If you've driven down Tamiami Trail in Osprey lately, I'm sure you've noticed the new dirt mounds which have sprung up in front of Toll Brothers high-end development, The Oaks Club, the grande dame of Sarasota country clubs. With new competition from the Founders Club, The Concession and the Ritz-Carlton Members Club, The Oaks, in April, began a $5.5 million Arthur Hills-architected renovation of its Eagle Course. The renovated course will feature new drainage work, new irrigation, reshaping and new grass. It will be one of the first courses featuring wall-to-wall Paspalum Supreme grass which is more salt-tolerable and cold tolerable. Completion of the renovation is scheduled for sometime in late 2006.
On the real estate front, there are currently 40 residences on the market in The Oaks with a high listing of $12 million and a low of $549,500.
