The arrangement brings together two major management companies at the central Wisconsin resort destination—Troon, which acquired Cliff Drysdale Tennis in July 2018, and KemperSports, which has managed Sand Valley since its inception. Sand Valley boasts 15 grass courts, making it one of fewer than 10 public grass-tennis facilities in the U.S.
Kapalua Golf Preps for Plantation Course Enhancement Project
The original Plantation Course design team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw will assist with the enhancement project, which will touch all areas of the course from tees, fairways, greens and bunkers. The course is expected to reopen in November.
Sand Valley: More Proof of a Winning Formula
The strategy— and fast start— behind the latest venture of the ownership/management group that put Bandon Dunes and other top properties on the destination resort map has a very familiar feel, along with many intriguing new ingredients. Recently, a report that highlighted the success realized by the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons, after the team…
Sand Valley to Host Inaugural Wisconsin State Par-3 Championship
The Nekoosa, Wis., resort will host the event on July 30th on the facility’s par-3 course, the Sandbox, which was designed by Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw and Jimmy Craig. A field of 78 male amateurs will make one circuit around the par-51 facility for the competition. The field filled up quickly after entries opened on…
Southern Hills CC Launches $19M Facility Renovation
The historic Tulsa, Okla., club will thoroughly renovate its Perry Maxwell-designed championship course as well as its practice facilities, including the creation of a new short-game area and a first-ever indoor teaching facility. The course will close on August 1, 2018 and reopen in June 2019. While Southern Hills has been promised its fifth PGA Championship (and eighth major) by 2030, the project is primarily designed to “keep us relevant as a premier country club for our members,” said General Manager Nick Sidorakis.
Dormie Club Joins Dormie Network After Purchase by Hainoa, LLC
With the purchase of the Pinehurst, N.C., property by the Nebraska-based golf investment company, it becomes the latest addition to the Dormie Network of destination golf clubs that also includes Briggs Ranch GC, Arbor Links and Ballyhack GC. Under the management of Landscapes Unlimited, LLC, golf course improvements are planned and a new full-service clubhouse, halfway house and on-site lodging accommodations, including cottages and executive suites, will now be built as the club returns to its original status as a private course.
Clear Creek Tahoe Mountain Community Under Construction
The Clear Creek, Nev., property consists of 1,600 acres and is the future site of 384 homes surrounding an 18-hole golf course built in 2000 by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw as part of a previous project that was put on hold after the Great Recession. The property will include a wellness and spa facility,…
Keiser Group Moves Forward with “Coul Links” Proposal for Scotland
A group headed by the Bandon Dunes developer is submitting a “thoroughly vetted planning document” to the Highland Council regarding the proposed development of the 18-hole course on the coast just north of Embo, Sutherland, Scotland. Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore have been retained to design the course, which would be located just 1.5 miles from Royal Dornach GC.
Streamsong Resort Opens Third Course
The Bowling Green, Fla., property opened Streamsong Black on September 25 to golf industry leaders and guests before welcoming public play on September 29. The Gil Hanse-designed layout plays to a par-73 with five par-5s. On September 25, Streamsong Resort in Bowling Green, Fla., debuted its third course, Streamsong Black, designed by Gil Hanse. Golf…
$4M Approved for Improvements to Airport Near New Sand Valley Golf Resort
Including the funding for Alexander Field in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., in the state budget led to criticism that developer Mike Keiser had gained favor through political donations. But the state representative for Sand Valley’s district denied the implication. “This isn’t just a Michael Keiser airport [or a] Sand Valley airport,” State Rep. Scott Krug said about facility improvements that he called long overdue.
Sand Valley Golf Resort Opens for Public Play
The much-anticipated Nekoosa, Wis., property has opened its doors, featuring a Coore and Crenshaw-designed golf course, understated lodge with a restaurant and bar, pro shop, and 17 guest rooms. Next year, the property will open the Mammoth Dunes golf course, designed by David McLay Kidd. One of the most anticipated golf courses of the year, Sand…
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Course Renovations Will Prepare Seminole GC for 2021 Walker Cup
As the storied Juno Beach, Fla. club completed the first stage of a three-year project that is bringing new bunkering and tee boxes to its Donald Ross-designed golf course, it got the good news that it will be the site of the prestigious amateur competition. It will be Seminole’s first USGA event and the first Walker Cup held in Florida.
Trinity Forest GC Adds Texas State Open as “Dry Run” Event
The new club in the Dallas area will host the tournament in August 2017 as a warmup for hosting the 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson championship on its Coore-Crenshaw course.
Compass Pointe Course Opens for Play
The Rick Robbins-designed course that is part of a community development in Leland, N.C., outside of Wilmington, is the first new-build course in North Carolina since the Dormie Club opened in 2010.