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Gate Golf Club transformation: Arthrex, First Tee outline plan for golf-learning center and community facilities
Summary
Developers and First Tee representatives updated commissioners on a phased transformation of the former Golden Gate Golf Course into a new Gate Golf Club with a First Tee Learning Center, a nine-hole course and public amenities, with a tentative spring 2026 opening.
Developers for the former Golden Gate Golf Course told Collier County commissioners on Tuesday that demolition and reconstruction are underway on a phased project that will create a public Gate Golf Club anchored by a First Tee Naples Collier learning center.
Project leaders said the redevelopment is a comprehensive transformation of the site, not a simple renovation, and is scheduled for phased completion with a target opening in spring 2026.
David Bumpas, representing the Gate Golf organization and First Tee Naples Collier, described three overlapping project phases: demolition and reconstruction of maintenance facilities; redesign and construction of a new nine-hole course designed by golf course designer Peter Jacobson; and a village…
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