Before building his own club, real estate developer Frank T. Suryan Jr. belonged to Gozzer Ranch, a private club on Lake Coeur d’Alene in Idaho that has spent nearly two decades as an emblem of exclusivity on the Northwest golf scene. Gozzer has a waitlist. Gozzer restricts access to a few hundred members and their guests.
But even Gozzer was too crowded for Suryan’s taste.
So in 2021, he bought a defunct golf course down the road, along with the 1,000 acres surrounding it, hired Tom Weiskopf to reimagine it and created CDA National Reserve (the “CDA” stands for Coeur d’Alene), a club with an even quieter tee sheet.
And an unusual amenity list.
Many private clubs add wellness programs. CDA National Reserve added a longevity clinic.
A short boat ride from the club’s private beach sits Clinic 5C, a wellness facility offering hyperbaric oxygen therapy, IV infusions, stem-cell banking and infrared sauna. Those services are bundled into a longevity package, available only to CDA National members, that also comes with quarterly checkups, customized health plans, an Oura ring to track biometric data and discounted access to stem-cell therapy and regenerative treatments.
Among the upsides of a prolonged life: extra time to enjoy the club’s many other perks.
Those include the Outpost, a health and recreation center with a pool, sauna, cold tub, pickleball and tennis courts, mountain bikes and a dog park; and the Lakehouse, a lakeside retreat with a private marina, wakeboarding, fishing boats and a dedicated boat concierge, a job that almost sounds made up but isn’t. There’s also a hunt club, and an explorers club (for kids), with a rotating roster of activities like archery, paddle boarding and an overnight “survival” camp led by a former Navy SEAL. And because no kids’ club would be complete without it, there’s s’mores-making, too.
Wellness offerings include cold plunges and red-light therapy.
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Stitched through the property’s 1,000 unspoiled acres are areas for clay shooting, axe throwing and archery, as well as well as miles of trails for hiking, mountain biking and e-biking.
Did we mention that there’s also A-list golf?
Weiskopf’s routing seizes on the sylvan beauty of its surrounds. The front nine winds through Coeur d’Alene forest, with wide fairways that still put a premium on placement and expansive greens with smaller target sections for those who want to be aggressive and generous bailouts for those who don’t.
The back nine opens up into sweeping views of the surrounding nature reserve, building toward a genuinely strong closing stretch. The par-5 14th asks players to decide, on the second shot, whether a slender green guarded right and long is worth the risk, with the lake sitting behind it as both scenery and distraction. The par-3 15th is the standout: a perched tee box with one of the best views in Coeur d’Alene, a massive green below with a second green off to the side for pin variety, and a taco stand at the tee for golfers who want a snack with their view. The course closes with a short, devilish 18th, where a front-left bunker and a back-to-front sloped green keep bogey in play even for players who find the putting surface.
The clubhouse follows the same restrained logic as the rest of the property: a farm-to-table restaurant, a well-stocked wine collection in the locker room lounge, and a patio overlooking the course and lake that’s worth lingering on past sunset.
Homesites at CDA National Reserve start at $535,000, with members able to build through one of the club’s preferred builders or choose from a small number of custom homes priced from the low $2 millions. Some members stay for a couple of weeks a year; others post up for the whole summer, taking advantage of the longer days at a club where it isn’t hard to fill the hours.
As for filling the tee sheet, the club isn’t interested in that.