A Virginia businessman has purchased Magnolia Point and says “it’s no longer going to be the ‘best-kept secret’ around here.”
Joe Wyzkoski, who owned two courses in a Washington, D.C. suburb, has already moved in at the Green Cove Springs development and has converted the private club to semi-private.
He’s changed staff, too, hiring Travis Wilson from Sawgrass as the head professional and replacing people in other key positions.
“I wanted a Florida course and got the lead through a broker,” said Wyzkoski. “I couldn’t believe the opportunity here.”
He bought the course from a group of international investors who have owned it since about 1990.
Magnolia Point opened in 1987 and is a Mark McCumber design. It has been private until now, but has hosted numerous city and USGA competitions.
The third nine recently opened and the course is now configured into three nines: the White is what used to be the front nine, the Blue is the old back nine and the Red is the new nine, also a McCumber design.
Wilson said the public can make tee times any day and that rates would be competitive in the marketplace.
The course is separate from the Magnolia Point development. Approximately half the 980 homesites have been sold.