Originally, Upstate developer Jim Anthony didn’t plan to include a golf course in his Cliffs at Keowee Springs luxury real estate community in Pickens County.
We all know that there are plenty of great golf courses around here. Now there’s a fancy golf school coming to upstate South Carolina nearby. The Greenville newspaper has the story:
Now he’s not only got an 18-hole golf course ready to open at the development along the shores of Lake Kewoee, he’s also planning a golf academy there.
Anthony’s company, The Cliffs Communities Inc., said Thursday the International Institute of Golf would open this summer under the leadership of Steve Bann and Dale Lynch, well-known golf trainers from Australia with a client roster of top professionals.
An amenity for residents and guests of Anthony’s eight Cliffs communities in the Upstate and western North Carolina, the golf academy will include the latest computer, video and motion-analysis technology, Cliffs Communities said in a news release.
It will also have an outdoor driving range with a short game practice green and an indoor practice area with hitting bays, putting studio and movement room, the real estate development company said.
Bann and Lynch have coached Professional Golf Association tour professionals Geoff Ogilvy, Stuart Appleby, K.J. Choi, Aaron Baddeley, Robert Allenby and Richard Green throughout their careers, The Cliffs Communities said.