Black Diamond Ranch-Golf Community Florida
Signature Hole--Quarry #15 at Black Diamond Ranch, Lecanto Florida--Citrus County
Dan Jenkins called the 5 Black Diamond Ranch Quarry holes "the Best Consecutive 5 holes in all of golf!"
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BDR now offers a social membership for property owners---Enjoy the gated community and its clubhouse, restaurant, heated pool and Diamond Dunes course.
Panoramic views of the Black Diamond Ranch Quarry Holes---Dan Jenkins called them the best 5 consecutive holes in golf... www.baynews9.com/sky9.html
Black Diamond Ranch Quarry #13-Par 3 185 yards from Back Tees
Black Diamond Ranch...consistently voted the #1 Residential Golf Community in Florida
See separate link on this website for the Black Diamond History-
Mr. Olsen's dream...
And now he is retiring and Black Diamond is for sale!
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By Gerry Mulligan
When each of us walks through Citrus County, we leave footprints in the sand. When the tides roll in or the winds blow, those footprints begin to fade. But it will take a long time for the footprints of Stan Olsen to fade in our community. Olsen is the creator of the Black Diamond golf community. He also made Meadowcrest happen. He dreamed up the concept of Rock Crusher Canyon. And he played a key role in the early development of Citrus Hills. In last weekend’s Chronicle, Olsen announced that he is officially retiring. He is almost 82 years old and has earned the right to retire. But Citrus County will miss the influence that he has had. He earned his fortune as one of the founders of Digital Computers (DEC) along with his brother Ken. One of his jobs at Digital was to travel the world and find the right locations for the company’s manufacturing sites. So it wasn’t an accident that Olsen — along with Sam Tamposi and Jerry Nash — first set their eyes on the beautiful rolling hills of central Citrus County. Where most of us only saw watermelon fields and dirt roads, this trio of visionaries saw new communities. And not just any community — these guys set about to build large and elaborate communities with amenities that were beyond our previous experience. Later Olsen broke off on his own to build Black Diamond. Lots of folks might not remember, but the old rock mine that later became Black Diamond was at first a major eyesore in the central part of the county. As Beverly Hills was built just to the south and east of the mine, the blasting activities involved in removing the rock became a huge controversy to retirees who first moved here.
When the mine finally shut down, the residents of Beverly Hills cheered, but everyone wanted to know what would happen to the craters that now scarred the landscape. Stan Olsen had a vision about what could be done. Most folks, myself included, doubted that his vision would ever get legs. It just seemed too farfetched. He proved everyone wrong. He built the exclusive high-end golf-course community and won recognition from around the country. Many call it the best golf course in the state of Florida — and there are a lot of golf courses in Florida. Later, when he looked at the old GTE satellite site on Rock Crusher Road and announced he was going to build a concert venue, those who doubted him were a little hesitant to speak. This guy Olsen obviously knew how to make things happen that we regular people couldn’t quite visualize. It is a shame that part of the reason Stan Olsen has decided to take his retirement now is that he has been involved in a nasty lawsuit with some disaffected property owners in Black Diamond. At his age, he shouldn’t be wasting his energy or time on such things. Stan Olsen came to Citrus County and he made big things happen. He built communities, golf courses, restaurants and other recreational facilities that set a new standard of excellence. His footprints, and those of his wife, Betty, will remain in the sands of our community for many decades to come. Gerry Mulligan is publisher of the Chronicle. His e-mail address is gmulligan@chronicleonline.com.
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