PORT St. LUCIE, Fla.— Kolter Homes, a leader in developing next-generation, highly amenitized, master-planned communities across the Southeast, recently hosted its fourth annual Cresswind Kolter Cup at PGA Village Verano in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The annual pickleball tournament welcomed more than 250 players representing eight Cresswind and Kolter communities across Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. Throughout the tournament, players competed in 588 matches across multiple skill divisions.
Played in a doubles team format, the tournament awards points for each match win across several divisions, with the community earning the highest overall point total crowned the Cresswind Kolter Cup champion. This year, PGA Village Verano White claimed the overall title, followed by Cresswind Georgia at Twin Lakes in second place and Cresswind Palm Beach in third.
“The Cresswind Kolter Cup continues to showcase the strong sense of connection and active lifestyle that bring residents together across our communities,” said Josh Hoot, regional vice president at Kolter Homes. “Each year, the tournament continues to grow through increased participation, spirited competition and meaningful connections among residents from across the Southeast.”
Division winners included:
- Women’s Doubles 2.5/3.0 – PGA Village Verano’s White team
- Women’s Doubles 3.5/4.0 – PGA Village Verano’s White team
- Men’s Doubles 2.5/3.0 – PGA Village Verano’s White team
- Men’s Doubles 3.5/4.0 – Cresswind Georgia at Twin Lakes
- Mixed Doubles 2.5/3.0 – PGA Village Verano’s White team
- Mixed Doubles 3.5/4.0 – Cresswind Lakewood Ranch
The tournament concluded with an awards banquet inside the clubhouse at PGA Village Verano, where players and residents gathered to celebrate the competition and recognize division and overall winners. The event was powered by Sunset and Dinks Pickleball, whose leadership and organization brought the tournament to life from start to finish.
Residents at PGA Village Verano enjoy a resort-inspired lifestyle centered around Club Talavera, the community’s expansive clubhouse and social hub. Amenities include South Florida’s largest private pickleball center with 27 courts, an indoor pool with lap lanes and spa, a resort-style outdoor pool with cabanas and sundeck, tennis, bocce and basketball courts, as well as a SmartFIT Training Center.
Club Talavera also features billiards and card rooms, a lounge, library, arts and crafts studio, demonstration kitchen and ballroom. A full-time lifestyle director curates a robust calendar of clubs, activities and events. At the same time, the affiliation with the PGA Golf Club provides golf cart access and special privileges at the neighboring golf destination.
Homes at PGA Village Verano feature low-maintenance, open-concept floor plans designed for vibrant, social living. Homebuyers can choose from a variety of thoughtfully designed move-in-ready homes featuring flexible living spaces, designer finishes and seamless indoor-outdoor living, priced from the mid-$400,000s.
The Kolter Group LLC, is a private investment firm focused on real estate development and investment, based in Delray Beach, Florida. Led by CEO Robert “Bobby” Julien, the Kolter Group LLC (together with its affiliates, “Kolter”) includes four residential development business units. Kolter has sponsored over $26 billion of realized and in-process real estate projects throughout the southeastern United States (including Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee).
- Kolter has completed 84 residential projects, delivering over 23,000 units.
- Kolter has current investment in 80 residential projects expected to deliver a total of over 56,000 units.
Kolter Homes LLC, together with its affiliates (together with its affiliates, “Kolter Homes”), is focused on the development, construction, and sale of 500-1,500 for-sale single-family units, often as Cresswind branded, age-restricted, amenity-rich master-planned communities, with additional focus on smaller traditional and age-targeted add-on communities of 100-500 homes. Kolter Homes has sponsored over $12.9 billion of realized and in-process real estate projects throughout the southeastern United States.
- Kolter Homes has completed 17 projects, delivering over 7,000 residences.
- Kolter Homes has current investment in 26 projects expected to deliver a total of over 19,000 residences.
