Keswick ’ s latest comprehensive capital improvement plan has transformed nearly every aspect of this sumptuous reserve . Under the guiding hand of owners Molly and Robert Hardie have come revamped guest rooms , a detached renovated holistic spa , a top-rated Jean-Georges Marigold restaurant , expanded meeting accommodations

, revitalized event spaces and a new 8,000 + square foot multi-purpose pavilion . By June all renovations will be complete , according to club general manager Rob McNamara .

But wait , there ’ s more . There may be golf in the kingdom , but playing at Keswick is not far behind . Opened in 1949 as a nine-hole Fred Findlay layout , Keswick was enlarged to 18 holes in the 1950s before Arnold Palmer completed a redesign in 1992 . Twenty years later the course was ready for an upgrade and legendary architect Pete Dye was brought aboard . Dye spent unending dawn-to-dusk days managing every conceivable detail of the playable landscape . What emerged in the

The new-look 7th green at Keswick features intricate bunkering and Pete Dye touches .

fall of 2014 was a distinct Dye masterpiece — Full Cry — that played to 7,134 yards at the tournament tips .

However with Dye , the work is never done . In time Full Cry , like any hallowed golfing ground , needed some minor alterations . In 2022 Robert Hardie enlisted the aid of Dye disciple Scot Sherman who updated and introduced some of Dye ’ s more minimalist elements found at venues like Crooked Stick ( Carmel , Ind .) and The Golf Club ( New Albany , Ohio ).

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