Author Archives: Aqua Greens Golf

By Dave Allen (Photographs courtesy of Lakefront at Keystone) There have been a lot of changes to our way of life since the arrival of Covid-19 in early 2020, and nowhere has that been more evident than in the American workplace. Four years later, more Americans are working from home than ever before (22 million […]

By Dave Allen Birch Hill Country Club is nestled between the scenic Ossipee Mountain range and Lake Winnipesaukee in Moultonborough, New Hampshire. Formerly known as Ridgewood Country Club, Birch Hill was bought in February 2024 by a young professional tax attorney who had been a member for the past 15 years. Shortly after closing, the […]

By Dave Allen (Photos courtesy of Perspectrum Studios) In 2020, a new era was ushered in at Nemacolin resort with the transformation of its logo and mascot from Fat Bird to Pearl. The slimmed-down bird in high heels was named in honor of the resort’s CEO and owner, Maggie Hardy, who was nicknamed Pearl as […]

By Dave Allen Aqua Greens owner Matthew Gault walks you through the process of refurbishing the aqua range at Celebration Golf Club in Celebration, Fla., just outside of Orlando. Originally built in 2008, the range had gone through four major hurricanes and multiple other powerful storms, damaging several of the floating green structures. Aqua Greens […]

By Dave Allen For years, Crystal and her husband had been talking about having their own floating island green in their backyard at their rural Virginia home. Crystal’s husband was a golfing FANATIC. It was his biggest passion and he was very good at it, so good that he won several club championships and even […]

By Dave Allen When Matt Gault and his team were think-tanking some promotional concepts for Aqua Greens several years ago, they had this idea of putting a fretboard on the end of their guitar-shaped floating island green. The classical guitar design never made it to the water, but Gault held onto the concept, waiting for […]

By Dave Allen Randy Rockwood didn’t have to wait long to record his first hole-in-one. The plumber from Laconia, New Hampshire, took up golfing in 2014, and less than a year later, on July 4th no less, made an ace. “I should’ve stopped golfing right then,” joked Rockwood, a self-described ‘bogey’ golfer. “It got me […]

 One of the very first installments that Aqua Greens did was back in 1997 at The Club at the Strand in Naples, Fla. But like so many of the aqua ranges in Southwest Florida, the green structures took a battering from Hurricane Irma in September of 2017, with sustained winds from the then-Category 3 major […]

Back in late December 2014, Aqua Greens received a phone call from Jeff Gajewski, VP of Business Development for JHE Production (now CSM Sport & Entertainment). JHE was the event management team in charge of cross-promoting the upcoming 2015 U.S. Open Championship on FOX Sports, which was also broadcasting the Daytona 500 in February.  This […]

Fifteen years ago, aqua ranges were a novelty. Few developers saw the economic advantages and merits to digging these water-filled ranges. Today, the aqua range is as much a part of the Southwest Florida golf course landscape as alligators and sandhill cranes. While still a curiosity for much of the country, aqua ranges are turning […]

Two Januarys ago, Streamsong Resort’s Director of Facilities Ron Thompson was asked by Cobra Puma Golf to build a floating green behind its Lakeside Lodge for a pitching contest between Tour Player Ambassadors Lexi Thompson and Blair O’Neal. It was meant to be a temporary fixture, part of the festivities for the PGA TOUR Superstore […]