Glen Kernan reopens after Jim Furyk renovation in Jacksonville<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cGlen Kernan is a microcosm of where our city is headed,\u201d added Travis Norman, COO of Hampton Golf, a golf course management company whose company partnered with Allen and was chosen to buy the property from the estate of its previous owner. \u201cAs Andy says, Jacksonville \u2018good\u2019 isn’t good enough anymore but rather we are on our way to being a world-class city.\u00a0Having this message heard in the golf world translates to our city as a whole.\u00a0We are ready for the next level and Glen Kernan is an example of striving for best practice facilities, best cuisine, best amenities, and best course in the area to create a world-class destination.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After purchasing the club last year, the new ownership led a comprehensive, yearlong revitalization of the clubhouse, pro shop and fitness center, along with a full golf-course redesign by Jim Furyk and partner Mike Beebe. It\u00a0transformed an outdated facility into a golf and community hub, revitalizing the neighborhood and creating a landmark destination that celebrates the sport.\u00a0It will also become the only private club in the area to offer cottages. The previous owner was firmly opposed to having a national membership but Norman said they are open to the idea and will evaluate the number of rounds played \u2014 expected at around 18,000 per year \u2014 and usage of the two cottages and whether it makes sense to double that number if the demand merits it.\u00a0Regardless, the cottages\u00a0will provide a different element for private golf club entertainment.That luxury experience starts with geo-fencing at the point of entry that lets the iPad of the hostess know who is coming through the door and begins the connection so the staff knows the favorite cocktail of a member or how many sugars to bring with their sweet tea.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis game is about human connectivity,\u201d Norman said. \u201cOnce you\u2019re here, there should be no stress.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Norman and Allen and their team visited several prominent super-high-end clubs in the southeast geared to an affluent membership, ranging from Ohoopee Club to Apogee and Congaree.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019d see something like the charging stations in the room and I\u2019d say, \u2018Take a note of that, boys. That is definitely coming back,\u2019 \u201d Norman recalled. \u201cWe\u2019re going to find our version of the fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich like they have at Kinloch Golf Club (in Virginia).\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The reboot of Florida’s Glen Kernan Club couldn\u2019t have come at a better time.\u00a0 Thanks to the COVID…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":408705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[691,5229,18359,98299,7824,52554,4140,2488,3188,723,1430,2487,7310,425,728,50,18361,450,1457,1451,62,1458,645,2490,646,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-408704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-clubs","11":"tag-clubs-u0026-organizations","12":"tag-coronavirus","13":"tag-coronavirus-covid-19","14":"tag-covid-19","15":"tag-enabled","16":"tag-fl","17":"tag-florida","18":"tag-golf","19":"tag-highlights","20":"tag-jacksonville","21":"tag-local","22":"tag-local-news","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-organizations","25":"tag-overall","26":"tag-overall-positive","27":"tag-positive","28":"tag-sports","29":"tag-sports-news","30":"tag-story","31":"tag-story-highlights-ai-enabled","32":"tag-u0026","33":"tag-united-states","34":"tag-united-states-of-america","35":"tag-unitedstates","36":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","37":"tag-us","38":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}