Just as I was checking out of a bed and breakfast in Wilmington, NC, recently after a research trip that included enjoyable rounds of golf at Porter's Neck and the Nicklaus course at Landfall, the proprietor asked me if I had visited Eagle Pointe. I hadn't, nor had I even heard of it. He indicated it was "super private" and built five years ago by a few equities traders from "up north" who wanted a course where they knew they could always get a tee time, even at the last minute. So they built Eagle Pointe.
Internet searches have turned up only cursory information -- the course was designed by Tom Fazio and plays up to 7,170 yards -- but the club remains shrouded in a little mystery. Anyone played it? Anyone know anything more about it? Please post any comments below, and thanks.
More than 150 golf clubs across the land, including my own Hop Meadow Country Club in Simsbury, CT, have signed on to the Private Club Network, making these otherwise private clubs accessible to each other's members. The Network is the invention of Creative Golf Marketing, a Manhattan, Kansas firm that helps private clubs increase membership. If I am traveling to, say, Nashville, as I will soon, I can arrange for a round of golf at the private Brentwood Country Club; all I pay is the mandatory $25 cart fee.
The web site for the Private Club Network is www.privateclubnetwork.com. Unless you belong to a private club, it may be a little tricky to register to see the Network's list of private clubs. But they do have an 800 number and offer email contact as well.
If you live in the area of one of the Network's clubs and do a lot of traveling, you might want to consider membership in the local club.
The web site for the Private Club Network is www.privateclubnetwork.com. Unless you belong to a private club, it may be a little tricky to register to see the Network's list of private clubs. But they do have an 800 number and offer email contact as well.
If you live in the area of one of the Network's clubs and do a lot of traveling, you might want to consider membership in the local club.
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