Category Archives: Aqua Greens

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 On September 28th of last year, Hurricane Ian made landfall just northwest of Sanibel Island and Fort Myers Beach, Fla., as a high-end Category 4 storm, packing winds up to 160 miles per hour. Within 48 hours, Aqua Greens’ owner Matt Gault’s cell phone was ringing constantly. Gault didn’t need to see […]

By Dave Allen A few years ago, David Reasoner and his wife, Kerry, were driving around the Hudson Valley region in New York, looking for the perfect wedding venue that would one day serve as their full-time summer home. The long-time PGA Head Professional at The Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J., Reasoner has dabbled […]

By Dave Allen They say “everything’s bigger in Texas.” So, when The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas, was announced as the new home of the Chevron Championship—the LPGA Tour’s first major of the year—a search immediately began to find something very large and unique to commemorate the tournament’s move to Southeast Texas. […]

By Dave Allen When Matt Gault bought Aqua Greens in 2002, one of his very first calls was to The Ocean Club Course at Hutchinson Island Beach Resort in Stuart, Fla. The 18-hole executive course was one of a few courses in South Florida to have an aqua range at the time, only they had […]

Go behind the scenes with Aqua Greens owner Matt Gault, and learn how he came up with the concept for the Simmons Bank Open floating guitar island green, the challenges they had making the green float, and how they were able to make it playable and receptive to shots.

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 […]