Since Mast Capital bought Saddlebrook Resort & Spa from the resort’s late founder and proprietor Tom Dempsey again in 2022, the Wesley Chapel group has been anxiously ready to see what Mast was going to do to replace and improve what was as soon as the jewel of Wesley Chapel.
To that finish, on Dec. 11, Saddlebrook and Mast unveiled the resort’s newly relocated golf driving vary with a “first drive” ceremony, a champagne toast and an amazing social gathering that thunder, lightning and the potential of heavy rain reduce brief.
With Saddlebrook’s former driving vary alongside S.R. 54 being changed with flats, the vary was relocated to a portion of the previous Palmer Course, certainly one of two Arnold Palmer-designed 18-hole programs on the resort. However, Mast determined to eliminate 9 of the Palmer Course’s 18 holes and the brand new driving vary takes up about six of the opposite 9 holes.
When the renovations are full, Saddlebrook can be left with 27 holes of championship golf.



Mast Capital chief funding officer Jordan Kornberg promised that the brand new driving vary “is just the start. We can be returning Saddlebrook to its former glory.”
Amongst these becoming a member of Kornberg for the ceremonial first drive (full with exploding golf balls) had been the resort’s managing director Raj Mohan, District 1 Pasco County Commissioner Jack Mariano and Florida Sports activities Coast government director Adam Thomas.
Mohan stated he was trying ahead to the group seeing the adjustments now in movement at Saddlebrook and Mariano additionally expressed pleasure for the way forward for the resort.
Attendees had been handled to a picnic-style lunch with fried hen, beef brisket and curried pork with all of the trimmings, in addition to sufficient umbrellas for everybody in attendance, as heavy showers had been a looming risk.
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