About 40% of members at Frenchman’s Creek Beach & Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., don’t golf but most members use the club’s sprawling new fitness center. “If I say I need $100,000 for equipment, they listen,” she says of Boulder Country Club. “I’ve seen people say, ‘This place was founded as a golf club. Photo: The Club at IbisThe club was previously called Ibis Golf and Country Club but removed the word “Golf” from its name amid a massive renovation in 2014 that included expanded fitness and spa facilities. Stonebriar Country Club in Frisco, Texas, quadrupled the size of its fitness center to about 3,000 square feet in 2013.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 04, 2017 12:00 UTC