Tom Doak to design Old Shores in Florida Panhandle as newest Dream Golf project

After news was reported past week that a improvement bid had been approved by Washington County for a caller people successful nan Florida Panhandle, Dream Golf announced Friday nan sanction and designer for nan 18-hole project.

Architect Tom Doak has routed what will go Old Shores, assuming each basal permitting continues to beryllium approved. The people will beryllium built 30 miles northbound of nan Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport that services Panama City.

The people will beryllium an easy thrust from nan 30A region of beaches successful South Walton County betwixt Panama City and Destin, which has grown astatine an astonishing complaint successful caller years. The spot is astir a 30-minute thrust southbound of Interstate 10 and nan municipality of Bonifay, aliases an hr northbound of Panama City Beach.

Speculation astir nan people has swirled successful caller years, arsenic happens pinch immoderate task by Dream Golf. The postulation of properties includes Bandon Dunes Golf Resort successful Oregon and Sand Valley successful Wisconsin, pinch caller projects connected nan measurement extracurricular Denver and different successful Texas.

The improvement bid was nan first measurement successful receiving charismatic sign-off to build Old Shores. As reported by nan Washington County News, nan improvement bid was for 80 acres for nan play people amid 1,438 acres that person been acquired. No plans for further improvement person been announced aliases approved.

The sanction Old Shores is simply a reflection of nan sandy dunes connected nan site, which utilized to beryllium shoreline earlier nan Gulf of Mexico receded to its existent boundaries to nan southbound thousands of years ago. Dream Golf said location is nary group timetable for building aliases completion.

“This onshore conscionable makes you want to get to nan adjacent crook aliases complete nan adjacent hill,” developer Michael Keiser said successful a news merchandise announcing nan sanction of nan people and Doak’s involvement. “There is truthful overmuch assortment – it’s difficult to judge you could acquisition truthful galore environments successful 1 place. Every clip I visit, I observe a broadside I had ne'er seen before. This is an astonishing and unexpected site.”

Micheal Keiser is nan boy of Mike Keiser, nan developer of Bandon Dunes. Michael and his relative Chris are nan developers of Sand Valley, nan in-progress Rodeo Dunes successful Colorado and nan in-progress Wild Springs Dunes successful Texas.

“We are grateful for nan reception we received from Washington County, and we are eager to continuing nan process of presenting our plans for this bonzer property,” Michael Keiser said successful nan release. “I’ve walked nan routing pinch Tom Doak galore times, and I cognize this will beryllium world-class.”

Doak’s extended resume includes building nan Pacific Dunes people astatine Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, which is classed by Golfweek’s Best arsenic nan top public-access people successful Oregon and nan No. 3 modern people successful nan U.S. Doak precocious completed nan now-open Sedge Valley people astatine Sand Valley, and he besides constructed nan Lido astatine Sand Valley, which brought backmost to life a celebrated but mislaid people connected Long Island.