Developers Michael and Chris Keiser Announce
Plans for Sandy Site North of Nacogdoches
CHICAGO, June 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dream Golf today announced
plans to establish a world-class destination golf resort in
East Texas. Wild Spring Dunes will
be a public golf resort and community developed by Michael and Chris Keiser, featuring world-class
golf, accommodations, homesites and dining facilities. Current
Dream Golf properties include the award-winning Bandon Dunes in
Oregon and Sand Valley in
Wisconsin, along with Rodeo Dunes,
under construction in Colorado.
Wild Spring Dunes occupies 2,400 sandy, secluded acres with 120
feet of elevation change and varied topography and ecosystems
including towering pines and hardwood forest; open, grassy meadows;
rolling hills; and steep ravines carved by spring-fed creeks. An
ideal site for world-class golf, two course routings are complete,
with plans established for a short course and practice center.
"We were so fortunate to get a shot at this site," Michael Keiser says, of being invited to
Texas by Dallas businessman Brett Messerall, who had pored over more than
1,000,000 acres via satellite and on foot, and had ultimately
secured the land. "It was so good, so unexpected, we just had to go
for it. The golf courses here will have such great diversity and
character – I expect them to be among the best in the country."
Renowned golf course designer Tom
Doak will build the first of two planned 18-hole courses.
Bill Coore and Austin, Texas, native Ben Crenshaw, one of the top design duos in the
history of the game, have routed a second course.
"This land just has a different feel from anything I've worked
on in the past," Doak says. "That's the attraction for me, and I
think the course will be unique and interesting for golfers."
Wild Spring Dunes is located in historic East Texas, approximately 20 miles north of
Nacogdoches, the oldest city in
the state. Both Dallas and
Houston are two hours by car from
the resort site, and Shreveport Regional Airport is just 73 miles
away. Flanked by National Forests, the land is secluded, peaceful,
and an easy day drive from a wide variety of neighboring cities and
states, such as Oklahoma City,
Tulsa, St Louis, Little
Rock, Memphis, Birmingham, Jackson, and New
Orleans.
"It's just a wonderful coincidence that this site is accessible
to so many people," Keiser says. "The reason we're doing it is
because of the quality of the site. If it were 10 hours, 15 hours
from Dallas or Houston, we'd still be doing it because the
site is just that good."
Golf construction on the Doak course is expected to begin in
Fall of 2024, with opening projected for 2026.
About Wild Spring Dunes
Wild Spring Dunes will be a
public golf resort and refuge developed by Michael and Chris Keiser, owners of Sand Valley
Resort, featuring world-class golf, accommodations, homesites and
dining. Two courses are routed with plans established for a short
course and practice center.
Set on over 2,400 sandy, secluded acres, the site
includes dramatic elevation changes that highlight four
distinct and diverse ecosystems: towering pines and hardwood
forest; open, grassy meadows; rolling hills; and steep
ravines carved by spring-fed creeks that crawl through the secluded
site. Wild Spring Dunes is an escape, a destination, a place to
come together in community – a home for golf and wilderness lovers
alike.
About Dream Golf
Dream Golf is a growing collection of
destination golf resorts developed by the Keiser family. At our
resorts you will find soul-stirring golf built in harmony with the
land, employees that welcome you like family, and destinations that
embrace the rugged beauty of their natural environment. Current
properties include Bandon Dunes in Oregon, Sand Valley in Wisconsin and Rodeo Dunes, under construction
in Colorado.
For more information, please visit www.wildspringdunes.com and
www.dreamgolf.com.
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