Golf course reopens after extensive renovation

BONITA SPRINGS — Shadow Wood Country Club reopened its North Course this month following a summer-long renovation project.

The renovation was completed under the direction of Rees Jones, president of Montclair, N.J-based Rees Jones, Inc. Golf Course Design. Jones is a long-time friend of the original course designer Bob Cupp, who died last year. With the help of Cupp's son Bobby, Jones used the late Cupp's hole-by-hole notes to help guide him with the renovation, according to a statement.

“Our main focus, which the membership shared, was to preserve the essence of Bob's original design, but at the same time update the course to today's standards,” Jones says in the statement.