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Troon
Selected to Manage Château Élan Golf Club
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Braselton, Georgia
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Scottsdale,
AZ – August 2018 / Newsmaker Alert / Troon®,
the leader in golf management, development, and marketing, has been selected
to manage the golf operations and clubhouse food and beverage operations
at Château Élan
Golf Club in Braselton, Georgia. Owned by an affiliate of Wheelock
Street Capital, the 45-hole club is located approximately 40 minutes
northeast of Atlanta and is part of the beautiful Château
Élan Winery & Resort.
Château
Élan recently completed an extensive clubhouse renovation and expansion.
Designed by Blur Workshop, an Atlanta-based architectural firm, the golf
clubhouse now includes a new front porch and players’ lounge, a newly redesigned
golf shop, expanded locker rooms with new finishes and fixtures as well
as a new roof, paint and landscaping around the exterior. The club’s restaurant
has been rebranded as “The Sarazen Bar & Grille” and now includes a
large central bar, an open dining room layout, an entirely new 1,053 square-foot
back porch for outdoor dining and a new “backyard” area with lounge seating
and fire pits for before or after dinner enjoyment.
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Château
Élan Golf Club features two 18-hole championship golf courses and
a 9-hole par 3 Short Course – all three courses are open to resort and
daily-fee play. The Club’s Château Course opened in 1989 and was
designed by Denis Griffiths. The 7,030-yard, par-71 course winds along
three lakes and two creeks with water coming into play on 10 of the 18
holes. The Woodlands Course, also a Denis Griffith’s design, opened for
play in 1996. The rolling hills and tree-lined fairways of this stunning
6,735-yard, par-72 course, provide spectacular views on nearly every hole.
The Club’s Short Course is located behind the Inn at Château Élan
and features beautifully landscaped holes varying in length from 100 yards
to more than 200 yards.
“Château
Élan is a stunning property,” said Mitch Harrell, president, Troon
Golf. “We’re excited about the recent clubhouse enhancements and improvements
made around the club. Our golf and F&B teams will now look to enhance
the entire guest experience at the Château Élan Golf Club.”
Château
Élan’s “Wee Links” short game practice facility offers a place for
guests to practice putting, chipping, pitching and bunker play. To assist
guests in further improving their short-games, Château Élan
is now home to a Dave Pelz Golf School, with one-day clinics as well as
two and three-day schools available throughout the year. In addition to
outstanding golf, Château Élan also features an award-winning
winery, resort, conference center, eight restaurants, a spa, tennis center
and an equestrian center.
“We
are excited to have two industry leaders as our golf partners,” said Keith
Manning, VP of Asset Management for Wheelock Street Capital. “Troon and
Dave Pelz Golf are both considered frontrunners in their respective fields.”
For
more information on Château Élan Golf Club, visit www.ChateauElan.com
or call 678-425-6050.
About
Château Élan Winery & Resort
The
Winery, with its 32 acres of vines, is located at 100 Tour De France in
Braselton, Georgia just 40 minutes north of Atlanta. Château Élan
Winery & Resort is North Georgia’s premier meeting, event and vacation
destination. On the 3,500-acre estate sits a 16th century-styled French
château with a full service winery and tasting bar, a AAA Four Diamond
Inn and conference center, a 35,000-square foot European spa mansion, championship
golf, tennis center, multiple dining outlets and more. For more information
call 678-425-0900 or visit www.ChateauElan.com.
About
Wheelock Street Capital
Wheelock
Street Capital was formed in 2008 by Rick Kleeman and Jonathan Paul,
two veteran real estate private equity investors, each with over 25 years
of broad real estate transaction experience across all major asset classes.
Wheelock has since raised over $2 billion in capital commitments and is
currently investing its fifth fund comprising $725 million of commitments
from leading pension funds, endowments and foundations. Wheelock will invest
in a broad range of real estate assets throughout the United States. The
fund may invest directly or with high quality joint venture partners through
a variety of capital structures and transaction types, including acquisitions,
restructurings, and recapitalizations. Learn more at www.WheelockSt.com.
About
Troon
Headquartered
in Scottsdale, Ariz., Troon® is
the world’s largest golf management company providing services at more
than 330 locations around the globe, including 280 golf courses at 246
facilities. In addition to golf, Troon specializes in homeowner association
management, private residence clubs, estate management and associated hospitality
venues. Troon’s award-winning food and beverage division operates and manages
more than 150 restaurants located at golf resorts, private clubs, daily
fee golf courses and recreational facilities. With properties located in
35 states and 30 countries, divisions of Troon include Troon Golf, Honours
Golf, Troon Privé
(the private club operating division of Troon), Troon International and
Cliff Drysdale Management. There are currently 60 Troon-affiliated properties
featuring 80 golf courses on national and international “Top 100” rankings.
Troon-affiliated properties include Bayside Resort Golf Club in Selbyville,
Delaware; Kapalua on Maui, Hawaii; Mauna Lani Resort on the Kohala Coast
on Hawaii; Pronghorn in Bend, Oregon; Lofoten Links in Norway; and Mollymook
Golf Club in Australia. For more information, visit www.TroonGolf.com,
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Contact:
Rob
Myers
Troon
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