort & Spa In Walt Disney World.

The Capital Grille

S U M M E R 2018

Celebration Golf Club In Celebration.

In North Venice. Signature Gold Golf.

Tallahassee In Valdosta, Ga. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

St. James Bay University Center Club, 850-644-8528 universitycenterclub.com On the campus of Florida State University overlooking the stadium.

Formal and informal dining, private meeting room, ballroom. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Tampa My Tampa Bay Community, 800-433-5079 mytampabaycommunity.com

The Capital Grille Centre Club, 813-286-4040 centretampa.com Atop the Urban Center in Westshore.

Dining room, lounge, private dining and meeting rooms, conference room. Closed Sat and Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Hunter’s Green Country Club, 813-973-1000

Braelinn Golf Club, 770-631-3100

Eagle’s Landing Country Club, 770-389-2000

Olde Atlanta Golf Club, 770-497-0097

huntersgreencc.com 35 miles from Tampa International Airport. 18-hole Fazio-designed championship course with driving, chipping, and putting ranges, 17 lighted tennis courts, basketball, racquetball, volleyball, fitness, formal dining, grill, banquet room. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

braelinngc.com In Peachtree City. 25 miles south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole golf course, practice facility, casual dining, pool, 4 tennis courts. Closed Wed.

eagleslandingcc.com In Stockbridge, 20 miles south of downtown Atlanta. 27-hole Tom Fazio-designed golf course. Pro shop, 8 tennis courts, 2 pools, informal dining. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

oldeatlantagc.com In Suwanee. 18-hole Arthur Hillsdesigned golf course, practice facilities, casual dining, private events facilities.

Eagle Watch Golf Club, 770-591-1000

Planterra Ridge Golf Club, 770-487-8141

StarLite Dining Cruises In St. Petersburg.

Tampa Club Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club, 813-972-1991 tampa-palmscc.com 22 miles from Tampa International Airport. 18-hole Arthur Hills-designed championship golf course, 9 Har-Tru tennis courts, fitness center, junior Olympic-size pool. Overnight resort accommodations. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

West Palm Beach Breakers West Country Club Pay-to-play access.

The Capital Grille In Palm Beach Gardens.

Monarch Country Club, 772-286-8447 monarchclub.com In Palm City, 40 miles north of West Palm Beach. 18-hole championship Arnold Palmer golf course, 6 lighted Har-Tru tennis courts, pool, Jacuzzi.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

PGA National Resort & Spa In Palm Beach Gardens. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Georgia Atlanta My Atlanta Community, 800-433-5079 myatlantacommunity.com

Atlanta National Golf Club, 707-442-8801 atlantanationalgolfclub.com In Alpharetta. Golf retreat surrounded by rolling hills. 18-hole Pete and P.B. Dye-designed golf course, practice facilities, formal and casual dining, men’s grill, meeting facilities.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Bear’s Best Atlanta, 678-714-2582 bearsbest.com Features 18 of Jack Nicklaus’ favorite holes from his own designs around the world. Clubhouse includes Nicklaus memorabilia, dining facilities, outdoor pavilion, pro shop.

Signature Gold Golf.

Bentwater Golf Club, 770-529-9554 bentwatergc.com In Acworth. Near Marietta and Kennesaw. 18-hole golf course, dining, banquet room, pro shop.

Brookfield Country Club, 770-993-1990 brookfieldcountryclub.com In Roswell, 35 miles north of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole course, casual dining, private events space, pool, fitness and tennis centers, golf performance center with FlightScope technology. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Buckhead Club, 404-262-2262 buckhead-club.com On the 26th floor of the Sovereign Building. Dining room, lounge, meeting and conference rooms, fitness center. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

eaglewatchgc.com In Woodstock. Set in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 18-hole Arnold Palmer-designed golf course, dining room, garden room, lounge.

Flat Creek Country Club, 770-487-8140 flatcreekcc.com In Peachtree City. 23 miles south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 27 holes of golf, practice facilities, main and private dining rooms, pool, private events facilities. Closed Mon.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

Canongate I Golf Club, 770-463-3342

In Atlanta, Dunwoody.

canongate1gc.com In Sharpsburg. 20 miles southwest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 36 holes of golf, main and private dining rooms, pool, 2 tennis courts.

In Clarkesville.

The Capital Grille Chapel Hills Golf Club, 770-949-0030 chapelhillsgc.com In Douglasville. 25 miles northwest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole golf course, main and private dining rooms, pool, 4 tennis courts.

Cigar City Club Commerce Club, 404-222-0191 commerceclubatlanta.com On the 49th floor of 191 Peachtree Tower in downtown Atlanta. Two main dining rooms, seven private meeting rooms, bar and lounge.

Closed Sat and Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Country Club of Gwinnett, 770-978-7755 countryclubofgwinnett.com 30 miles east of Atlanta. 18-hole Steve Melnyk-designed golf course with driving range and practice facilities.

Grill, pro shop, banquet facilities.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Country Club of the South, 770-475-1803 thecountryclubofthesouth.com In Johns Creek, 36 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed championship golf course. Four-bedroom villa, 12 tennis courts, fitness center, pro shop, junior Olympic-size pool. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

Currahee Club In Toccoa. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Glen Ella Springs Inn Hamilton Mill Golf Club, 770-945-4653 hamiltonmillgc.com In Dacula. 50 miles northeast of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole Fred Couples/Gene Bates-designed golf course, practice facilities, meeting and conference space.

Jonpaul’s Tonsorial and Spa Services In Johns Creek.

Laurel Springs Golf Club, 770-884-0065 laurelspringsclub.com In Suwanee, 27 miles north of Atlanta.

18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, driving range, and practice facilities. Informal dining, bar and lounge, Nicklaus library, pro shop, locker rooms. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Mandarin Oriental The Manor Golf & Country Club, 678-366-3886 manorgcc.com In Milton. 18-hole golf course — Georgia’s only Tom Watson-designed championship course, formal and casual dining, aquatic center featuring junior Olympic-size pool, tennis center with 16 courts. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Mirror Lake Golf Club, 770-459-5599 mirrorlakegc.com In Villa Rica. 36 holes of golf, dining room, patio with views of Mirror Lake, pool, 4 tennis courts.

Northwood Country Club, 770-923-2909 northwoodcc.com In Lawrenceville, 35 miles northeast of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole championship golf course, driving range, fitness center.

The Peachtree Club

international callers

972-888-7357

e - mail clubline @ clubcorp . com fax

972-888-7527

In Midtown.

planterraridgegc.com In Peachtree City. 27 miles south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole golf course, practice facilities, dining room, pool. Closed Tue.

Polo Golf & Country Club, 770-887-7656 pologolfandcountryclub.com In Cumming. 18-hole Joe Leedesigned golf course, practice facilities, dining, swim center with pools and waterslide, tennis center with 10 courts. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Reynolds Lake Oconee In Greensboro. Exclusive pricing on overnight packages.

The Ritz-Carlton Atlanta The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee In Greensboro.

Six Flags Over Georgia Six Flags White Water Sun City Peachtree Golf Club, 678-242-1933 suncitypeachtreegolf.com In Griffin. 18-hole golf course, practice facilities, dining room, bar, private events facilities.

Traditions of Braselton, 706-363-9963 traditionsofbraseltongc.com In Jefferson. 18-hole golf course, casual dining, private events space.

Closed Tue.

White Columns Country Club, 770-343-9025 whitecolumnscountryclub.com In Milton. 18-hole Tom Fazio-designed golf course, dining, tennis complex with 10 courts, outdoor swim center, fitness facilities. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

White Oak Golf Club, 770-251-6700 whiteoakgc.com In Newnan. 27 miles south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 36-hole golf course, dining room, private dining room, 4 tennis courts, pool.

Whitewater Creek Country Club, 770-460-0877 whitewatercreekcc.com In Fayetteville. 20 miles south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole Arnold Palmer-designed golf course, main and private dining rooms, private events facilities. Closed Thur.

S U M M E R 2018

the clubline

800-433-5079

for a complete list of your benefits clubline . com private event desk

877-684-3919 privateevents @ clubcorp . com

The Whitley Windermere Golf Club, 678-513-1000 windermeregc.com In Cumming. 18-hole Davis Love IIIdesigned golf course, dining room, private events facilities.

Augusta The Carriage House Inn In Aiken, South Carolina.

The Pinnacle Club The Willcox In Aiken, South Carolina.

Woodside Plantation Country Club, 803-649-3383 woodside-plantation.com In Aiken, South Carolina. 30 miles from Augusta Regional Airport in Woodside Plantation. 3 golf courses, 10 tennis courts, 2 pools. Closed Mon. Green fees apply to all members during Masters week.

Columbus Country Club of Columbus Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Macon Healy Point Country Club, 478-743-1495 healypointcc.com 18-hole Gary Player-designed golf course, formal and casual dining, tennis complex with 10 courts, pool, fitness facilities. Closed Tue.

River Forest Golf Club, 478-974-0974 riverforestgc.com In Forsyth. 25 miles northwest of Macon. 18-hole golf course, dining room, access to pool, tennis, and fitness facilities. Closed Mon.

Savannah Mansion on Forsyth Park

Valdosta See Tallahassee, Fla.

Hawaii Kauai St. Regis Princeville Resort

Maui Dunes at Maui Lani Golf Course Spago Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

71

Adv e r tise m e nt

Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa

Transformative Experiences Sometimes the best way to reconnect is to get away.

Whether you’re playing a round of golf or enjoying the quiet bliss of a poolside breeze, every stay at Omni is a transformative experience.

Austin, Texas It’s no secret that Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa is one of the most sought after golf destinations in the nation. Named to Golf Digest’s 2016 Best Golf Resorts in the Southwest and located in the heart of Texas Hill Country, it features several distinct courses with incredible views and a tranquil landscape providing golf enthusiasts with an array of natural challenges.

Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia

Scottsdale, Arizona Nestled at the base of beautiful Camelback Mountain, the Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia is an alluring escape inspired by Spain’s Andalusia region. Stroll down the Alhambra walkway on your way to bask in the adultsonly Oasis pool, or indulge in a soothing massage at the Moroccan-inspired Joya Spa.

Palm Springs, California On the west coast, wind your way through 27 holes of championship golf with palm tree-lined fairways and gently rolling terrain at Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Palm Springs.

Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa

Oahu Hawaii Prince Golf Club Prince Waikiki Plaza Club Signature Gold Dining.

Royal Hawaiian Golf Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Illinois Champaign Urbana Country Club In Urbana. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Chicago My Chicago Community, 800-433-5079 mychicagocommunity.com

Autobahn Country Club In Joliet. Premier motorsports club.

Calumet Country Club In Homewood.

The Capital Grille Locations in Chicago, Lombard, and Rosemont.

The Carlton Club at RitzCarlton, Chicago Spa access only.

Chicago Elite Yacht Club Quarters Hotel The Drake Hotel Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Chicago, Naperville, Rosemont.

House of Blues - Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

The Metropolitan, 312-876-3200 metclubchicago.com On the 66th and 67th floors of the Willis Tower in the financial district.

Dining room, 16 private rooms, grill, wine bar, meeting and conference rooms, fitness center. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Mid-America Club, 312-861-1100 midamclub.com Atop the 80th floor of the Aon Center. Dining room, grill, lounge, 8,500-square-foot ballroom, private dining and conference rooms.

Signature Gold Dining.

Mystic Blue Odyssey Cruises Ravinia Green Country Club, 847-945-6200 raviniagreen.com In Riverwoods, about 15 miles north of O’Hare International Airport.

18-hole golf course with caddy services, tennis courts, pools, casual and formal dining.Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Ravisloe Golf Club In Homewood.

Red Door Spa

Ritz-Carlton, Chicago Rolling Green Country Club, 847-945-6200 rollinggreencc.com In Arlington Heights, about 12 miles north of O’Hare International Airport.

18-hole golf course with caddy services, pool, fitness center, casual and formal dining. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Seadog Cruises Six Flags Great America Spiaggia Part of Levy Restaurants.

Spirit of Chicago White Eagle Golf Club In Naperville.

Peoria Country Club of Peoria Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Rockford Rockford Country Club

Des Moines Des Moines Embassy Club Glen Oaks Country Club In West Des Moines. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Kansas Kansas City Lawrence Country Club In Lawrence. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate, 913-402-1000 nicklausgolflg.com In Overland Park, 10 miles southwest of Kansas City, Mo. 18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, practice facilities, pool, 21,000-square-foot clubhouse, pro shop, conference room, informal dining room, casual bar and grill, private dining room.

Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

Wichita Reflection Ridge Golf Club

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E.

Indiana

Signature Gold Golf.

Evansville

Kentucky

Rolling Hills Country Club In Newburgh. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Fort Wayne Orchard Ridge Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Indianapolis Broadmoor Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Capital Grille Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Hawthorns Golf & Country Club In Fishers. Signature Gold Golf.

Omni Severin Hotel Puck’s Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Skyline Club, 317-263-5000 skyline-indy.com On the 36th floor of the One American Square building downtown. Main dining room, bar and grill, 4 private dining rooms. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

South Bend Knollwood Country Club, 574-277-1541 knollwoodclub.com In Granger, north of Notre Dame. 2 golf courses, driving range, indoor and outdoor pools, 10 tennis courts.

Dining, golf shop, fitness center.

Iowa Davenport Davenport Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Willowbend Golf Club

Bowling Green Indian Hills Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Hebron See Cincinnati.

Louisville GlenOaks Country Club In Prospect. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Emeril’s Receive VIP access and service at Emeril’s New Orleans and NOLA restaurants.

English Turn Golf and Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Hotel Monteleone House of Blues - Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

Key to symbols

Business Clubs

Country Clubs

Golf Clubs

Sports Clubs

The Owners Club

Communities

Network Alliance Clubs/ Hotels/Services New listing Must be an overnight guest MemberCard accepted Athletic facilities

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch

House of Blues - Foundation Room

Signature Gold Dining.

Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans Windsor Court Hotel

The International Golf Club and Lodge

Shreveport

In Bolton.

Southern Trace Country Club, 318-798-8300

Ipswich Country Club, 978-356-4822

southern-trace.com 18-hole Arthur Hills-designed championship golf course, 6 lighted tennis courts, pool, spa and fitness facilities, whirlpool, steam room, and lounge.

Maryland Baltimore The Capital Grille Eagle’s Nest Country Club In Phoenix, 21 miles north of Baltimore. 18-hole golf course, casual and upscale dining, eight Har-Tru outdoor tennis courts, Olympic-size pool, private event space. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

ipswichclub.com In Ipswich, 30 miles northeast of Boston. 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones. 6 Har-Tru tennis courts, pro shop, fitness center, pool, sauna, steam room, whirlpool. Closed Mon.

Langham Hotel Boston Odyssey Cruises Seaport Elite Yacht Cruises Spirit of Boston

Cape Cod Ocean Edge Resort & Club In Brewster.

Michigan

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse The Golf Club at South River

Detroit

Polo Fields Golf & Country Club

In Edgewater

mydetroitcommunity.com

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

In Baltimore, Bethesda, and Gaithersburg.

Persimmon Ridge Golf Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Owensboro The Pearl Club

Red Door Spa

Rockville

Louisiana

Massachusetts

Lafayette

Boston

Carriage House Hotel City Club at River Ranch

The Capital Grille Dearborn Racquet & Health Club

Six Flags America Spirit of Baltimore

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

In Dearborn.

No. VI Chophouse In Novi.

Oakhurst Golf & Country Club, 248-391-3300

See Washington, D.C.

My New England Community, 800-433-5079

Signature Gold Dining.

mynewenglandcommunity.com

Lake Charles

Boston College Club, 617-946-2828

Lake Charles Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Many Cypress Bend Resort Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

New Orleans Beau Chene Country Club In Mandeville. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

My Detroit Community, 800-433-5079

bostoncollegeclub.com On the 36th floor of the Bank of America Financial Building in the financial district. Formal and informal dining, bar and lounge, meeting and conference rooms. Closed Sat and Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

The Capital Grille

oakhurstgolf.com In Clarkston. Arthur Hill-designed course. Three-story clubhouse includes dining options, meeting rooms, private event spaces, and pro shop. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

Oak Pointe Country Club, 810-229-4554 oak-pointe.com In Brighton, 30 miles west of Detroit.

18-hole Arthur Hills-designed golf course and 18-hole private championship course. 4 lighted tennis courts, fitness center, pool. Closed Mon.

In Boston and Chestnut Hill.

Club Quarters Hotel Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

73

Key to symbols

Business Clubs

Country Clubs

Golf Clubs Sports Clubs

The Owners Club

Communities

Network Alliance Clubs/ Hotels/Services New listing Must be an overnight guest MemberCard accepted Athletic facilities

Skyline Club, 248-350-9898 theskylineclub.com In Southfield, 15 miles north of Detroit, on the 28th floor of the Town Center Building. Dining, lounge, private workspaces, fitness center.

Closed Sat-Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

TPC Michigan, 313-436-3000 tpcmichigangc.com In Dearborn. 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature course, casual dining, bar, lounge, locker rooms, private events space. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

University Club of Michigan State University In Lansing.

Wolfgang Puck Grille Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Grand Rapids Cork Wine & Grille FireRock Grille In Caledonia.

Rush Creek Bistro In Grandville.

StoneWater Country Club In Caledonia.

Sunnybrook Country Club In Grandville.

Thousand Oaks Golf Club Watermark Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Minnesota Minneapolis The Capital Grille Dellwood Country Club In Dellwood. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Medina Golf & Country Club, 763-478-6021 medinagolfcc.com In Medina, 20 miles west of downtown Minneapolis. Family pool, 18 holes of championship golf, 9-hole short course, 4 Har-Tru tennis courts, dining options. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Rochester Somerby Golf Club In Byron. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

74

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

Mississippi Hattiesburg Canebrake Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Jackson Lake Caroline Golf Club In Madison. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Patrick Farms Golf Club In Pearl.

Whisper Lake Country Club In Madison.

Missouri Columbia The Club at Old Hawthorne Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Joplin

Twin Hills Golf & Country

Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Lake of the Ozarks The Club at Porto Cima Signature Gold Golf.

Lake of the Ozarks Marina Part of Forever Resorts.

The Lodge of Four Seasons In Lake Ozark.

Kansas City The Capital Grille Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate, 913-402-1000 In Overland Park, Kansas. See Kansas City, Kansas.

Springfield Millwood Golf & Racquet Club In Ozark. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

St. Louis Missouri Athletic Club Signature Gold Dining.

Six Flags St. Louis WingHaven Country Club In O’Fallon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Nebraska Omaha Champions Run Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Nevada Las Vegas Aria Resort & Casino Bear’s Best Las Vegas, 702-804-8500 bearsbest.com 10 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip.

Features 18 of Jack Nicklaus’ favorite holes from his own designs around the world. Clubhouse includes S U M M E R 2018

Nicklaus memorabilia, dining facilities, and pro shop. Signature Gold Golf.

Bellagio Callville Bay Resort & Marina

Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino

Wind Watch Golf & Country Club, 631-606-2252

In Incline Village.

hamletwindwatch.com In Hauppauge, 8 miles northwest of Long Island MacArthur Airport.

18-hole golf course, pro shop, informal dining. Signature Gold Golf.

Somersett Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

The Village at Squaw Valley

In Lake Mead. Part of Forever Resorts.

In Lake Tahoe, Calif.

Canyon Gate Country Club, 702-363-0303

New Hampshire

canyon-gate.com In Canyon Gate, 8 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip. 18-hole golf course, 4 tennis courts, pool, fitness center.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Manchester

The Capital Grille Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer’s Aureole and Charlie Palmer Steak restaurants.

Citizens Kitchen & Bar Cottonwood Cove Resort & Marina In Lake Mojave. Part of Forever Resorts.

Cut Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Emeril’s Receive VIP access and service at Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House, Delmonico Steakhouse, and Table 10 restaurant.

Fix Restaurant Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Las Vegas.

House of Blues - Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

Le Cirque Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino MGM Grand Hotel and Casino The Mirage New York New York Red Square Searsucker The Signature at MGM Grand Spago Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Stack Restaurant Temple Bar Marina In Lake Mead. Part of Forever Resorts.

Trattoria del Lupo Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Vdara Hotel & Spa

Reno Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer Steak restaurants.

Omni Mount Washington Resort In Bretton Woods.

The One Hundred Club In Portsmouth.

New Jersey Atlantic City Red Door Spa

Newark Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club In Bedminster Township. Signature Gold/O.N.E. Golf.

Trenton Cherry Valley Country Club cherryvalleycc.com In Skillman. About 8 miles north of historic Princeton. 18-hole Rees Jones golf course set along Bedens Brook, 7 tennis courts, Olympic-size pool.

Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

Six Flags Great Adventure In Jackson, N.J.

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor In Jackson, N.J.

New Mexico Albuquerque Canyon Club Signature Gold Golf.

Las Cruces Picacho Hills Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

Santa Fe La Posada de Santa Fe, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa

New York Albany The Great Escape Six Flags’ park In Lake George.

Long Island The Hamlet Golf & Country Club, 631-209-7448 hamletgolfandcountryclub.com In Commack, 14 miles northwest of Long Island MacArthur Airport.

18-hole golf course, 8 tennis courts, pool, pro shop, fitness center, informal dining. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

Red Door Spa In Bellmore.

Willow Creek Golf & Country Club, 631-403-6108 hamletwillowcreek.com In Mt. Sinai, 18 miles northwest of Long Island MacArthur Airport.

18-hole golf course, pro shop, informal dining. Signature Gold Golf.

New York City Anglebrook Golf Club In Lincolndale. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Athletic & Swim Club at Equitable Center, 212-265-3490 athleticswim.com Midtown location. World-class fitness area, 25-yard indoor pool, group exercise classes, personal training, massage, quick snack bistro. Adults only — 16 and older.

Bateaux New York The Beard House In Greenwich Village.

The Capital Grille In Manhattan; Stamford, Conn.

Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer’s Aureole restaurant.

Club Quarters Hotel, Midtown Club Quarters Hotel, Rockefeller Center Club Quarters Hotel, Wall Street Club Quarters Hotel, World Trade Center Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Manhattan.

Manhattan Elite Yachts The Michelangelo Hotel Omni Berkshire Place Red Door Spa In Darien, Conn.; and New York City.

Servcorp See Other Affiliates section.

Spirit of New Jersey Spirit of New York Terrace Club

North Carolina Asheville Inn on Biltmore Estate In the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Omni Grove Park Inn

Charlotte The Capital Grille Charlotte City Club Signature Gold Dining.

Charlotte Motor Speedway Chetola Resort In Blowing Rock.

Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Firethorne Country Club, 704-243-2433 firethornecountryclub.com In Marvin, about 20 miles south of Charlotte. 18-hole Tom Jacksondesigned golf course, casual and formal dining, private events space, 10 tennis courts, four pools.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Omni Charlotte Hotel River Run Country Club In Davidson. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

TPC Piper Glen, 704-846-1212 tpcpiperglengc.com 18-hole Arnold Palmer-designed golf course, dining, tennis courts, pool, fitness center. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Verdict Ridge Golf & Country Club In Denver. Pay-to-play access.

Outer Banks The Currituck Club, 252-453-9400 thecurrituckgolfclub.com Between Duck and Corolla. 90 miles from Norfolk International Airport.

18-hole Rees Jones course, practice facilities. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Nags Head Golf Links, 252-441-8073 nagsheadgolflinks.com 90 miles from Norfolk International Airport. 18-hole golf course and grill.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Raleigh/Durham My Triangle Community, 800-433-5079 trianglecommunityclubs.com

Alamance Country Club In Burlington. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Angus Barn C arolina Club, 919-962-1101 carolina-club.com In Chapel Hill. On the campus of UNC at Chapel Hill, in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. 20 miles from Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

Dining room and grill, 7 private rooms. Signature Gold Dining.

City Club Raleigh, 919-834-8829 cityclubraleigh.com On the 28th and 29th floors of the Wells Fargo Capitol Center. Formal and informal dining, 6 private dining rooms. Signature Gold Dining.

CLAY HAYNER

Devils Ridge Golf Club, 919-557-6100 devilsridgecc.com In Holly Springs, 20 miles southwest of Raleigh. 18-hole John LaFoydesigned golf course. Grill area, 3 private dining rooms, and driving range. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Lochmere Golf Club, 919-851-0611

Silver Lake Country Club, 330-688-6066

lochmere.com In Cary, southeast of Raleigh. 18-hole Gene Hamm-designed golf course, practice facilities, pro shop, grill, covered pavilion for special events.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

silverlakeclub.com In Silver Lake, minutes from downtown Akron. 18-hole championship golf course, driving range, putting green, and pro shop. 2 pools, formal dining, 2 private dining rooms, ballroom, and grill. Closed Mon.

Neuse Golf Club, 919-550-0550

Cincinnati

neusegolf.com In Clayton, 30 miles southeast of Raleigh. 18-hole John LaFoy-designed course, clubhouse, 6 tennis courts, grill. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Sheraton Capital Center Hotel Siena Hotel In Chapel Hill.

The State Club University Club

Village of Pinehurst Pinehurst Resort In the Sandhills of North Carolina.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf on No. 9.

Wilmington Beaufort Club In Beaufort. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

City Club of Wilmington River Landing Country Club In Wallace.

Winston-Salem Bermuda Run Country Club, 336-998-8155 bermudaruncc.com In Bermuda Run, about 13 miles southwest of Winston-Salem. Two 18-hole courses, tennis courts, two pools, private events space, and two clubhouses, both with dining options.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

High Point Country Club

My River Community, 800-433-5079 myrivercommunity.com

The Cincinnatian Hotel Oasis Golf Club & Conference Center In Loveland. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Stillmeadow Country Club Traditions Country Club In Hebron, Ky. Signature Gold Golf.

University Club of Cincinnati Signature Gold Dining

Cleveland My North Coast Community, 800-433-5079 mynorthcoastcommunity.com

Blue Point Grill The Capital Grille In Lyndhurst.

Chagrin Valley Athletic Club In Chagrin Falls.

The Club at Hillbrook In Chagrin Falls.

Delmonico’s Steakhouse Elyria Country Club In Elyria.

Fox Meadow Country Club In Medina.

Hill ‘n Dale Club In Medina.

House of Blues - Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

Lakeside Yacht Club Pro Football Hall of Fame

In High Point. Pay-to-play access.

In Canton.

Starmount Forest Country Club

Quail Hollow Country Club, 440-639-3800

In Greensboro. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf

Ohio Akron Firestone Country Club, 330-644-8441 firestonecountryclub.com 15 miles from the Akron-Canton Airport. Home to the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, with 3 18-hole golf courses, pro shop, bar and grill, and private dining. Open daily April-October. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold on West and North courses. Privileges for Associate Club members do not apply during the week of the Bridgestone Invitational.

quailhollowcc.com In Concord, 25 miles east of Cleveland. Weiskopf-Morrish golf course and Bruce Devlin golf course, fitness center.

the clubline

800-433-5079 international callers

972-888-7357

e - mail clubline @ clubcorp . com fax

972-888-7527 for a complete list of your benefits clubline . com private event desk

877-684-3919 privateevents @ clubcorp . com

Tower Club, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Rustic Hills Country Club In Medina.

Salmon Dave’s Pacific Rim Signature of Solon Country Club In Solon.

designed golf, tennis, fitness center, pool, Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Shawnee Country Club In Shawnee. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Trails Golf Club

Steele Mansion Inn In Painesville.

Weymouth Country Club In Medina.

Columbus

In Norman. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Tulsa Club at Indian Springs In Broken Arrow.

Heritage Golf Club, 614-777-1690 heritagegc.com In Hilliard, 13 miles northwest of Columbus. 18-hole P.B. Dye-designed course, formal and casual dining venues, and private events space.

Signature Gold Golf.

Oregon Medford Grants Pass Golf Club In Grants Pass. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Reames Golf and Country

Dayton

Club

My River Community, 800-433-5079

In Klamath Falls. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

myrivercommunity.com

Portland

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dayton Dayton Racquet Club, 937-224-4381 daytonracquet.com On the 28th and 29th floors of Kettering Tower downtown. Fitness center, personal training, massage, squash court, 2 group fitness rooms, dining room, lounge, meeting and conference rooms. Signature Gold Dining.

Sugar Valley Country Club In Bellbrook.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Hotel Monaco Hotel Vintage Plaza Riverside Golf & Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

University Club

Redmond The Loft of Bend In Bend.

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

Lawton

Harrisburg

The Territory Golf and Country Club In Duncan. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Lebanon Country Club

McAlester McAlester Country Club

In Lebanon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Philadelphia

Oklahoma City Dornick Hills Country Club

Applecross Country Club In Downingtown.

In Ardmore. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Greens Country Club Oak Tree Country Club oaktreecc.net In Edmond. About 15 miles north of Oklahoma City. 36 holes of Pete DyeS U M M E R 2018

Country Club of Harrisburg Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Capital Grille Club Quarters Hotel Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Philadelphia, King of Prussia.

Freedom Elite Yacht

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

75

Key to symbols

Salon Vivace In Gibsonia and Pittsburgh.

Seven Oaks Country Club

Business Clubs

In Beaver.

Country Clubs

Treesdale Golf & Country Club, 724-625-2220

Golf Clubs Sports Clubs

The Owners Club

Communities

Network Alliance Clubs/ Hotels/Services New listing Must be an overnight guest MemberCard accepted Athletic facilities

French Creek Golf Club In Chester County.

Hartefeld National, 610-268-8800 hartefeld.com In Avondale, 40 miles from Philadelphia. 18-hole Tom Faziodesigned golf course, grill and pub, ballroom. Signature Gold Golf.

North Hills Country Club, 215-887-8030 northhillscc.org In North Hills. 200-seat ballroom with bar, three pools, casual and upscale dining, and 18-hole golf course.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Pyramid Club, 215-567-6510 pyramidclub.com Atop Mellon Bank Center in Center City. Views of the Delaware Valley from the main dining room. Meeting and conference rooms. Closed Sat-Sun except on holidays and for private parties. Signature Gold Dining.

Spirit of Philadelphia Talamore Country Club

treesdalegolf.com In Gibsonia, 25 miles north of downtown Pittsburgh. 27 holes of golf designed by Arnold Palmer. Driving range, practice area, pro shop, tavern, fitness center, private dining rooms. 4 lighted tennis courts, pool.

Rhode Island Providence The Capital Grille Ledgemont Country Club In Seekonk, Mass. Signature Gold Golf.

South Carolina Aiken See Augusta, Ga.

Charleston Belmond Charleston Place Hotel Charleston National Golf Club Harbour Club, 843-723-9680 harbour-charleston.com In historic downtown Charleston, across from Waterfront Park and the harbor. Dining, meeting rooms, bar, and rooftop terrace.Closed Mon. Signature Gold Dining.

Kiawah Island Golf Resort RiverTowne Country Club In Mount Pleasant. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Seabrook Island Club

In Ambler.

Signature Gold Golf.

Pittsburgh

In Mt. Pleasant.

My Pittsburgh Community, 800-433-5079 mypittsburghcommunity.com

The Capital Grille The Carlton Restaurant Diamond Run Golf Club, 412-741-2020 diamond-run.com In Sewickley, 16 miles from Pittsburgh International Airport. 18-hole Gary Player-designed course, practice facilities, informal dining, grill. Closed Mon. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Green Oaks Country Club In Verona.

Omni Bedford Springs Resort In Bedford. Signature Gold Golf.

Omni William Penn Hotel Rivers Club, 412-391-5227 riversclub.com In One Oxford Centre downtown.

Complete fitness, squash, yoga, Pilates, pool, sauna, steam room, whirlpool. Dining room and pub.

Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

76

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

Snee Farm Country Club

Hilton Head Island

Nashville

Country Club of Hilton Head, 843-681-2582

Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club, 615-824-6528

hiltonheadclub.com On the Intracoastal Waterway; 10 miles from Hilton Head Airport and 30 miles from Savannah International Airport. 18-hole championship Rees Jones golf course, putting and chipping greens, 6 clay tennis courts, fitness center, 2 pools.

Marina access.

bluegrasscountryclub.com In Hendersonville. 18-hole golf course, 4 tennis courts, swimming pool, dining facilities, and marina.

Signature Gold Golf.

Golden Bear Golf Club at Indigo Run, 843-689-2200

Signature Gold Dining.

goldenbear-indigorun.com 1,714-acre residential and golf community. 18-hole Jack Nicklaus golf course, pro shop, tennis.

The Golf Club at Indigo Run, 843-689-3500 thegolfclub-indigorun.com Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus II-designed golf course, clubhouse, pro shop. Signature Gold Golf.

Haig Point

Commerce Club, 864-232-5600 commerce-club.com Atop the One Liberty Square building downtown. Dining and meeting rooms, bar, and grill. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Hyatt Regency Greenville Musgrove Mills Golf Club The Preserve at Verdae Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

S U M M E R 2018

Texas

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Set in the prestigious Indigo Run private community, a short drive to the island’s beaches. Special privileges at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Golden Bear golf course, private lodge with swimming pool, member lounge, and business center plus spacious 3-bedroom, 3-bath Club Homes.

Myrtle Beach Barefoot Resort & Golf Signature Gold Golf at Dye Club.

Preferred rates at Fazio, Love, and Norman courses.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch

In Murrells Inlet. Signature Gold Golf.

Greenville

templehillsgolf.com In Franklin, about 20 miles south of Nashville. 27 holes of golf open year-round, casual and formal dining, private events space, two tennis courts, junior Olympic-size pool.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort The Owners Club at Hilton Head, 843-342-2080

C apital City Club, 803-256-2000

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Temple Hills Country Club, 615-646-4785

Abilene

Signature Gold Dining.

Inn at USC The Members Club at Woodcreek and WildeWood

Nashville City Club

On Daufuskie Island. Pay-to-play access.

Columbia capitalcolumbia.com On the 25th floor of the SouthTrust Tower downtown, across from the capitol. Dining room, grill, private dining, lounge, meeting and conference rooms. Signature Gold Dining.

Clarksville Country Club In Clarksville. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Wachesaw Plantation Club

Tennessee Chattanooga Black Creek Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

Knoxville Club LeConte, 865-523-0405 clubleconte.com Atop Plaza Tower downtown, with views of the Tennessee River and Smoky Mountains. Dining rooms, lounge, 7 private dining rooms, meeting and conference rooms.

Signature Gold Dining.

Fox Den Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

Memphis Crescent Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Windyke Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Abilene Country Club

Amarillo Amarillo Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Amarillo Club Signature Gold Dining.

Austin My Lone Star Community, 800-433-5079 mylonestarcommunity.com

Driskill Hotel Fogo de ChĂŁo Brazilian Steakhouse The Hills of Lakeway, 512-261-7200 thehillscc.com Includes the Hills Country Club in the Village of the Hills and Lakeway Country Club in Lakeway.

he Hills Country Club, T 512-261-7272 In the Village of the Hills, 20 miles from downtown Austin along Lake Travis. Two 18-hole courses: the Jack Nicklaus-designed Hills course and Flintrock Falls, co-designed by Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus II. Pro shop, 18 tennis courts, fitness center, pool, informal dining, grill. Closed Mon. Flintrock Falls is closed Wed. Golf benefits on Flintrock Falls for Signature Gold. Golf benefits on the Hills course for Signature and Associate Gold.

L akeway Country Club, 512-261-7272 The 18-hole, Leon Howarddesigned Live Oak Golf Course has driving range, pro shop, 18 tennis courts, grill. Closed Mon. The 18-hole Yaupon Course, designed by Leon Howard, features practice facilities, driving range, pro shop, grill. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Lost Creek Country Club, 512-892-1205 lostcreekclub.com 18-hole golf course, 16 tennis courts, 3 swimming pools, large fitness facility, and dining. Closed Mon.

Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa The Owners Club at Barton Creek, 512-329-4663 Offers members luxurious 3-bedroom, 3-1/2-bath Club Home accommodations with access to four golf courses by Tom Fazio, Ben Crenshaw/Bill Coore, and Arnold Palmer; tennis center, fitness center, full-service spa, and several restaurants.

River Place Country Club Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

The University of Texas Club, 512-471-2000 utclub.com On the 6th and 7th floors in the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Bar with casual dining, banquette seating, media area, private rooms. Privileges are not extended during home football game weekends (Fri-Sun), however non-resident memberships are available. Signature Gold Dining.

Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Dallas/Fort Worth My Dallas Fort Worth Community, 800-433-5079 mydfwcommunity.com

Brookhaven Country Club, 972-243-6151 brookhavenclub.com In Farmers Branch. Three 18-hole golf courses, practice facilities, pro shop, 39 tennis courts, 6 racquetball courts, 5 pools, fitness center, formal and informal dining, private dining rooms, banquet facilities.

Canyon Creek Country Club, 972-231-1466 canyoncreekclub.com In Richardson. 18-hole golf course, pro shop, 24 lighted tennis courts, 3 pools, indoor and outdoor dining.

Closed Tue. the clubline

800-433-5079 international callers

972-888-7357

e - mail clubline @ clubcorp . com fax

972-888-7527 for a complete list of your benefits clubline . com private event desk

877-684-3919 privateevents @ clubcorp . com

The Capital Grille Cedar Creek Country Club In Kemp. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

City Club of Fort Worth In Fort Worth.

The Clubs of Prestonwood, 972-239-7111 prestonwoodcc.org Two North Texas clubs in one, just eight miles apart. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Creek Clubhouse In North Dallas. 18-hole course designed by Ralph Plummer; casual and formal dining, Laykhold-surface tennis courts, pool, and fitness center. Closed Mon.

The Hills Clubhouse In Plano. 18-hole course designed

by Dave Bennett. Pool. Closed Tue.

Cooper Hotel, Conference Center & Spa Corinthian Wellness Spa In Southlake.

Del Frisco’s Receive VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s in Dallas and Fort Worth.

Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Addison, Uptown.

Frisco Gun Club In Frisco.

Gleneagles Country Club, 972-867-6666 gleneaglesclub.com In Plano, 25 miles northeast of DFW International Airport. Two 18-hole Bruce Devlin and Robert VonHaggedesigned golf courses, 18 lighted tennis courts, fitness facility, 3 dining areas, 6 private event rooms. Closed Mon. Access for Members with Signature Gold benefits only.

Hackberry Creek Country Club, 972-869-2631 hackberrycreekcc.com In Irving, 5 miles from DFW International Airport. 18-hole golf course. 12 tennis courts, 3 pools, driving range, full-service dining, banquet facilities. Closed Mon.

House of Blues - Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

La Cima Club, 972-869-2266 lacimaclub.com Atop Williams Square Tower in Las Colinas. Main dining room, lounge, 6 private dining rooms. Reservations required. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Las Colinas Country Club, 972-541-1141 lascolinascc.com In Irving, 8 miles from DFW International Airport. 18-hole golf course, tennis facilities, fitness center, 5 dining areas. Golf and dining available Tue-Sun. Signature Gold Golf.

Oakmont Country Club, 940-321-5599 oakmontclub.com In Corinth, 20 miles northwest of Dallas. 18-hole course designed by Roger Packard and Don January; practice facility with double-ended driving range, clubhouse with pool and tennis facilities.

Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West Park City Club Red Door Spa In Dallas and Plano.

Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek Rough Creek Lodge & Resort In Glen Rose.

Roy’s restaurant In Plano.

Shady Valley Country Club, 817-275-3092 shadyvalley.com In Arlington, between Dallas and Fort Worth. Golf course, driving range, tennis court, pool, and sauna. Closed Mon.

Sheraton Stonebriar Hotel Six Flags Hurricane Harbor In Arlington.

Six Flags Over Texas

sand bunker, and chipping and putting greens, 31,000-square-foot clubhouse, fitness center, meeting and conference rooms, and special-event facilities. Closed Mon.

Tower Club, 214-220-0403 tower-dallas.com In Thanksgiving Tower downtown; 15 miles from Dallas Love Field and 25 miles from DFW International Airport.

Main dining room, e-lounge, bar, 13 private dining rooms with views of the city. Reservations required.

Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Trophy Club Country Club, 817-837-1900 trophyclub-dallas.com In Trophy Club, 15 miles from DFW International Airport. 36-hole Ben Hogan/Arthur Hill-designed course (the only course designed by Hogan).

Fitness center, pool, 8 outdoor tennis courts, informal dining. Closed Mon. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Walnut Creek Country Club, 817-477-3192 walnutcreekcc.com In Mansfield, 15 miles southeast of Fort Worth. 36 holes of golf, putting green, 14 tennis courts, 2 pools.

Private dining rooms. Closed Mon.

The Westin Stonebriar Resort

In Arlington.

Houston

Stonebriar Country Club, 972-625-5050

My Houston Community, 800-433-5079

stonebriar.com In Frisco, 30 miles north of Dallas.

Two 18-hole golf courses, designed

by Tom Fazio and Finger/Dye. Lighted tennis courts, pool, formal and informal dining. Finger/Dye course for Signature and Associate Gold. Fazio course for Signature Gold.

Stonebridge Ranch Country Club stonebridgeranchcountryclub.com In McKinney. Overnight accommodations in golf course cottages.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

The Ranch Clubhouse, 972-540-2000 27-hole Arthur Hills-designed golf course, practice facilities, pro shop, clubhouse, pool, informal dining, grill, fitness center. Closed Tue.

The Stonebridge Clubhouse, 972-540-1000 18-hole Pete Dye-designed golf course, practice facilities, pro shop, clubhouse, 7 tennis courts, pool, fitness center with whirlpool and sauna, informal dining, grill. Closed Mon.

Suntex Boat Club Timarron Country Club, 817-481-7529 timarronclub.com In Southlake, 15 miles west of DFW International Airport. 18-hole Byron Nelson-designed golf course.

Practice facility with driving range,

myhoustoncommunity.com

April Sound Country Club, 936-588-1101 aprilsoundcountryclub.com On Lake Conroe, 45 miles north of Houston. 27 holes of golf, 12 tennis courts, fitness center, aquatics complex.

Bay Oaks Country Club, 281-488-7888 bayoakscountryclub.com 18-hole Arthur Hills golf course, 9 tennis courts, pool, fitness center, formal and casual dining. Closed Mon.

The Capital Grille The Club at Falcon Point, 281-392-7888 falconpoint.com In Katy, 25 miles west of downtown Houston; 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert von Hagge and Bruce Devlin, 5 lighted tennis courts, 2 pools. Closed Mon.

The Clubs of Kingwood theclubsofkingwood.com In Kingwood. Hailed as one of the “World’s Largest Private Country Clubs”

The Clubs of Kingwood at Deerwood, 281-360-1060 18-hole championship golf course, driving range, pro shop, clubhouse, grill. Informal dining room available for private functions.

Closed Mon. Green fees apply after use of Signature Gold and O.N.E. complimentary rounds.

The Clubs of Kingwood at Kingwood, 281-358-2171

links-style golf course, practice facilities, event space.

Four 18-hole golf courses, 5 pools, 26 tennis courts, clubhouse, pro shop. Closed Mon.

South Shore Harbour, 281-334-0525

Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

The Downtown Club thedowntownclubhouston.com An alliance of two private club traditions in downtown Houston that offers expanded benefits for downtown business leaders and residents.

Private dining rooms available at both clubs.

The Downtown Club at Houston Center, 713-654-0877 In First City parking garage downtown. Complete athletics, basketball, indoor track, 4 group exercise studios. Lunch only.

Signature Gold Dining.

The Downtown Club at Met, 713-652-0700 In Allen Center downtown. 10 indoor tennis courts, squash, racquetball, basketball, 4 group exercise studios, KidZone, Bella Rinova Day Spa. Café lunch service. Signature Gold Dining.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

southshoreharbourcc.com In League City. 20 miles southeast of William P. Hobby Airport. 27-hole golf course, private events facilities.

Closed Mon.

Traditions Club In Bryan. Golf benefits for Signature Gold Golf.

Willow Creek Golf Club, 281-376-4061 willowcreekclub.com In Spring near the Woodlands, 30 miles north of downtown Houston.

18-hole von Hagge and Devlindesigned golf course. Fine and casual dining. Closed Mon.

The Woodlands Country Club, 281-863-1400 thewoodlandscc.com In the Woodlands. 20 miles north of George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Three golf courses: the 27-hole Palmer course, 18-hole Player course, and 18-hole Tournament course. Tennis center with 21 courts, pool, fitness facilities, formal and casual dining, private events facilities.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

In Houston, the Woodlands.

Longview

The Golf Trails of the Woodlands, 281-882-3000

Club

thegolftrails.com In the Woodlands. 20 miles north of George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Two golf courses, the 18-hole Oaks and 18-hole Panther Trail, dining and snack options, access to pool and fitness facilities at adjacent Woodlands Resort & Conference Center.

Hearthstone Country Club, 281-463-2201 hearthstoneclub.com In northwest Houston. 27-hole golf course designed by Jay Riviere, 6 tennis courts, 2 pools. Closed Mon.

House of Blues - Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

Mt. Pleasant Country

In Mount Pleasant. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Summit Club Signature Gold Dining.

Lubbock Hillcrest Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Texas Tech Club, 806-742-4496 texastechclub.com On the east side of Jones AT&T Stadium overlooking the football field and downtown. Dining, meeting and conference rooms. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

McAllen

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch

Cimarron Country Club, 956-581-7401

Signature Gold Dining.

clubatcimarron.com In Mission. 5 miles from McAllen Miller International Airport.

Championship golf course, pool, racquetball courts, lighted tennis courts.

Closed Mon.

The Houston Club, 713-225-3257 On the 49th floor in One Shell Plaza downtown. Dining with views of the city. Private dining rooms, wine lockers, meeting and conference rooms.

Signature Gold Dining.

Midland Green Tree Country Club

Lake Windcrest, 281-259-2279

Signature Gold Golf.

lakewindcrestgc.com In Magnolia. 35 miles north of George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

18-hole Thomas E. Walker-designed golf course, driving range.

Signature Gold Golf.

Magnolia Creek, 281-557-0555 magnoliacreekgc.com In League City. 20 miles southeast of William P. Hobby Airport. 27-hole S U M M E R 2018

San Angelo San Angelo Country Club

San Antonio My Lone Star Community, 800-433-5079 mylonestarcommunity.com

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

77

Key to symbols

Business Clubs

Country Clubs

Golf Clubs Sports Clubs

The Owners Club

Communities

Network Alliance Clubs/ Hotels/Services New listing Must be an overnight guest MemberCard accepted Athletic facilities

Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club, 210-582-6700 fairoaksclub.com 16 miles north of San Antonio in Fair Oaks Ranch. Hill Country setting with 36 holes of golf, tennis, swimming, dining. Closed Mon.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Lake Amistad Resort & Marina In Del Rio. Part of Forever Resorts.

Mokara Hotel & Spa Omni La Mansión del Rio Hotel Plaza Club, 210-227-4191 plazasanantonio.com Atop Frost Bank Tower downtown.

Dining facilities with 8 private dining areas, bar, conference space, business center, private event facilities, and concierge services. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Temple Wildflower Country Club, 254-771-1177 wildflowerclub.com In Temple, west of Interstate 35. 50 miles from Waco Municipal Airport.

Golf course, 6 tennis courts, 2 pool, fitness facilities, main dining room, grill.

Tyler Eagle’s Bluff Country Club In Bullard. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

Sulphur Springs Country Club In Sulphur Springs. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Victoria Victoria Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Waco Baylor Club Situated on the home side of Baylor University’s McLane Stadium. Dining, private event spaces, meeting rooms with business amenities. Signature Gold Dining.

Utah Park City Jeremy Ranch Golf & Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Hidden Valley Country Club In Salem. Signature Gold Golf.

Tysons

Arlington

See Washington, D.C.

See Washington, D.C.

Centreville See Washington, D.C.

Charlottesville Greencroft Club Signature Gold Dining.

Haymarket See Washington, D.C.

Hot Springs Omni Homestead Resort The Owners Club at The Homestead, 540-839-3700 In Hot Springs. Members enjoy 3 top-ranked golf courses, tennis, swimming, horseback riding, hiking, fly-fishing, ice skating, skiing, fine dining, and spa with natural mineral springs, plus the use of 3-bedroom, 3-bath Club Home.

Lansdowne See Washington, D.C.

Leesburg See Washington, D.C.

Norfolk Greenbrier Country Club, 757-547-7375 greenbrierclub.com In Chesapeake. 12 miles from Norfolk International Airport. Championship Rees Jones-designed 18-hole golf course, putting and chipping greens, driving range, 8 lighted Har-Tru tennis courts, 2 racquetball courts, fitness center, outdoor junior Olympic-size pool. Closed Mon.

The Sanderling Resort Spirit of Norfolk Town Point Club, 757-625-6606 town-point.com Downtown in the World Trade Center. Formal and casual dining, lounge, business center, meeting and conference rooms. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Washington Seattle My Puget Sound Community, 800-433-5079 mypugetsoundcommunity.com

Canterwood Golf & Country Club, 253-666-8502 canterwoodgcc.com In Gig Harbor, 34 miles from Sea-Tac Airport. 18-hole golf course, pro shop, 4 tennis courts, Olympic-size pool, formal and informal dining. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

The Capital Grille Columbia Tower Club, 206-622-2010 columbia-tower.com On the 75th and 76th floors atop the Columbia Center downtown. 3 dining rooms, 6 private dining rooms, and the Stratus bar and lounge. Fully equipped business center with highspeed wireless Internet access and videoconferencing center. Signature Gold Dining.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Bellevue.

The Golf Club at Echo Falls In Snohomish.

The Golf Club at Hawks Prairie In Lacey.

The Golf Club at Newcastle In Newcastle.

Harbour Pointe Golf Club In Mukilteo.

Hotel Monaco Hotel Vintage Park Sorrento Hotel Trophy Lake Golf & Casting In Port Orchard.

Washington National Golf Club In Auburn.

Richmond

Washington, D.C.

Ford’s Colony Country Club, 757-258-4100

Washington, D.C.

fordscolonycc.com In Williamsburg, about 50 miles east of Richmond International Airport.

Three 18-hole Dan Maples-designed courses, six indoor practice tees, casual and formal dining, private events space. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

stonehengeclub.com In Midlothian, 30 miles from P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

Roanoke

Virginia

Omni Richmond Hotel Red Door Spa Stonehenge Golf & Country Club, 804-378-7841

78

Richmond International Airport.

Golf course, putting green, 6 lighted tennis courts, junior Olympic-size pool. Closed Mon.

S U M M E R 2018

My Capital Community, 800-433-5079 mycapitalcommunity.com

Capital & National Elite Yachts The Capital Grille In Washington, D.C.; and Tysons Corner, Va.

Chantilly National Golf and Country Club, 703-631-9560 chantilly-national.com In Centreville, Va., 10 miles south of Washington Dulles International Airport. 18-hole Ed Ault-designed

golf course, practice range, 6 tennis courts, pool, dining areas, and private dining rooms. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Charlie Palmer Group

West Virginia Charleston Berry Hills Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer Steak restaurant.

Morgantown

City Club of Washington, 202-347-0818

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

city-washington.com In the Columbia Square building in downtown. Main dining room, 5 private dining/meeting rooms, business center, member lounge, and bar.

Closed Sat and Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Club Quarters Hotel Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Washington D.C.; Tysons, Va.

The Golf Club at Lansdowne In Lansdowne, Va.

Lansdowne Resort In Lansdowne, Va.

The Pines Country Club

Wisconsin Madison Bishops Bay Country Club In Middleton. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Milwaukee The Capital Grille Destination Kohler In Kohler.

Geneva National Golf Club In Lake Geneva.

University Club of Milwaukee — Downtown

Mt. Vernon Excursion Norbeck Country Club, 301-774-7700

Signature Gold Dining.

norbeckcc.com In Rockville. 18 miles north of Washington D.C. 18-hole golf course, 12 tennis courts, volleyball court, pool, fitness center. Course closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Signature Gold Golf.

Odyssey Cruises Piedmont Club, 703-753-5922 piedmontclub.com In Haymarket, Va. 25 miles from Washington Dulles International Airport. 18-hole Tom Fazio-designed golf course. Pro shop, men’s and women’s locker rooms, dining, and conference facilities. Course closed Tue. Signature Gold Golf.

Red Door Spa In Arlington, Va.; Vienna, Va.; and Washington, D.C.

Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner In Tysons, Va.

River Creek Club, 703-779-2022 rivercreekclub.com In Leesburg, Va, along the Potomac River. Fewer than 20 miles from Washington Dulles International Airport. 18-hole Ault, Clark, and Associates-designed championship golf course, 4 lighted Har-Tru tennis courts, pool, pro shop, dining areas, private dining rooms, and fitness center.

Spirit of Washington Sportrock Climbing Center In Sterling, Va.

Toka Salon & Day Spa Tower Club Tysons Corner, 703-761-4250 tower-tysons.com In Tysons, Va., atop the Tyson Tower 1 building, in Tysons Corner; 15 miles from Washington Dulles International Airport. Dining room, member bar, and private dining rooms. Signature Gold Dining.

University Club of Milwaukee — Golf Club

Wausau Greenwood Hills Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

International Canada Montréal, Québec Club de Golf Islesmere In Laval. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

Le Fontainebleau Golf Club In Blainville. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Le Maître De Mont-Tremblant In the Laurentian Mountains.

Val Des Lacs Golf Club In Ste-Sophie.

Ottawa, Ontario Arc Hotel Club de Golf Hautes Plaines In Gatineau, Quebec.

Eagle Creek Golf Club In Dunrobin.

GreyHawk Golf Club Signature Gold Golf.

Kanata Golf & Country Club In Kanata.

Toronto, Ontario Blue Springs Golf Club In Acton.

Caledon Woods Golf Club 30 minutes northwest of Toronto.

Cherry Downs Golf & Country Club In Pickering.

The Club at Bond Head In Bond Head. Signature Gold Golf.

The Country Club In Woodbridge.

DiamondBack Golf Club In Richmond Hill.

Eagle Ridge Golf Club In Georgetown. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Emerald Hills Golf Club In Stouffville.

Glen Abbey Golf Club 30 minutes west of Toronto.

Glencairn Golf Club In Milton.

Glendale Golf and Country Club In Hamilton. Signature Gold Golf.

Grandview Golf Club 2 hours north of Toronto.

Greenhills Golf Club 2 hours west of Toronto. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Greystone Golf Club In Milton.

Heron Point Golf Links In Ancaster.

Hidden Lake Golf Club In Burlington. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

King Valley Golf Club In King City.

King’s Riding Golf Club In King City.

The Lake Joseph Club 2 hours north of Toronto.

National Pines Golf Club In Innisfil.

Omni King Edward Hotel RattleSnake Point Golf Club In Milton.

Rocky Crest Golf Resort In Mactier.

Sherwood Inn In Port Carling.

Station Creek Golf Club In Gormley.

Wyndance Golf Club

the clubline

800-433-5079 international callers

972-888-7357

e - mail clubline @ clubcorp . com fax

972-888-7527 for a complete list of your benefits clubline . com private event desk

877-684-3919 privateevents @ clubcorp . com

England London Club Quarters Hotel, Gracechurch Club Quarters Hotel, St. Paul’s Club Quarters Hotel, Trafalgar Square St. James’s Hotel & Club

France Paris Paris International Golf Club Signature Gold Golf.

Saint James Paris Hotel

Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport Club Inside the Frankfurt Airport complex, near the Sheraton Hotel.

Puerto Vallarta

Vietnam

Casa Velas Hotel Boutique Marina Vallarta Club de Golf, 011-52-322-221-00-73

Hanoi

vallartagolfclubs.com In Marina Vallarta, north of Puerto Vallarta and 5 miles from the airport.

18-hole championship course, driving range, practice green. Clubhouse, open terrace, bar. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold and Silver only.

Marriott Casa Magna Hotel The Owners Club at Puerto Vallarta, 011-52-322-221-2690 In the exclusive Marina Vallarta Club de Golf on Mexico’s Pacific Coast.

Championship golf, 3-bedroom, 3-bath or 2-bedroom, 2-1/2-bath furnished accommodations with private verandas and hot tubs. Members pay cart fees only at Vista Vallarta, the 18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed course. A second 18-hole course, designed by Tom Weiskopf, is also available for play.

Vista Vallarta Club de Golf, 011-52-322-29-000-30 vallartagolfclubs.com In the foothills overlooking Puerto Vallarta. Two 18-hole golf courses: one Jack Nicklaus-designed 18-hole championship course, and a course

by Tom Weiskopf. Practice facilities, pro shop, clubhouse. Signature Gold Golf.

Puerto Rico San Juan

India

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

New Delhi

Roc (Taiwan)

Le Cirque

Indonesia Jakarta American Club

Taipei American Club World Trade Center Club

Scotland

Signature Gold Golf.

Mexico

St. Andrews

Vancouver, British Columbia

Cancun

Old Course Hotel St. Andrews Golf Resort & Spa

Vida Spa 4 locations.

China Beijing C apital Club, 011-8610-8486-2225 thecapitalclub.com On the 50th floor of Capital Mansion in the Chao Yang business district.

Bar area, grill room, Chinese dining room, 9 private rooms, business center with wireless Internet access and videoconferencing facilities.

Athletics area includes swimming pool, gymnasium, squash, and 6-lane bowling alley. Signature Gold Dining.

Shenzhen Mission Hills China In Dongguan, Haikou, and Shenzhen.

Omni Cancun Hotel & Villas Omni Puerto Adventuras Hotel Beach Resort In Puerto Adventuras.

Cozumel Cozumel Country Club, 011-52-987-872-9570 cozumelcountryclub.com.mx On the northern side of the island, 5 miles from international cruise ship pier. 18-hole course designed by the Nicklaus Design Group, practice area, putting and chipping green, practice bunker and two-tiered practice tee. Native palapa-style clubhouse with casual dining and pro shop.

Signature Gold Golf.

Melia Cozumel All-Inclusive Golf & Beach Resort Playa Azul Golf, Scuba, Spa Hotel Presidente Intercontinental Cozumel Resort Spa

Singapore Singapore The American Club Tower Club In Republic Plaza.

South Africa Johannesburg The Rand Club

Sweden Stockholm Vidbynas Golf Club

Services Ship Sticks Members receive preferred rates for golf club shipping services. Coupon code: ClubCorp10

Press Club

Other Affiliates Entertainment Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Complimentary dessert for each member of the dining party. (Limit 10 per table.)

Six Flags amusement parks Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

Tickets Purchase tickets for events such as concerts, Las Vegas shows, sporting events, and theater productions.

Ticket purchases are through a thirdparty provider.

Topgolf At participating locations, members receive a free lifetime membership card ($5 value), plus 50 percent off bay rates on Mondays.

Hotel Program

Medjet Members receive preferred rates on an annual MedjetAssist membership.

Medjet is a global air medical transport and travel protection program.

Reference ClubCorp when calling 800-527-7478 and receive $35 off.

Transportation Avis Car Rental Members receive discounted rates at participating locations and members with Signature Gold Unlimited or O.N.E. benefits receive complimentary enrollment into Avis First, a reward program that offers special deals and upgrades for members.

Savoya Members with Signature Gold or O.N.E. benefits receive 25 percent discount on ground transportation services in more than 55 countries.

All other associate members receive 20 percent discount.

Travel

Find Hotels Members receive up to 40 percent discount at hundreds of hotels. To book, call the ClubLine or log onto your club’s website, and click the “Find Hotels” button.

Preferred Rates For Members The following hotels offer members preferred rates: Kimpton Hotel Group, Omni Hotels, and select Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company locations.

Insurance Geico Members may qualify for an additional discount on car insurance. For a free quote, go to geico.com/disc/ clubcorp or call 800-368-2734.

Products 1-800-Flowers.com Members receive a 15 percent discount on delivered orders including flowers and merchandise. Order through the ClubLine.

Dell Members receive preferred rates on consumer products through Dell’s Member Purchase Program. Shop dell.com/mpp/clubcorp and receive up to 30 percent discount on select systems, plus up to 10 percent discount on all Dell branded mobility products.

Diamond Resorts Members receive a 15 percent discount off best available rates.

Elite Alliance Qualified members receive two years of complimentary membership and the opportunity to be credited with 1.5 times the number of earned Elite Credits for the first vacation deposit.

The Moorings Members receive a 5 percent discount on select charters through this global premier yacht company.

Oceania Cruises Members receive a $100 shipboard credit.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises Members receive a $100 shipboard credit per suite for new bookings on any Regent Seven Seas cruise, and best-available 2-for-1 inclusive fares.

Silversea Members receive up to 5 percent discount on cruises, $200 shipboard credit, and onboard amenities.

SQN Escapes Complimentary same-day replay with a paid round at Vidanta golf courses in Los Cabos, Nuevo Vallarta, Puerto Peñasco, and Riviera Maya.

Cart fee not covered. To book, call the ClubLine.

Fiji Water Members who sign up for Fiji Water Delivery Service receive a 40 percent discount on a one-time order, or a 25 percent discount on an annual subscription order.

Switzerland Lipperswil Golf Club Lipperswil 30 miles east of Zurich-Kloten Airport. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Private Clubs (USPS 022-637) is published four times a year by ClubCorp Publications, Inc., 3030 LBJ Freeway, 5th Floor, Dallas, TX 75234. Periodicals Postage Paid at Dallas, TX, and at additional mailing offices. Subscriptions are $15 a year in the United States and $24 a year in Canada. For subscriptions and address changes, please visit privateclubsmag.com. CPM no. 0293628.

Publications Mail Agreement no. 1595318. GST no. 87492 1927 RT0001. Published and printed in the United States. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Private Clubs, 3030 LBJ Freeway, 5th Floor, Dallas, TX 75234.

S U M M E R 2018

FO L LOW U S @P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG

79

So You Want to …

Turn Heads on the Fairway

F

or more than two decades, Streetrod Golf Cars has produced the coolest cars with its retro-inspired Vintage line. This year, it takes a leap into the future with a sleek new collection of custommade golf cars, named Lux, that will have you feeling like a high roller — on or off the fairway.

Streetrod manufactures each fiberglass car to your specifications at its factory in Montezuma, Iowa.

Choose gas (a 14-hp fuel-injected gas engine) or electric (a 48-volt power drive operating system), then decide the right configuration for you: a twoseater with a permanent bag rack is for golf only; a model with a backseat that converts to a bag rack

80

P R I VAT EC LU B S M AG.C O M

S U M M E R 2018

or tailgated trunk space works for on- and off-thecourse use; and one for legal street travel comes with features such as seat belts and automotivestyle lights. Add personality with custom paint (we’re partial to look-at-me Flamenco Red Pearl, above, but you can’t go wrong with classy white).

All the choices aside, it’s what comes standard that really makes Lux stand out. Each car has a premium Sony Bluetooth-enabled stereo system, USB ports, LED headlamps, an insulated cooler under the hood, and more to ensure you’re locked, loaded, and ready to drive. — KELSEY OGLETREE Details: From $16,500; 641-623-5201; streetrodgolfcars.com

NOT ALL

ESCAPES EQUAL. ARE CREATED

Relaxation isn’t just a mindset, it’s a destination.

From hot stone massages in our captivating spas to lounging in a private cabana without a care in the world, every Omni offers an immersive escape all its own.

NE VE R STAY THE SAME

Visit The Omni Homestead Resort or one of our 60 other

OmniHotels.com

properties and make serenity your next destination.

THE HOMESTEAD | VIRGINIA

∙

B E D F O R D S P R I N G S | P E N N S Y LVA N I A

∙

T H E G R O V E PA R K I N N | A S H E V I L L E

WE TOOK THE WORLD’S BEST BOUTIQUE HOTELS and made them float.

One-of-a-kind award-winning ships | The most all-inclusive amenities | More than 80 Exclusive Experiences Craft your masterpiece on the world’s best and most awarded luxury river cruise line

TM

UNIWORLD.COM | CALL 800-256-7931 OR CONTACT YOUR TRAVEL AGENT

CLUBCORP

ACCESS Summer 2018

For Members with My World (Signature Gold) or O.N.E. Benefits.

HELLO

SUMMER TAKE A GUEST FOR FREE WHEN YOU TRAVEL

PLUS 2018-ACCESS_NEWS_Summer-FINAL.indd 1

1

VISIT NEW CLUBS WITH BENEFITS

5/8/18 3:37 PM

SPECIAL OFFER

ASPEN GLEN CLUB | CARBONDALE, CO

TAKE A GUEST FOR FREE

1

DIAMOND RESORTS Diamond provides the ultimate in comfort, creating a home away from home. At Diamond, they dedicate their efforts to providing a branded hospitality service so you know exactly what to expect.

They invite you to experience the affordable luxury and priceless memories that are distinctively Diamond. Members receive a 15% discount off best available rates. 2

2

WHEN YOU TRAVEL IN JULY & AUGUST

During July and August, show your family and friends what O.N.E. or Signature Gold Unlimited are all about as you travel. Give your guest a free green fee and/or a free meal at one of our business clubs, each month depending on your membership type. Members with O.N.E. or Signature Gold Unlimited get both! This offer is available exclusively at participating ClubCorp clubs, outside your Club and Community, when you travel. Reservations must be made through ClubLine and Members must accompany guest.1

For reservations or more information, contact ClubLine: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com For reservations or more information, contact ClubLine: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com Some restrictions apply.

See back cover forfor important Some restrictionsand andexclusions exclusions apply.

See back cover importantdetails detailsand andadditional additionalterms termsand andconditions. conditions.

2018-ACCESS_NEWS_Summer-FINAL.indd 2

5/8/18 3:37 PM

GOLF LOUNGES We’re opening several new Golf Lounges, serving up great food and craft drinks, and featuring Full Swing technology with the latest golf instruction technology and a range of simulated golf games and other virtual games.

Golf skills not required – designed to be fun for everyone!

Make a reservation through ClubLine next time you visit these clubs.

D

O

W

NT

OW

NC

LU B

| H O U S TO N , T X

DOWNTOWN CLUB | HOUSTON, TX

VISIT A GOLF LOUNGE NEAR YOU

COMING SOON: TPC Michigan (Dearborn, MI) | Norbeck Country Club (Rockville, MD) | Medina Country Club (Medina, MN) | Rolling Green Country Club (Arlington Heights, IL) | Flat Creek Country Club (Peachtree City, GA) | Seville Golf & Country Club (Gilbert, AZ) NOW OPEN: Downtown Club The MET (Houston, TX)

For reservations or more information, contact ClubLine: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com For reservations or more information, contact ClubLine: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com Some restrictions and exclusions apply.

See back cover important details and additional terms conditions.

Some restrictions and exclusions apply.

See back cover forfor important details and additional terms andand conditions.

2018-ACCESS_NEWS_Summer-FINAL.indd 3

33

5/8/18 3:37 PM

ENJOY COMPLIMENTARY GOLF BENEFITS

2

AT NEW ALLIANCE CLUBS

PERRY PARK COUNTRY CLUB | LARKSPUR, CO Imagine the pleasure of golf in a serene setting framed by the woodlands of Pike National Forest. Envision a golf course that will test every aspect of your game, whatever your handicap. This is Perry Park Country Club set in a historic locale of timeless beauty near Castle Rock, CO.

GRANTS PASS GOLF CLUB | GRANTS PASS, OR

TEE UP WITH NEW

TAYLORMADE CLUBS WHEN YOU TRAVEL

The new TaylorMade loaner sets will be available this summer at ClubCorp clubs across the country. Members with O.N.E. or Signature Gold Unlimited can reserve complimentary clubs through ClubLine when they travel to ClubCorp clubs. 2

4

Nestled upon the rolling hills and majestic pines of the gorgeous Rogue Valley, Grants Pass Golf Club presents one of the finest golf layouts in Southern Oregon.

WINDYKE COUNTRY CLUB | MEMPHIS, TN Not far from Memphis, Windyke Country Club offers terrific views and challenging play for golfers at every skill level.

Well-groomed fairways and greens keep Windyke Country Club difficult yet friendly.

For reservations or more information, contact ClubLine: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com For reservations or more information, contact ClubLine: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com Some restrictions apply.

See back cover forfor important Some restrictionsand andexclusions exclusions apply.

See back cover importantdetails detailsand andadditional additionalterms termsand andconditions. conditions.

2018-ACCESS_NEWS_Summer-FINAL.indd 4

5/8/18 3:37 PM

CALIFORNIA DREAM

GOLF GETAWAY

Morgan Run Club & Resort is offering Members with O.N.E. or Signature Gold Unlimited benefits a special rate of $119 + tax per night for Sunday-Thursday night in their standard rooms and $169 + tax per night for Friday-Saturday nights through September 30, 2018 (prices include $20/person resort charge.)

Use your complimentary golf benefits at Morgan Run, Bernardo Heights and Shadowridge, and complimentary dining benefit at the University Club Atop Symphony Towers – all within 20 miles of Morgan Run. Reservations must be made through ClubLine. 2

REAMES GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB | KLAMATH FALLS, OR Reames Golf & Country Club is a beautiful 18-hole facility situated on over 200 acres just outside the city limits of Klamath Falls.

THE MEMBERS CLUB AT WOODCREEK AND WILDEWOOD | ELGIN, SC Part of what makes The Members Club stand out from the other clubs in the Columbia area are the two beautifully designed golf courses – WildeWood and Woodcreek.

THE PINES COUNTRY CLUB | MORGANTOWN, WV The Pines Country Club’s 18-hole championship golf course has consistently been one of West Virginia’s most remarkable golfing experiences. The 6,700-yard layout is surrounded by the beauty of Morgantown’s rolling hills and mountains.

For reservations or more information, contact ClubLine: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com For reservations or more information, contact ClubLine: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com Some restrictions and exclusions apply.

See back cover important details and additional terms conditions.

Some restrictions and exclusions apply.

See back cover forfor important details and additional terms andand conditions.

2018-ACCESS_NEWS_Summer-FINAL.indd 5

55

5/8/18 3:37 PM

DESTINATION DEALS OMNI ROYAL ORLEANS AND OMNI RIVERFRONT HOTEL | NEW ORLEANS, LA

SANDERLING RESORT | DUCK, NC Buy four nights in an accommodation with a king bed and enjoy the fifth night free. Based on select room types for two guests.4

Stay at either the Omni Royal Orleans or the Omni Riverfront Hotels this summer and enjoy 20% off the best available rate. 3

JUMP INTO

SUMMER

FUN 6

ROLLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL

CANYON CREEK COUNTRY CLUB RICHARDSON, TX

WHITE COLUMNS COUNTRY CLUB MILTON, GA

Summer fun awaits at ClubCorp clubs across the country.

REL A X POOLSIDE | HOST A POOL PART Y SUMMER C AMPS | AND SO MUCH MORE

For reservations or more information, contact ClubLine: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com For reservations or more information, contact ClubLine: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com Somerestrictions restrictionsand andexclusions exclusionsapply. apply.See See back cover importantdetails detailsand andadditional additionalterms termsand andconditions. conditions.

Some back cover forfor important

2018-ACCESS_NEWS_Summer-FINAL.indd 6

5/8/18 3:37 PM

HYATT REGENCY SCOTTSDALE RESORT & SPA AT GAINEY RANCH | SCOTTSDALE, AZ Visit this summer and enjoy 30% off the Rate of the Day, FREE Wi-Fi, FREE beach and pool activities, FREE dive-in movies in 2.5-acre water playground, FREE welcome beverage upon arrival, FREE live music 7 nights a week in Center Stage Bar, and FREE Shuttle to Old Town Scottsdale and Kierland.

Members can enjoy their complimentary golf benefits at Gainey Ranch, Seville and Anthem.5

OMNI HOTEL AT THE BATTERY ATLANTA | ATLANTA, GA Hit a homerun this summer with an escape to Omni Hotel at The Battery Atlanta, the official hotel of the Atlanta Braves. Enjoy 15% off the best available rate, complimentary Wi-Fi and an amenity inspired

by America’s favorite pastime.

Take in the views from the hotel’s elevated pool deck and dine al fresco at 582 Waterside Lounge & Bar (located exactly 582 feet from home plate at SunTrust Park).6

OMNI JACKSONVILLE HOTEL | JACKSONVILLE, FL Enjoy 15% off the best available rate and a room upgrade when you stay at the Omni Jacksonville Hotel between June 1 and September 1, 2018. Situated in the heart of downtown, this luxury hotel connects you with Jacksonville’s most popular cultural and business districts. It has convenient access to TIAA Field, Times Union Center, Memorial Arena, Jacksonville Landing and other popular attractions. 2

OMNI FORT WORTH HOTEL | FORT WORTH, TX Ideally located in downtown Fort Worth, Omni Fort Worth Hotel is the perfect home base to explore one of the top tourist destinations in Texas. Stay in the heart of the City of Cowboys and Culture with our lowest rates of the summer and enjoy average savings of 30% or more. 2

OMNI CHARLOTTE HOTEL | CHARLOTTE, SC Located in the heart of uptown Charlotte, this 373room luxury hotel pampers each guest with genuine Southern hospitality. A $30 million renovation provides an unmatched experience to include a sparkling rooftop sundeck, pool and bar, guestrooms decorated with fine furnishings and lavish amenities, high-speed wireless internet, and complimentary access to the connecting Charlotte Athletic Club. Members receive 15% off Omni’s best available rate at time of booking. 2

For reservations or more information, contact ClubLine: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com For reservations or more information, contact ClubLine: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com Some restrictions and exclusions apply. See back cover for important details and additional terms and conditions.

Some restrictions and exclusions apply. See back cover for important details and additional terms and conditions.

2018-ACCESS_NEWS_Summer-FINAL.indd 7

7

5/8/18 3:38 PM

INTERNATIONAL

DESTINATION DEALS PRESIDENTE INTERCONTINENTAL COZUMEL RESORT & SPA | COZUMEL, MEXICO

MYTICKETLINE

OFFERING THE HOTTEST TICKETS The Bridgestone Invitational is coming to Firestone Country Club, a member of the ClubCorp Family.

Make sure to get your tickets today at myticketline.com, plus check out other great tickets available.

Discover paradise and receive a $50 resort credit to be used at the Restaurants or Spa. As part of your stay, enjoy complimentary use of the Resort putting green, complimentary Wi-Fi, use of the 24-hour fitness center and 24-hour business center, and complimentary access to the Spa wet areas. Plus, Members with complimentary golf benefits can play at nearby Cozumel Country Club.7

SAINT JAMES PARIS | PARIS, FRANCE Members enjoy a full breakfast and a guaranteed upgrade to a higher room category for stays of 2+ nights from July 15 to August 31, 2018. Rates start at 450 Euro per night in a Boudoir room with guaranteed upgrade to a Superior room. Offer based upon availability and rates may vary. 2

1. Take a Guest for Free: Reservations must be made through ClubLine. Members must accompany guests. Subject to applicable guest policies. Members may extend one free green fee and/or one meal subject to the Member’s level of benefits and the standard Signature Gold and O.N.E. guidelines. Valid exclusively at participating ClubCorp clubs. 2. Some restrictions and exclusions apply. Contact ClubLine for more details. 3. Omni Royal Orleans and Riverfront: Offer valid through September 10, 2018 and subject to availability. 4. Sanderling Resort: Offer valid through September 3, 2018. 5. Hyatt Regency Scottsdale: Valid during summer months only. Offer ends 9/10/2018. Based on availability. 6. Omni Battery Atlanta: This offer is available through August 31, 2018 and based on availability. 7. Presidente Intercontinental Cozumel Resort & Spa: Resort credit applies on ClubCorp regular rates and may be used only for Restaurant or Spa consumptions. Offer valid for stays from June 4 through September 30, 2018. 1-7 All offers are subject to availability and none are redeemable for cash. Other restrictions and exclusions may apply. Š ClubCorp USA, Inc. All rights reserved. 0618 NP

For tickets, reservations or more information about these special offers: 800.433.5079 | clubline@clubcorp.com | clubcorpnetwork.com

2018-ACCESS_NEWS_Summer-FINAL.indd 8

5/8/18 3:38 PM