🚨Breaking News🚨

The Bandon Dunes team is coming to Texas!

Mike Keiser and Sons, along with Tom Doak and Coore & Crenshaw, are breaking ground on Wild Spring Dunes. The routings are done!

This east Texas golf resort will feature the trademark Keiser amenities. Rooms,… pic.twitter.com/uo2YPIc9Li

— Rick Golfs (@Top100Rick) May 23, 2024

https://texags.com/forums/60/topics/3459603

BayAg_14 said:

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🚨Breaking News🚨

The Bandon Dunes team is coming to Texas!

Mike Keiser and Sons, along with Tom Doak and Coore & Crenshaw, are breaking ground on Wild Spring Dunes. The routings are done!

This east Texas golf resort will feature the trademark Keiser amenities. Rooms,… pic.twitter.com/uo2YPIc9Li

— Rick Golfs (@Top100Rick) May 23, 2024

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Thanks for posting, some people may have missed the original post. Or scanned past it.

Going to be interesting to see how this new wave of ultra high end golf courses/communities in somewhat rural Texas plays out. There are currently four projects announced or underway with Freestone Club in Fairfield, Pine Ranch in Tyler, Maverick Golf and Ranch Club (Discovery Land) in Aledo, and now Wild Spring Ranch near Nacogdoches.

That's a lot of six figure memberships and million dollar homes to sell (acknowledging Wild Spring Ranch doesn't fit that category as a public course).

Pignorant said:

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Wild Spring Dunes will be public play.

It's the same business model as Bandon Dunes.

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I have not looked into this at all, so it is very possible I am wrong, but this one seems more like the Sand Valley model than the Bandon Model. Still public play, for the most part, but also memberships, homes, etc.

Big Shoulders said:

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Pignorant said:

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Wild Spring Dunes will be public play.

It's the same business model as Bandon Dunes.

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I have not looked into this at all, so it is very possible I am wrong, but this one seems more like the Sand Valley model than the Bandon Model. Still public play, for the most part, but also memberships, homes, etc.

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Yes, it is absolutely not the Bandon model. They will have homes for sale and a membership $65k initiation.

Public courses can still price out the spare ass hacker.

Interestingly enough, Bandon does have a membership so they can host USGA championships. Might be the most exclusive membership in the US.

Homes for sale?

I have not heard that at all.

Pignorant said:

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Homes for sale?

I have not heard that at all.

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If you go to the website, it shows 2 residential developments as part of it. And if you buy into the Founder membership, you get priority access to plots.

cb1919 said:

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Big Shoulders said:

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Pignorant said:

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Wild Spring Dunes will be public play.

It's the same business model as Bandon Dunes.

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I have not looked into this at all, so it is very possible I am wrong, but this one seems more like the Sand Valley model than the Bandon Model. Still public play, for the most part, but also memberships, homes, etc.

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Yes, it is absolutely not the Bandon model. They will have homes for sale and a membership $65k initiation.

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If public, what does 65k get you?

Leander - Ag said:

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cb1919 said:

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Big Shoulders said:

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Pignorant said:

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Wild Spring Dunes will be public play.

It's the same business model as Bandon Dunes.

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I have not looked into this at all, so it is very possible I am wrong, but this one seems more like the Sand Valley model than the Bandon Model. Still public play, for the most part, but also memberships, homes, etc.

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Yes, it is absolutely not the Bandon model. They will have homes for sale and a membership $65k initiation.

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If public, what does 65k get you?

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"reserved tee times/lodging. golf fees covered in annual dues. guests 50% discount. preferred access to any future real estate development."

This is what I read. No idea if true. I also saw $7,500 per year of dues.

Leander - Ag said:

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If public, what does 65k get you?

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It will technically be "semi-private", so members get priority followed by resort guest and then public.

Comparing founder here to Rodeo Dunes, I'm not seeing anything on annual dues and the deposit is refundable after 30 years. Does anyone else have different information? Surely the website is fully disclosing…

https://www.wildspringdunes.com/founders

Grew up in East Texas. They can really put something special together there on that land if they nail it. Elevation change possibilities and pine trees will be great. Woodland Hills is a cool little muni there on south side of Nac with some unusual drops and rises. I just think of something like that on a much much grander scale.