Coeur d'Alene Resort

The "North Shore Resort" opened {{Time ago|1965}} in 1965 and completed its seven-story tower in 1973;{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bKhYAAAAIBAJ&pg=5779,4037222|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=(Washington)|agency=(photo)|title=June target|date=March 28, 1973|page=5}} it was acquired by Hagadone Hospitality in June 1983 in a takeover of {{nowrap|Western Frontiers, Inc.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4u0vAAAAIBAJ&pg=5082,7153998|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Clark|first=Doug|title=Templin files suit to stop takeover bid|date=May 28, 1983|page=2}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KqQwAAAAIBAJ&pg=5327,2077567|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Ledford|first=David|title=Turf war ends with Hagadone the winner|date=June 5, 1983|page=A20}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NWRWAAAAIBAJ&pg=3985,437421|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Resort renovation|last=Rosdahl|first=Nils|date=January 12, 2000|page=A8}}}} Duane Hagadone soon announced plans for resort {{nowrap|expansion,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FQ5XAAAAIBAJ&pg=2705%2C9588366 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|title= Hadadone: Great days ahead for Lake City |last=Newman |first=David|date=May 31, 1984 |page=Aa}}}} and the North Shore closed on New Year's Day in 1986 for several months; it reopened in the spring with a new name: {{nowrap|"The Coeur d'Alene:}} {{nowrap|A Resort on the Lake."{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A8VYAAAAIBAJ&pg=5482%2C9614394|newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Kramer |first=Jeff |title=North Shore to close for remodeling |date=May 15, 1985|page=A8}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_HQzAAAAIBAJ&pg=6822,37020|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Resort closes – temporarily |date=January 1, 1986|page=A7}}}} The new 18-story addition, known as the Lake Tower, was built by Hagadone and Jerry Jaeger and opened {{Time ago|1986}} {{nowrap|in May 1986.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xKopAAAAIBAJ&pg=3879%2C1501012 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Ripley |first=Richard |title=Hagadone gambles $60 million that lots of 'sizzle won't fizzle |date=May 3, 1986 |page=B1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xaopAAAAIBAJ&pg=3475%2C3061587 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Newman |first=David |title=20,000 stand in line to tour The Coeur d'Alene resort |date=May 5, 1986 |page=B6}}}} Designed by architect R.G. Nelson, the hotel features a {{convert|3/4|mi|km|spell=in|adj=pre|of a}} floating boardwalk around the marina.

The golf course is about a mile east (1.6 km) of the resort and was originally the site of the Rutledge {{nowrap|sawmill,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ayNZAAAAIBAJ&pg=7126%2C814176 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Bond |first=David |title=Sawmill cleanup studied |date=September 17, 1987 |page=A6 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=80JYAAAAIBAJ&pg=2671%2C1336876 |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle |location=(Washington)|title=Hagadone buying up more land on Lake Coeur d'Alene |last=Oliveria |first=D.F. |date=May 25, 1988 |page=A3 }}}} which operated from {{nowrap|1916 to 1987,}} closing on {{nowrap|October 31.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=81xYAAAAIBAJ&pg=3647,756728|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|location=(Washington)|title=Potlatch will close Coeur d'Alene mill|last=Bond|first=David|date=January 21, 1987|page=A3}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lG5fAAAAIBAJ&pg=5763,114181|newspaper=Lewiston Sunday Tribune|location=(Idaho)|agency=Associated Press|title=Historic Rutledge Mill saws its final log|date=November 1, 1987|page=6B}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qVpWAAAAIBAJ&pg=1971%2C9450751 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Last log sawn at Rutlege mill in wee hours of morning|last=Bond|first=David|date=October 31, 1987|page=A6}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FL5YAAAAIBAJ&pg=3654%2C184278 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Trevison |first=Catherine |title=Rutledge auction wasn't run-of-the-mill |date=December 16, 1987 |page=B1}}}} The Hagadone Corporation bought the property from Potlatch Corporation in March 1988 via {{nowrap|a three-way}} {{nowrap|land swap,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TKgpAAAAIBAJ&pg=5969,1985844|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Rutledge mill site sold, Potlatch official says|date=March 3, 1988|page=B2}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o1lWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6632,8214179|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Jones|first=Grayden|title=Hagadone swapped land for resort site|date=April 12, 1989|page=A6}}}} and its buildings were allowed to be burned in June; local fire departments used it as a {{nowrap|training exercise.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1r5YAAAAIBAJ&pg=6777,5665557|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Bender|first=David|title=Firefighters will get practice when mill is set ablaze in June|date=May 25, 1988|page=A9}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rb5YAAAAIBAJ&pg=5034%2C4745147|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Judge says its OK to burn buildings at Potlatch mill|last=Goffredo|first=Theresa|date=June 8, 1988|page=A1}}}}

The golf course and the floating green were developed, and the course opened for play {{Time ago|1991}} in 1991.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rNRYAAAAIBAJ&pg=4278%2C3877582|newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=staff and wire reports |title=April opening set for golf course |date=August 15, 1990 |page=B2 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oUZTAAAAIBAJ&pg=4618%2C3017892 |newspaper=Bend Bulletin |location=(Oregon)|agency=Associated Press |title=Floating green confronts players on Idaho course |date=June 13, 1991|page=E-8}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JVtWAAAAIBAJ&pg=3721%2C6106093 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Tee-off pier proposed for floating green |date=September 20, 1991 |page=B1 }} {{nowrap|Its construction}} required environmental clean-up of the debris left from the {{nowrap|lumber industry,}} and had stalled in August 1988.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0UJYAAAAIBAJ&pg=7029%2C422923|title=Skeptics question Hagadone's motives|last1=Oliveria|first1=D.F.|last2=Bender|first2=David|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|location=(Washington)|date=August 3, 1988|page=C5}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4VtWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6336%2C7455264 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Oliveria |first=D.F. |title=Board gets Hagadone proposals |date=December 10, 1988 |page=A8 }} With environmental concerns allayed, the project was well received in January and course construction began in 1989.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ElxWAAAAIBAJ&pg=3077%2C5707781 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Taggart |first=Cynthia |title=Region hails 'Northwest playground' plan |date=January 27, 1989 |page=A1}}

The seven-story Park Tower (1973), completed a renovation {{nowrap|in 2000,}} as did the signature Lake Tower (1986) {{nowrap|in 2006.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b2ZWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2012%2C1532129|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Bergum|first=Steve|title=Loop courses maturing nicely|date=June 3, 2006|page=3-golf}}}}

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The resort's golf course is best known for its floating green on the 14th hole,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jk4pAAAAIBAJ&pg=7218,605355|newspaper=Deseret News|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|title=Floating golf green anchors in Coeur d'Alene|agency=Associated Press|date=September 2, 1990|page=B9}} and location on the north shore {{nowrap|of the lake.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y4ROAAAAIBAJ&pg=6935%2C1908626 |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle |location=Washington |last=Bond |first=David |title=Hearing set on floating green |date=September 24, 1987 |page=A4}}[http://www.visitidaho.org/golf/courses/coeur-d-alene.aspx Coeur d'Alene], Official Idaho Vacation and Travel Planning Guide, Accessed January 27, 2009.}} {{nowrap|The 2,300-ton}} floating green was installed in September 1990 and unveiled by Hagadone and Governor Cecil Andrus shortly {{nowrap|after;{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Rv0tAAAAIBAJ&pg=4677%2C144271 |newspaper=Idahonian |location=Moscow |title=Hagadone: Floating green won't harm lake |date=October 2, 1990 |page=3A}}}} the course opened the {{nowrap|following spring.}} "Putter" is the vessel that shuttles players to and from {{nowrap|the green.}}

Phoenix-based designer Scott Miller planned the course to feel like a park, and it has since been ranked among the best resort golf courses in the United States by Golf Digest, Golf Magazine and others.{{cite news |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/story/idaho-best-in-state-rankings |magazine=Golf Digest |title=The Best Golf Courses in Idaho |date=August 24, 2015 |accessdate=July 10, 2016}} The course was featured in the video game Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005; its average elevation is approximately {{convert|2200|ft|round=5}} above sea level.

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• {{official website|http://www.cdaresort.com}}
• [http://www.cdaresort.com/golf The Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7amdWpYSIk YouTube] – The Coeur d'Alene & The Floating Green – Golf Channel (2010)
• [http://www.golfcoursegurus.com/reviews/cdaresort.php Golf Course Gurus] – Coeur d'Alene Resort

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