Partner Overview: The Winchester Group

The Winchester Group, LLC is a multi-faceted firm with extensive experience in development management and oversight of club operations of exclusive high-end private golf courses communities and daily-fee golf courses.

These include such private courses as the Quarry at La Quinta, California, Estancia Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, Tradition Club in La Quinta, California, The Reserve in Indian Wells, California, Stock Farm in Hamilton, Montana, and The Bridges in Rancho Santa Fe, California. These also include daily fee golf courses such as those at Branson Creek in Branson, Missouri, Longbow in Mesa, Arizona, Maderas in Poway, California, Moreno Valley Ranch in Moreno Valley, California, and Oak Valley in Beaumont, California.

Winchester is dedicated to providing quality customer service to its clients and its projects. Experienced professionals work to create the best possible solutions to design, construction, and managerial challenges to the golf course, clubhouse, ancillary buildings and offsite utilities and roads.

Partner Overview: CLB Partners

CLB Partners, Ltd. is a real estate company specializing in the development of quality residential communities. The firm focuses on luxury new-construction product, emphasizing homes in unique upscale environments. Its current portfolio includes mid- to high-rise loft condominiums, an oceanside enclave, and brownstone-style townhomes.

Since its founding in 1997, CLB Partners’ residential communities have been built exclusively in Texas and California. Black Bull is the company’s first project in Montana. “We are so pleased to have the opportunity to partner with The Winchester Group in bringing luxury golf-course living to Bozeman,” states Will Cureton, founding partner of CLB. “They are the golf course experts, and we are proud to lend our residential expertise to the design and construction of the Club Homes. With its spectacular surroundings and wonderful amenities, I believe Black Bull will set the standard for the ultimate golf club lifestyle for years to come. Needless to say, we are approaching this project with great enthusiasm”!

Scott Rodgers, senior developer with CLB, also notes, “Working with Jerry Locati and his team has been a great experience. Having an architectural background myself, it is a privilege to have the opportunity to participate in planning a community which will be in perfect harmony with its unique setting”.

Partner Overview: Locati Architects

Black Bull Swim & Tennis Center Rendering by Locati Architects

Bozeman’s own Locati Architects has been chosen to guide Black Bull’s complex mix of landmark community buildings, first-rate golf facilities, and high-end club home residences.

Locati Architects is an award-winning firm that has gained a reputation for distinctive designs throughout the West. Their remarkable ability to combine simple natural materials with comfortable interior space and immaculate detailing has earned national recognition.

Principal Jerry Locati, along with his partners, staff architects, project managers, and interior designers, has assembled a team to give spirited, creative architectural solutions to the uniquely Montana golf experience that is Black Bull.

“Black Bull is unlike anything else in the Gallatin Valley,” says Jerry, “and we have the opportunity to create something truly special there. We’re going to be faithful to the agricultural history of the ranch, while bringing in other architectural elements to give Black Bull a distinctive look and feel.”

To learn more about Locati Architects, you can visit their website at LocatiArchitects.com.

To learn more about Black Bull please browse the website or give us a call at 406-556-5056.

Reknowned Artist To Produce Sculptures For Black Bull

Jim Dolan came to Bozeman over 35 years ago to attend Montana State University and earn a degree in agriculture education. His nationally recognized sculptures are a mainstay in the Gallatin Valley. He has contributed works such as the geese flying from the Gallatin Field airport ceiling or the large school of trout swimming along the hillside above the fish hatchery.

Black Bull has commissioned Jim Dolan to create a very special herd of cattle to graze along the edge of the stream at the entrance of the Black Bull property. A single bull and four cows will be installed early summer. The steel bovine sculptures will be slightly larger than life with the bull standing at 6 feet 2 inches at the shoulder and the cows at 5 feet.

Landscape architect, Yul Roe, had worked with Dolan on a previous project in the Palm Springs area. The two reconnected to create Black Bull’s herd.

According to Jim Dolan, “It’s been fun working with Yul and Mike and these guys. When you get to do a grouping like this project, its fun to see how they interact with each other and with people coming in and out of the development.”

We'll let you know when the sculptures are complete and installed.

Partner Overview: Black Bull

The purpose of partner overviews will be to spotlight individual partners that are part of the Black Bull team. Because we’re in the early stages of the project, we thought we should outline our vision for the Black Bull project and tell you why it is going to be such a special community and why these partners are excited to be involved.

Black Bull: A Montana Golf Community

Located near Bozeman in beautiful southwestern Montana, Black Bull will offer its residents and members world-class amenities including:

• Tom Weiskopf championship 18 hole golf course
• Luxurious Locati-designed clubhouse
• Full service salon, spa and health club
• Swim and Tennis Center
• Fully equipped golf practice facility

Combining Black Bull’s amenities with all of the activities that only southwestern Montana can offer make this golf community one of a kind. There is truly something for everyone. Fine dining, skiing, fishing and hunting, museums, art galleries, and more. And because Bozeman is a vibrant growing college community, that list continues to grow daily.

Come and visit us and see for yourself!