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A return to glory: PGA National's new owners are pumping millions into the Palm Beach...

By Pacenti, John
Publication: South Florida CEO
Date: Tuesday, May 1 2007

In its storied history, the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens has hosted more golf championship tournaments than any other golf destination in the nation. But in recent years, it had found major PGA events hard to come by.

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Then last August, Chicago-based Walton Street Capital LLC brought some much-needed green into the property--buying the 2,348-acre resort and its five golf courses for less than $200 million. Now the new owners are plowing millions of dollars into revamping the resort and its golf courses. And the PGA to

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