Joe Cuneo
Country Club Community
The favorite part of the day for Boca Grove’s Golf Course Superintendent Joe Cuneo is when some people are sleeping.
“I love the early morning,” he says. “I love seeing the sunrise every day. I get to see the reward of what we do every day before people get there. It’s a special time. People don’t get to see that side of things.”
Boca Grove is a hidden gem in Boca Raton. It’s an intimate, luxurious, boutique-living lifestyle community with 444 homes and more than 300 kids. A multigenerational community, it’s family-focused and family-oriented.
The crown jewel is its Jim Fazio-designed, 18-hole championship golf course boasting no tee times.
“It has a great layout that makes it enjoyable for all,” says Cuneo of the course that was renovated in 2012.
Cuneo, who lives in Boynton Beach, handles everything from the gates into the property. “Anything growing, living and breathing, I oversee,” he says.
He has been at Boca Grove for 1½ years. Originally from New Jersey, he has been working at golf courses since he was raking bunkers at 12 years old. He went to Penn State and entered the field immediately. He’s worked at clubs in northern California, Hawaii and Arizona.
Cuneo raves about Boca Grove. “It’s a lot of people from the Northeast, so it feels like home to me. I’ve never worked in a golf community like it.” He has nothing but positive words about the members. “It’s a small membership that is active and not as busy as other courses in the neighborhood.”
It offers many amenities that are usually reserved for larger luxury-living communities. You’ll also find an imported Italian red clay stadium court, 12 Har Tru tennis courts, five pickleball courts, a resort-style pool and a two-story sports and wellness center. Two padel courts are planned for this summer. Events for kids include camp, a kids’ center, a teen center, babysitting and a playground with an adjacent splash pad. Boca Grove was built in 1983 on a 330-acre Honeybell plantation. “Between its golf, location and proximity to the Florida Turnpike, it really is a hidden gem,” says Cuneo.
Boca Grove, 21351 Whitaker Drive, Boca Raton, 561-487-5300, bocagrove.org
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