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The Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, located at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, is a AAA Five Diamond Award resort〔("5 Diamonds For 7 Years" ) The Spa, November 2008〕 and the first country club at Ponte Vedra. The 9th hole on the Ocean course has the distinction of having the first island green ever built.〔("Ponte Vedra Inn & Club" ) Golf.com, Course profiles〕 ==History== The National Lead Company, which mined rutile and ilmenite used in the production of titanium and zirconium, built a 9-hole golf course and 12-room clubhouse〔 constructed of logs for the use of their employees in the early 1920s. After World War I ended, demand for the minerals decreased, and the company decided to transform the beachfront property into a resort community. At the time, the mining operation was called Mineral City, which was unacceptable for marketing. The name was changed to Ponte Vedra in 1928, and the Inn & Club was founded.〔("History of Ponte Vedra Beach" ) Ponte Vedra Beach Chamber of Commerce〕 Stockton, Whatley, Davin & Co. was a developer of Ponte Vedra Beach in the early 1930s and owned the Ponte Vedra Club.〔Fitzroy, Maggie: ("When Ponte Vedra was just a rural beach" ) Florida Times-Union, May 31, 2007〕 The resort became a favorite of the wealthy and social elite. Guests returned year after year, as did subsequent generations. The 1937 clubhouse stands behind the lobby building and is still in use.〔("Ponte Vedra Inn & Club" ) Expedia website, Hotels〕 In the early 1980s, Gate Petroleum purchased the Florida real estate holdings of Stockton, Whatley, Davin & Co., which was then owned by Phillips Petroleum Company for $60 million. The purchase contained more than of land in northeast Florida including the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club. Gate raised the standards at the resort, and the property was awarded the AAA five-diamond designation in 2002 and every year since. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ponte Vedra Inn and Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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