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This Gil Hanse-designed Florida golf club will have 250 members and a $500K initiation
Detroit-based Soave Enterprises is aiming for an autumn completion of the Kinsale Golf Club at Vanderbilt Drive and Wiggins Pass Road in North Naples, Florida, and stretches to Tamiami Trail near Old 41 Road. The project had received initial backing from Collier County about a half-dozen years ago, pre-pandemic, but work didn’t begin until 2023. Famed architect Gil Hanse and his partner Jim Wagner are leading the project. They are known for major restoration work on some of the world’s most iconic courses including New York’s Winged Foot Country Club, the host of a half-dozen U.S. Opens, and the Los Angeles Country...
Forced to flee Ukraine, Lely's Sofiia Kiritsa, Oleksandra Rubanova win 2024 SWFL Courage Award
Sofiia Kiritsa could hear the air raid sirens in the distance and watched from her dorm room as Russian tanks drove down streets on the outskirts of Kyiv. Those tanks decided which buildings to open fire on, with Kiritsa wondering if the building in which she stood was next. Still traumatized by the...
Eye on the Eagles: Get to know FGCU softball pitcher Claire Maulding
Get to know your Eagles. The Naples Daily News will profile an FGCU athletic program member each week to introduce fans to the players and coaches representing the Blue and Green during the 2024 season. Claire Maulding is a senior right-handed pitcher for Florida Gulf Coast's softball team. She transferred...
Wednesday's Spring Football Previews: Lehigh, Golden Gate, and Gulf Coast take the field
Spring football continues for Southwest Florida football teams, and the News-Press and Naples Daily News will keep you up to speed on local team's outlooks, key departures, and names to keep an eye on for the 2024-25 season. Here's a look into the games being played on Wednesday, May 22. Gulf Coast...
Now You Know: Grace Place’s golf tournament raises over $490,000
Grace Place for Children and Families recently announced that its annual golf tournament, A Swing of Grace, raising over $490,000. The event was held at Bonita Bay Golf Club on May 7 and benefits the programs and services offered by Grace Place. “We are deeply grateful for the overwhelming generosity...
These Southwest Florida high school football teams have the best records over the past 10 years
At the onset of the millennium, the Naples High School football team laid the foundation for a run of success never before seen in Southwest Florida. The Golden Eagles reached three state championship games in seven years, becoming the first (and still only) area team to win two football titles (2001, 2007).
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