{"id":562,"date":"2010-10-27T11:39:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T16:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golfcoursebusiness.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2010-10-27T11:39:17","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T16:39:17","slug":"raveneaux-country-club-hires-new-general-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/real-estate\/562\/raveneaux-country-club-hires-new-general-manager","title":{"rendered":"Raveneaux Country Club Hires New General Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/10\/Hole-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-563\" title=\"Hole 9\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/10\/Hole-9-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Spring, Tex. \u2013 Sage Golf Group Worldwide recently appointed Chris Freeman as the new General Manager at Raveneaux Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0For more than 30 years, Raveneaux Country Club has meant a level of luxury and is regarded as one of the premier private country clubs in Texas.\u00a0 In addition to world-class golf, the club is known for its family-oriented atmosphere, which offers many recreational and social amenities.\u00a0 Raveneaux has grown to become the natural retreat for members and guests looking for an escape from the rigors of the world.\u00a0 Designed by Robert Von Hagge in 1979, the Old Course at Raveneaux has proven to be a challenge for all players.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Within the 60,000 square foot clubhouse that sits among natural woodlands, Raveneaux offers a variety of venues for dining and entertaining.\u00a0 Members have multiple dining options including formal dining, mixed grill, locker room grills and exceptional banquet facilities.\u00a0 The club also offers full-service golf and tennis shops, 12 lighted outdoor tennis courts and a junior Olympic-sized swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In late 2009, the Club completed a $2 million renovation project on the clubhouse interior that has been well received by the membership.\u00a0 Raveneaux Country Club\u2019s owners, JP Partners, hired Sage Golf Group Worldwide for the club\u2019s management in June of this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Hiring Freeman is a critical move in the evolution of Raveneaux.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Freeman comes from the Country Club of Lansing in Lansing, Mich., where he served the past eight\u00a0 years as the club\u2019s chief operating officer\/general manager. Prior to his current role at the Country Club of Lansing, Chris served in the Head Golf Professional role at the club for 12 years.\u00a0 During that time, Chris was recognized in the Michigan Section as a private club Merchandiser of the Year winner and was also a former Western Michigan PGA Champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The Country Club of Lansing was founded in 1908 and is considered to be one of Michigan\u2019s premier private clubs.\u00a0 The club is known for immaculate golf course conditions, great service and superior cuisine.\u00a0 The Country Club of Lansing has 600 members and an in-season staff of 120.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Freeman is a graduate of the University of Florida and has been in the club industry for 30 years.\u00a0 He is an active member of both the Club Manager\u2019s Association of America and the PGA of America.\u00a0 At the Country Club of Lansing, Freeman successfully managed a $2 million dollar a year food and beverage operation.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Sage Golf Group Worldwide was formed by a group of the golf industry\u2019s leading operators who, for 25 years, were responsible for developing, operating and building the brand of the PGA TOUR\u2019s Tournament Players Club Network.\u00a0 Sage Golf Group is led by president\/CEO Pete Davison.<a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/10\/Grand-Ballroom.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-564\" title=\"Grand Ballroom\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/10\/Grand-Ballroom-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring, Tex. \u2013 Sage Golf Group Worldwide recently appointed Chris Freeman as the new General Manager at Raveneaux Country Club&#8230;.  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/real-estate\/562\/raveneaux-country-club-hires-new-general-manager\" title=\"ReadRaveneaux Country Club Hires New General Manager\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,170,215,17],"tags":[3805,503,1272,3801,3802,3803,3804],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate","category-luxury-living","category-private-clubs","category-courses-and-travel","tag-robert-von-hagge","tag-pga-of-america","tag-private-club","tag-sage-golf-group","tag-raveneaux-country-club","tag-country-club-of-lansing","tag-club-managers-association-of-america"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/10\/Hole-9.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":566,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions\/566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}