(NAPLES, Florida – March 28, 2025)
The Gate Golf Club is excited to share that construction of the community golf course is underway, and we are currently on track for a spring 2026 opening of the course and campus.
The construction of the entire campus will be completed in three concurrent phases:
- Construction started in January 2025 with general site preparation, installation of perimeter site fencing, removal of invasive vegetation, and demolition of the former golf maintenance buildings.
- The second phase is the construction of the golf course, which began in March 2025.
The team from Jacobsen Hardy Golf Design has completed a routing plan, essentially a canvas for what will become a dynamic and beautiful 9-hole course and state-of-the-art practice range. The routing plan utilizes many of the golf hole corridors from the former Golden Gate Country Club, and the new golf course will be reshaped over the coming months.
The Gate Golf Club has hired Glase Golf, Inc., a leading golf course builder based in Bonita Springs, Florida, to build the course, and their crew is already working on-site at 4150 Golden Gate Parkway.
The crew from Glase Golf is making swift progress, including removing old cart paths at a rate of about 800 linear feet per day. All of that material is being ground on-site and will be reused as base material and foundations for future buildings and new cart paths. Some trees are being transplanted, and new trees will be added. For a closer look, follow The Gate Golf Club on Instagram to see videos from the construction site.
- The third phase is the construction of the “Village.” The Village comprises both the First Tee Academy and training centers, as well as their offices. It also includes community gathering spaces such as the restaurant Oakwood Grill, the full-service bar “The Pavilion,” and a covered driving range with 30 hitting bays. We are very grateful to the talented team at MHK Architecture in Naples, who donated their time and skills at no cost to design the incredible Village.
We are thankful to the many partners involved in the project, including Collier County staff, architects, engineers, consultants, suppliers, and contractors. It has been a tremendous team effort. We have 15 permits progressing through the approval process, with some approved and others still pending. We appreciate the dedicated efforts of the State of Florida and the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
For more information, contact info@thegategolf.org and follow The Gate Golf Club on Instagram and Facebook.
