Course of the Week: Vineyards CC completes North Course renovation
Vineyards Country Club in Naples, Fla., recently completed an extensive redesign and renovation of its North Course, a championship 18-hole course originally designed by golf architect Mark McCumber.
The renovation project began in March 2024 and was led by architect Kipp Schulties and was implemented by QGS Development. This project follows the club’s South Course transformation in December 2023.
“Our North Course renovation takes Vineyards Country Club’s golf experience to unprecedented heights,” said Michael Procacci Jr., chairman and co-owner of Vineyards CC. “These enhancements deliver not only a visually appealing, strategic course layout, but they also embrace the natural beauty of Florida’s landscape in a way that enriches both our members’ enjoyment and our community’s ecological balance.”
Key North Course renovation highlights include:
- Enhanced course design: Expanded yardage from the professional tees brings the North Course up to championship level, offering challenges with newly contoured fairways, larger greens and natural aesthetic elements such as stone cap walls, wood bridges and indigenous South Florida landscaping.
- Upgraded greens and turf: The entire course has been re-turfed with Bimini Bermudagrass on tees, fairways and roughs, complemented by TifEagle greens for optimal playability and resilience.
- Bunker and drainage innovations: Bunkers have been refurbished with Par Angle White sand (also known as Pro/Angle bunker sand), while advanced drainage systems and a new Toro irrigation system improve water efficiency and course durability.
- Environmental considerations: With reduced maintained turf areas, water usage and chemical inputs are minimized, reinforcing Vineyards Country Club’s commitment to sustainable practices. The new drainage system, approved by Collier County, enhances stormwater management, benefiting the club and surrounding areas.
According to the club, the North Course’s new design embraces a distinctive “Old Florida” aesthetic, integrating native palm trees, oaks and lush ground plantings to create a scenic, environmentally thoughtful layout complementing the South Course’s character while providing an entirely different golf experience.
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