New club owners won’t mess with success
SUN FILE PHOTO BY CHRIS SAVAGE
Erik Barnes of Sarasota tees off at the first hole Sunday at Riverwood Golf Club during the 2012 Charlotte County Open. Riverwood was sold in February to a group headed by Coral Hospitality executive Chris Schaeffer.
PORT CHARLOTTE — When you buy a top-rated golf course for $1.7 million, the first step in ownership is usually not to tinker with it too much. That is the path that Chris Schaeffer’s ownership group has chosen for Riverwood Golf Club.
The group — dubbed CH3-Riverwood Golf Club, LLC, for purposes of legal documents — finalized a deal to purchase the golf club from Pulte Homes on Feb. 19. Schaeffer declined to confirm the purchase price, but it is listed as sold for $1.7 million by the Charlotte County Property Appraiser’s office.
