The Delray Beach, Fla., property will introduce a new 6,000-sq. ft. lifestyle complex in early 2019 as part of an upgrade of its Esplanade. The facility will include an indoor/outdoor bistro restaurant, spa, fitness center, aquatics area, children’s area and tennis complex. Addison Reserve Country Club in Delray Beach, Fla., has begun a $25 million…
Friday Filmfest: Silvies Valley Ranch Adds Goat Caddies
The Seneca, Ore., property will feature four goat caddies beginning in July, led by Bruce LeGoat, a 4-year-old goat who’s had three years of training. The goats are available on the seven-hole McVeigh’s Gauntlet Course. This July, The Retreat & Links at Silvies Valley Ranch in Seneca, Ore., will feature four goat caddies “who really know…
City, Park District to Split Up Highland Park (Ill.) CC
The plan includes four separate agreements in which the park district will purchase the property to create a natural area and operate the Golf Learning Center, while the city will share use of the parking lot and use four acres of the property for a tree nursery. The Highland Park City Council and the Board of Park…
Billy Casper Golf Partners with Topgolf
Under the alliance, the golf operator will install Topgolf’s Toptracer Range platform, branded as Launchbox Golf, at select BCG facilities nationwide. The technology uses 21-inch monitors mounted in each hitting bay to display the shape of each shot, distance, ball speed, launch angle, height and more, all saved to a user’s profile. Billy Casper Golf…
The Forest CC Kicks Off $7.9M Renovation
The Fort Myers, Fla., property’s 40,000-sq. ft. clubhouse will feature a contemporary design throughout, with an upgraded bar and grille, expanded indoor and outdoor dining area, state-of-the-art kitchen, additional meeting rooms, fitness center, and aerobics studio. The Forest Country Club in Fort Myers, Fla., has announced groundbreaking on the $7.9 million clubhouse renovation and expansion…
Mizner CC Announces $22M Lifestyle Center
The Delray Beach, Fla., property’s two-story fitness facility will also feature activity centers for children and teens, card room, grab-and-go cafe, outdoor lounge areas, amphitheater, and a poolside complex with heated swimming pool. The 40,000-sq. ft. facility will be complete in summer 2019. Mizner Country Club in Delray Beach, Fla., hosted a groundbreaking ceremony May…
University of Oklahoma Opens Four-Hole Short Course
The Ransom Course at the Norman, Okla., property will officially open on May 11. The loop practice course features 15 bunkers and four different green styles—a Perry Maxwell green, an A.W. Tillinghast green featuring signature bunker styles, a pushed-up Donald Ross green and a Seth Raynor green. The Ransom Course, a four-hole loop practice course,…
Mooresville (N.C.) Bounces Back from Harsh Winter
Manager Luke Steimke revealed plans for the 18-hole public course to engage in repair processes designed to counter the damage from the prolonged winter, including using temporary greens, and sprigging on three of the current greens and practice areas, with reopening planned for July 1. The lingering after-effects of a prolonged and harsh winter season…
City Explores Selling Portion of Delta View GC to Developer
Despite a public poll that found that most residents favor keeping a golf course or creating a multi-sports recreation facility on the Pittsburg, Calif., site, city council members unanimously approved selling 75 to 100 acres of the 175-acre course to a developer. The golf course closed in February. City Council members directed staff to explore…
City Rejects Condo Project at Weston Hills CC
Developer Lon Tabatchnick has a contract to buy the Weston, Fla., property, contingent upon city approval of his planned development there. On May 8, city commissioners denied a proposed rezoning that would allow Tabatchnick to build a four-story, 199-unit condo on 10.7 acres of the 320-acre property. The Weston (Fla.) City Commission unanimously rejected a…
Arcis Golf Matches City’s Offer on Park Hill GC
The operator of the Denver, Colo., property wants to buy the course from owner Clayton Early Learning for around $21 million, the same terms announced last fall when the city expressed interest in purchasing the property. Arcis currently has a “right of first refusal” if the course is ever sold, but is locked in a…
Familiar Faces Take Over Territory GC
Dan Stang, who has served as the General Manager/Superintendent of the St. Cloud, Minn., property for 14 years, purchased the golf course with his wife Jess, who will cover bookkeeping duties. Coyote Moon Grill, the restaurant in the clubhouse, remains under separate ownership. Territory Golf Club in St. Cloud, Minn., is under new ownership, but it’s…
Tulsa, Okla., to Examine City Golf Operations
The city owns 36 holes at Page Belcher Golf Course, and 36 holes at Mohawk Golf Course, which have been operated by Billy Casper Golf since 2008. Mayor G.T. Bynum said the “courses cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars more than they were supposed to,” and is looking closely at the operations going forward.…
Brownwood, Texas Clubs Push for Legal Alcohol Sales
Brownwood Country Club and The Hideout Golf Club & Resort are working with the Brown County Committee for Better Business to allow county-wide alcoholic sales. Currently, Brownwood CC’s customers must purchase a membership to buy drinks and the staff has to drive to a retail store to buy alcohol. Two clubs are part of an…
Environmental Organization Opposes Bobby Jones GC Plan
The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is strongly opposing a plan by the Bobby Jones Golf Foundation to encroach within the stream buffers of Tanyard Creek and Peachtree Creek as part of the redevelopment of Bobby Jones Golf Course in Atlanta. The foundation is “carefully reviewing and considering Riverkeeper’s comments.” The environmental destruction surrounding the redevelopment of the…