A June 26 ceremony broke first ground for the new Sawgrass Country Club clubhouse. The new facility is projected to be completed in winter of 2020.
Plans include a larger pub and bar area, which will be separate from the banquet rooms, a family activities center and larger men and women’s locker rooms. The new additions total up to make 8,000 square feet more room than the current clubhouse. Currently, the original club is still open while they build around it.
“We've largely been able to keep our operations intact with very minimal impact to the members but are doing it out of half of the building we were doing it in previously,” said general manager and chief operating officer, C.W. Cook.
As well as being able to host more banquets and events, the new clubhouse will feature a covered veranda for members to drive their golf carts to the building.
The project is part of Sawgrass’ Phase III Master Facility Plan, which also includes constructing an ancillary building for golf maintenance, as well as expanding parking at the tennis and fitness center and relocating the practice/putting green. The entire project is projected to cost just short of $25 million.
The Country Club stated in a previous interview that because of the new improvements, membership is up, even causing a waitlist for some categories. In addition, the project received an 80% approval rate from existing members.
Renderings provided by the Sawgrass Country Club show the new building will be located in the same area as the current building, with an adjustment to its position for better vantage of the water and golf course vistas. The new facility will be two stories and approximately 65,000 square feet.
“The orientation of this new building is directly down the nines of the east and the west course, so you get this beautiful (view) there,” Cook said.
