"We have many more steps to go to get to the finish line." "It's definitely an encouraging first step," executive director Cindy Darland said. Pillsbury said there would be a First Tee facility on the end of the BigShots Golf parking lot. While BigShots Golf may be joining Topgolf and PopStroke, that looked like it was over six months ago.īut they're not the only entity to have had that happen in the 21 months Collier County has owned that Golden Gate golf course property.ĬlubCorp, which owns and operates the most private clubs in the world, also is partnering with The First Tee of Naples/Collier, which would have its home there under the proposal. "It feels like a sports entertainment facility," Pillsbury said. There is a private event space on the second floor. We can truly create an integrated amenity the likes of which does not exist in America."īigShots Golf is two stories with 60 hitting bays - Pillsbury said Topgolf's are three stories with 100 bays - with over 200 televisions and 200 dining seats, with an outdoor putting course that goes around the building. "By having BigShots, putting and golf all under one umbrella, we can connect the dots. "How do I convert people that are interested - kids, young adults, women who say 'Look this sounds like a fun sport, but what do I do next?'" Pillsbury said. Pillsbury stressed what makes the BigShots Golf and this project in particular a difference-maker is that if someone tries out BigShots and then wants to take the next step and learn to play the game on a golf course, it has somewhere to do that, with the 12-hole golf course on the same site. What makes BigShots Golf project different? It has since opened BigShots in Fort Worth, Texas, two weeks ago, and opening another in Springfield, Missouri, next month, and broke ground at Texas A&M. Topgolf has really broken the glass ceiling that we see so clearly now, which is that is how people want to spend their leisure time."īigShots Golf started in Florida in Vero Beach, and was acquired by ClubCorp in 2018. "There's been an amazing confluence of events in the world of golf and entertainment over the past decade," Pillsbury said. PopStroke, a Tiger Woods-backed putting facility, opened in Fort Myers last September, and announced last week it was opening four more in the state over the next two years, with an agreement for one in Naples being worked on. Topgolf, the trailblazer in the golf/entertainment/restaurant industry, is scheduled to open a facility in Fort Myers later this year. If the idea sounds a little familiar, it should. "Jack Nicklaus, who will be our partner on this, is so excited about this 12-hole concept," Pillsbury said.
0 kommentar(er)
