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PGA Pro and former NFL player takes leadership role at Naples golf club


  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 8:45 a.m. October 23, 2023
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Kinsale Golf Club in north Naples is expected to open next year.
Kinsale Golf Club in north Naples is expected to open next year.
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Mike Scully, a PGA member since 1999 who has worked in leadership roles at golf clubs nationwide, has been named general manager/director of golf at Kinsale Golf Club in north Naples.

Kinsale is under development and expected to open in fall 2024, according to a statement. It’s being built on land owned by Southwest Florida and Michigan businessman Anthony Soave. Golf course architects Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, employing C.B. Macdonald and Seth Raynor design elements, are putting the course together. The course, which will operate with a membership of 250 from October through May of each year. “is intended to have the look and feel of a links course with an almost limitless variety of challenges for golfers of all skill levels,” the release states. 

Scully, meanwhile, joins Kinsale from Streamsong Resort in Lakeland. Other career stops include Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia; Desert Mountain Club in Scottsdale, Arizona; and Medinah Country Club near Chicago. During his time at Desert Mountain, Scully served key roles as the club hosted the Charles Schwab Championship on the PGA Tour Champions from 2014-2016. During his time at Medinah, Scully, the release states, was instrumental in the club’s hosting the 2006 PGA Championship and the 2012 Ryder Cup.

 


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Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. He has worked for the Business Observer since 2005. He previously worked for newspapers and magazines in upstate New York, suburban Philadelphia and Jacksonville.

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