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Luxury Living Ideas
OPEN FLOOR PLANS
A Luxurious home is not just well appointed, it is one where the amenities allow you to feel spoiled. Pools, saunas, in-home gyms, backyard tennis courts, game rooms, and wine cellars are a few things that come to mind.
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An open floor plan is one of the most sought-after criteria when deciding on a new home purchase or a new renovation idea. An open and airy floor plan allows the homeowner to elaborate on their design aesthetic and showcase the home’s individual, luxurious features, like a grand entryway or a beautifully designed staircase.
OUTDOOR KITCHENS
If opulence and luxury are key, then a standard, fully-stocked kitchen is simply no longer enough. One may consider adding a cozy outdoor living area complete with outdoor kitchen, featuring built-in gas grills and refrigerated food and drink storage. Some other top amenities include expansive outdoor pools with water features such as waterfalls, hot tubs, changing cabanas, and saunas.
Exquisite wine storage is another amenity that most affluent homes contain. Private wine cellars built using materials such as glass and wood and are often thought to be works of art themselves. When considering one of these beauties, many factors come into play. One will want to consider the placement, temperature, humidity control, and of course bottle size accommodations.
LOCATION IS EVERYTHING
When it comes to luxury home ownership, nothing beats a great location. Everyone desires their own slice of blissful paradise. One of the most important aspects to consider are privacy features such as bushes, hedges, trees or walls. The right landscape design features provide a concealed oasis, where one can relax and wind down. Picture yourself in a secluded ranch or gated beachfront enclave!
Game rooms or entertainment rooms are an old idea, but still on top of the list of luxury living ideas. Some would argue a luxury home is not complete without an inhome theatre or game room. The boundaries continue to be expanded with extra amenities such as indoor basketball courts, lavish sports bar set-ups, exquisite billiard areas, additional televisions and beverage storage.
IN-HOME TECHNOLOGY
This newer trend has taken over the luxury market by storm, and these technological innovations have garnered the new term of “Smart Homes,” and along with it, smart devices. When it comes to technology, most luxury builders cater to this tech-trend and offer amenities to help with just about all facets of home management. Some things you can do at the touch of a button or smartphone are control indoor climate, window and door security, and lighting. Additionally, an integrated smart home provides the owner with remote access cameras and security systems.
DRESSING ROOMS
A dressing room is simply an extension of the master bedroom. This feature is commonly a top priority for the wealthy, as it functions as a place to both store and display lavish items such as purses, shoes, hats, and jewelry. There is an increasing demand among the jet-set crowd for larger and more lavish closet designs. Typical setups include cedar shelving, storage chests, ample lighting, and mirrors for cosmetics or modeling outfits.
LUXURY LIVING IDEAS
2020 LPGA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
* Schedule subject to change
14 DATES TOURNAMENT PURSE DEFENDING CHAMPION JAN 13 -19 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions presented by Insurance Offi ce of America $1,200,000 (Eun-Hee Ji) JAN 20 - 26 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio Boca Rio Golf Club, Boca Raton, Florida $2,000,000 (Inaugural Year) FEB 3 - 9 Vic Open 13th Beach Golf Links, Victoria, Australia 3227 $1,100,000 (Celine Boutier) FEB 10 - 16 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open Royal Adelaide Golf Club, Adelaide, South Australia $1,300,000 (Nelly Korda) FEB 17 - 23 Honda LPGA Thailand Siam CC - Old Course, Chonburi, Thailand 20150 $1,600,000 (Amy Yang) FEB 24 - MAR 1 HSBC Women’s World Championship Sentosa GC-New Tanjong Course, Singapore 099892 $1,500,000 (Sung Hyun Park) MAR 2 - 8 Blue Bay LPGA Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Club, People’s Republic of China $2,100,000 (Gaby Lopez 2018) MAR 16 - 22 Bank Of Hope Founders Cup Wildfi re GC, Phoenix AZ 85054 $1,500,000 (Jin Young Ko) MAR 23 - 29 Kia Classic Aviara GC, Carlsbad, CA 92009 $1,800,000 (Nasa Hataoka) MAR 30 - APR 5 ANA Inspiration Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 $3,100,000 (Jin Young Ko) APR 13 - 18 LOTTE Championship Ko Olina GC, Oahu, HI 96707 $2,000,000 (Brooke Henderson) APR 20 - 26 Hugel-Air Premia LA Open Wilshire CC, Los Angeles, CA 90004 $1,500,000 (Minjee Lee) APR 27 - MAY 3 LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship Lake Merced GC, Daly City, CA 94015 $1,800,000 (Sei Young Kim) MAY 11 - 17 Pelican Women’s Championship presented by DEX Imaging $1,750,000 (Inaugural Year) MAY 18 - 24 Pure Silk Championship Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, VA 23185 $1,300,000 (Bronte Law) MAY 25 - 31 ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer presented by Acer $1,750,000 (Lexi Thompson) JUN 1 - 7 U.S. Women’s Open Championship conducted by the USGA $5,500,000 (Jeonguen Lee6) JUN 8 - 14 Meijer LPGA Classic For Simply Give Blythefi eld CC, Grand Rapids, MI 49305 $2,300,000 (Brooke Henderson) JUN 15 - 21 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Pinnacle CC, Rogers, AR 72758 $2,000,000 (Sung Hyun Park) JUN 22 - 28 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Aronimink Golf Club, Pennsylvania $4,300,000 (Hannah Green) JUL 6 - 12 Marathon Classic Highland Meadows GC, Sylvania, OH 43560 $1,850,000 (Sei Young Kim) JUL 13 - 18 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational Midland CC, Midland, MI 48642 $2,300,000 (Cydney Clanton) (Jasmine Suwannapura) JUL 20 - 26 The Evian Championship Evian Resort GC, 74500 Evian-les-Bains, France $4,100,000 (Jin Young Ko) AUG 10 - 16 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland EH39 5HS $1,500,000 (Mi Jung Hur) AUG 17 - 23 AIG Women’s British Open Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland $4,500,000* (Hinako Shibuno) AUG 24-30 UL International Crown Centurion Club, St. Albans, England $1,600,000 (Team Korea) AUG 31 - SEP 6 CP Women’s Open Magna Golf Club, Ontario, Canada L4G 7C3 $2,350,000 (Jin Young Ko) SEP 7 - 13 Cambia Portland Classic Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, OR 97211 $1,300,000 (Hannah Green) SEP 28- OCT 4 Volunteers of America Classic Old American GC, The Colony, TX 75056 $1,400,000 (Cheyenne Knight) OCT 12 - 18 Buick LPGA Shanghai Shanghai Qizhong Garden GC, Minhang District, Shanghai, China $2,100,000 (Danielle Kang) OCT 19 - 25 BMW Ladies Championship LPGA International Busan, South Korea $2,000,000 (Inaugural Year) OCT 26 - NOV 1 Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship $2,200,000 (Nelly Korda) NOV 2 - 8 TOTO Japan Classic Seta Golf Course-North, Shiga, Japan $1,500,000 (Nasa Hataoka) NOV 16 - 22 CME Group Tour Championship Ritz Carlton Golf Resort-Tiburon GC, Naples, FL 34109 $5,000,000 (Lexi Thompson)
2020 PGA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
DATES TOURNAMENT DEFENDING CHAMPION JAN 2 - 5 Sentry Tournament of Champions Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, HI Xander Schauffele $1,300,000 JAN 9 - 12 Sony Open in Hawaii Waialae CC, Honolulu, HI Matt Kuchar $1,152,000 JAN 16 - 19 Desert Classic Stadium Course, La Quinta, CA Adam Long $1,062,000 JAN 23 - 26 Farmers Insurance Open Torrey Pines GC (South), San Diego, CA Justin Rose $1,278,000 JAN 30 - FEB 2 Waste Management Phoenix Open TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ Rickie Fowler $1,278,000 FEB 6 - 9 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Pebble Beach GL, Pebble Beach, CA Phil Mickelson $1,368,000 FEB 13 - 16 The Genesis Invitational Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, CA J.B. Holmes $1,332,000 FEB 20 - 23 Puerto Rico Open Coco Beach Golf & CC, Rio Grande, PUR Martin Trainer $540,000 FEB 20 - 23 World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship Club de Golf Chapultepec, Mexico City, MEX Dustin Johnson $1,745,000 FEB 27 - MAR 1 The Honda Classic PGA National (Champion), Palm Beach Gardens, FL Keith Mitchell $1,224,000 MAR 5 - 8 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, FL Francesco Molinari $1,638,000 MAR 12 - 15 THE PLAYERS Championship TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Rory McIlroy $2,250,000 MAR 19 - 22 Valspar Championship Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor, FL Paul Casey $1,206,000 MAR 26 - 29 Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship Corales Golf Club, Punta Cana, DOM Graeme McDowell $540,000 MAR 26 - 29 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play Austin Country Club, Austin, TX Kevin Kisner $1,745,000 APR 2 - 5 Valero Texas Open TPC San Antonio - AT&T Oaks, San Antonio, TX Corey Conners $1,350,000 APR 9 - 12 Masters Tournament Augusta National GC, Augusta, GA Tiger Woods $2,070,000 APR 16 - 19 RBC Heritage Harbour Town GL, Hilton Head, SC C.T. Pan $1,242,000 APR 23 - 26 Zurich Classic of New Orleans TPC Louisiana, Avondale, LA R. Palmer / J. Rahm $1,051,200 APR 30 - MAY 3 Wells Fargo Championship Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, NC Max Homa $1,422,000 MAY 7 - 10 AT&T Byron Nelson Trinity Forest Golf Club, Dallas, TX Sung Kang $1,422,000 MAY 14 - 17 PGA Championship TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, CA Brooks Koepka $1,980,000 MAY 21 - 24 Charles Schwab Challenge Colonial CC, Fort Worth, TX Kevin Na $1,314,000 MAY 28 - 31 Rocket Mortgage Classic Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, MI Nate Lashley $1,314,000 JUN 4 - 7 The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, OH Patrick Cantlay $1,638,000 JUN 11 - 14 RBC Canadian Open St. George’s G&CC, Toronto, ON, CAN Rory McIlroy $1,368,000
2020 PGA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
DATES TOURNAMENT DEFENDING CHAMPION JUN 18 - 21 U.S. Open Winged Foot GC, Mamaroneck, NY Gary Woodland $2,250,000 JUN 25 - 28 Travelers Championship TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT Chez Reavie $1,296,000 JUL 2 - 5 Barracuda Championship Montreux G&CC, Reno, NV Collin Morikawa $630,000 JUL 2 - 5 World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational TPC Southwind, Memphis, TN Brooks Koepka $1,745,000 JUL 9 - 12 John Deere Classic TPC Deere Run, Silvis, IL Dylan Frittelli $1,080,000 JUL 16 - 19 Barbasol Championship Keene Trace Golf Club, Nicholasville, KY Jim Herman $630,000 JUL 16 - 19 The Open Championship Royal St. George’s GC, Sandwich, Kent, ENG Shane Lowry $1,935,000 JUL 23 - 26 3M Open TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, MN Matthew Wolff $1,152,000 JUL 30 - AUG 2 Olympic Men’s Golf Competition Kasumigaseki Country Club, Saitama, JPN Justin Rose AUG 6 - 9 Wyndham Championship Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, NC J.T. Poston $1,116,000 AUG 13 - 16 THE NORTHERN TRUST TPC Boston, Norton, MA Patrick Reed $1,665,000 AUG 20 - 23 BMW Championship Olympia Fields CC (North), Olympia Fields, IL Justin Thomas $1,665,000 AUG 27 - 30 TOUR Championship East Lake GC, Atlanta, GA Rory McIlroy
2020 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Date Session Rod Laver Margaret Court Outside Courts Featured Matches Wed 1/15 10:00am Qualifying Thu 1/16 10:00am Qualifying Fri 1/17 10:00am Qualifying Sat 1/18 10:00am Qualifying Sun 1/19 no play Mon 1/20 Day 11:00am 11:00am 11:00am 1st singles round Night 7:00pm ––Tue 1/21 Day 11:00am 7:00pm 11:00am 11:00am 1st singles round Night ––Wed 1/22 Day 11:00am 7:00pm 11:00am 11:00am –2nd singles round Night –Thu 1/23 Day 11:00am 7:00pm 11:00am 11:00am 2nd singles round Night ––Fri 1/24 Day 11:00am 7:00pm 11:00am 7:30pm 11:00am 3rd singles round Night –Sat 1/25 Day 11:00am 7:00pm 11:00am 7:30pm 11:00am 3rd singles round Night –Sun 1/26 Day 11:00am 7:00pm 11:00am 11:00am 4th singles round Night ––Mon 1/27 Day 11:00am 7:30pm 11:00am 11:00am 4th singles round Night ––Tue 1/28 Day 11:00am 7:00pm no play 11:00am Quarterfinal Singles Night –Wed 1/29 Day 11:00am 7:30pm no play 11:00am Quarterfinal Singles Night –Thu 1/30 Day 11:00am 7:30pm no play 11:00am 2 x Women’s Singles Semifinal Night –1 x Men’s Singles Semifinal Fri 1/31 Twilight 3:00pm no play 3:00pm Women’s Doubles Final 7:30pm –1 x Men’s Singles Semifinal Sat 2/1 Twilight 1:00pm no play 1:00pm Men’s Doubles Final 7:30pm –Women’s Final Sun 2/1 Twilight 4:30pm 7:00pm no play no play Mixed Doubles Final Men’s Singles Final
2020 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
DATE PLAY START SESSION Mon May 25 11:00 AM Day-First Round Tue May 26 11:00 AM Day-First Round Wed May 27 11:00 AM Day-First Round Thu May 28 11:00 AM Day-Second Round Fri May 29 11:00 AM Day-Second Round Sat May 30 11:00 AM Day-Third Round Sun Jun 31 11:00 AM Day-Third Round Mon Jun 1 11:00 AM Day-Fourth Round Tue Jun 2 11:00 AM Day-Fourth Round Wed Jun 3 11:00 AM Day-Quarter Finals Thu Jun 4 12:00 PM Day-Quarter Finals Fri Jun 5 12:00 PM Day-Women’s Semi Finals Sat Jun 6 12:00 PM Day-Men’s Semi Finals Sun Jun 7 12:00 PM Day-Women’s Finals Mon Jun 8 12:00 PM Day -Men’s Finals
2020 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
DATE PLAY START OUTER COURTS PLAY START SHOW COURTS SESSION Mon Jun 29 12:00 PM 1:00 PM First Round Tues Jun 30 12:00 PM 1:00 PM First Round Wed Jul 1 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Second Round Thu Jul 2 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Second Round Fri Jul 3 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Third Round Sat Jul 4 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Third Round Sun Jul 5 ––No Play Mon Jul 6 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Round of 16 Tue Jul 7 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Womens Quarterfinals Wed Jul 8 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Mens Quarterfinals Thu Jul 9 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Womens Semifinals Fri Jul 10 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Mens Semifinals Sat Jul 11 12:00 PM 2:00 PM Womens Finals Sun Jul 12 12:00 PM 2:00 PM Mens Finals
2020 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
SESSION DATE SCHEDULE PLAY START MATCHES
Tue 25 Aug Day 11:00 AM Qualifying Tournament
Wed 26 Aug
Day 11:00 AM Qualifying Tournament
Thu 27 Aug Day 11:00 AM Qualifying Tournament
Fri 28 Aug Day 11:00 AM Qualifying Tournament
Sat 29 Aug Day 9:30 AM Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day
1
Mon 31 Aug Day 11:00 AM Men’s / Women’s R1
2
Mon 31 Sep Night 7:00 PM Men’s / Women’s R1
3
Tue 1 Sep Day 11:00 AM Men’s / Women’s R1
4 Tue 1 Sep Night 7:00 PM Men’s / Women’s R1
5 Wed 2 Sep Day 11:00 AM Men’s / Women’s R2
6
Wed 2 Sep Night 7:00 PM Men’s / Women’s R2
7 Thu 3 Sep Day 11:00 AM Men’s / Women’s R2
8 Thu 3 Sep Night 7:00 PM Men’s / Women’s R2
9
Fri 4 Sep Day 11:00 AM Men’s / Women’s R3
10
Fri 4 Sep Night 7:00 PM Men’s / Women’s R3
11
Sat 5 Sep Day 11:00 AM Men’s / Women’s R3
12
Sat 5 Sep Night 7:00 PM Men’s / Women’s R3
13
Sun 6 Sep Day 11:00 AM Men’s / Women’s Round of 16
14 Sun 6 Sep Night 7:00 PM Men’s / Women’s Round of 16
15 Mon 7 Sep Day 11:00 AM Men’s / Women’s Round of 16
16
Mon 7 Sep Night 7:00 PM Men’s / Women’s Round of 16
17 Tue 8 Sep Day 11:00 AM Men’s / Women’s Quarterfinals
18 Tue 8 Sep Night 7:00 PM Men’s / Women’s Quarterfinals
19
Wed 9 Sep Day 11:00 AM Men’s / Women’s Quarterfinals
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Wed 9 Sep Night 7:00 PM Men’s / Women’s Quarterfinals
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Thu 10 Sep Night 7:00 PM Women’s Semifinals
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Fri 11 Sep Day 12:00 PM Mixed Doubles Final / Men’s Semifinals