In Massachusetts, Acton’s Board of Health and the Quail Ridge Country Club have reached a settlement in a civil lawsuit brought by the town over water extraction permit violations by the club four years ago. Quail Ridge agreed to pay $20,000 in penalties for pumping nearly double the amount allowed in its permit to water…
Nashawtuc Champions Tour Event Nixed
The Champions Tour’s longest-running 54-hole tournament, the Bank of America Championship at Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord, Mass., is likely out of business next year for lack of the $3 million title sponsorship needed to maintain it. According to an article in the Boston Herald, Bank of America dropped sponsorship of the 28-year-old event last…
Crane’s Landing GC Earns Audubon Certification
Crane’s Landing Golf Club, in Lincolnshire, Ill., is the latest property to achieve certification through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses. This marks the 15th Marriott Golf managed property to achieve Audubon Certification, as part of the Company’s green initiatives. As part of the property’s efforts to become Audubon Certified, Crane’s Landing Golf…
Starmount Forest CC Debuts New Fitness Center
Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. has opened its brand new indoor fitness and tennis center. The club has invested about $2 million to replace four of its eight outdoor tennis courts with an indoor tennis facility and modern fitness center says an article in The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area. Starmount…
Pete Dye is Among 6 to Enter Golf Hall of Fame
After more than seven decades in golf, including 50 years designing some of the sport’s most memorable and challenging courses, the 82-year-old Pete Dye was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He joins fellow architects Donald Ross, Robert Trent Jones Sr., Alister MacKenzie and Charles Blair MacDonald in the Hall of Fame in…
PGA Tour Unveils 2009 Schedule
The US PGA Tour unveiled its 2009 schedule and despite tough economic times the circuit features 25 tournaments offering at least six million dollars in prize money. From its headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., the US tour said in an article in the AFP that its policy board had approved the schedule through the…
Pinehurst Golf Resort Brings Back “The 252” Package
Pinehurst Golf Resort in North Carolina has decided to bring back “the 252,” a one-night, bed-and-breakfast package that includes a round on the famous No. 2 course, starting at $252 per golfer, based on double occupancy at the Manor or Holly inns says an article in the Golf Vacation Insider. The package also offers guests…
PGA Names Jim Remy as New President
Jim Remy, PGA, the Vice President and General Manager of the Okemo Golf Division at the Okemo Valley Golf Club in Ludlow, Vt., has been named the new President of The PGA of America. A PGA member since 1984, Remy is the first first New England PGA Section member to ever ascend to the office…
PGA Names Four New Members to Board of Directors
Four new members of The PGA of America’s Board of Directors were sworn in at the Association’s 92nd Annual Meeting in early November at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Ariz. Michael Doctor of Camillus, N.Y., Ron Dunham of Jackson, Wyo., Bruce Patterson of Clarendon Hills, Ill., and Jeff Smith of…
Esoda, Hamilton, Miller Recognized by GCSAA
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) members Mark Esoda, the late George Hamilton, Ph.D., and Monroe Miller have been selected as recipients of the 2009 Colonel John Morley Distinguished Service Awards. They will be acknowledged at the Opening Session of the 2009 GCSAA Education Conference on February 5, which will be held in conjunction…
Female Caddie Service Available at Royal Links GC
The Royal Links Golf Club in Las Vegas is now offering golfers the option of engaging the services of a female golf personal assistant and hostess. Royal Links already offers the option of hiring professional forecaddies and walking caddies and now, for golfers who want to be pampered with concierge-type service during their round, Walters…
City of Topeka May Expand Deal with Billy Casper Golf
The City of Topeka, Kan., has entered into negotiations with a professional golf management and operations company, Billy Casper Golf, to operate all aspects of the city’s public golf course, Cypress Ridge. “We believe a contract with Billy Casper Golf for the management of Cypress Ridge Golf Course will be in the long-term best interests…
Riviera Resort & Spa Reopens
Following an extensive $70 million modernization, Riviera Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, Calif. has reopened. Spearheaded by Noble House Hotels & Resorts, San Diego-based Rossi Architecture and Chicago-based Delarosa Studio, the design team reinvented the property’s classic mid-century style. The restored resort, originally opening in 1958 and holding 475 rooms, now features 406 revamped…
W.Va. Resort will Consider Gambling after Ballot
Voters in Greenbrier County, W. Va. have approved gambling at a luxury resort, but now the house is holding all the cards says an article in the Associated Press. The Greenbrier announced that it will hire a consultant to evaluate the prospect of casino-style gambling at the resort, which has entertained kings and presidents and…
Wood Wind Golf Club Upgrades Wait on Economy
Plans for upgrades at Wood Wind Golf Club in Westfield, Ind. are in the works but changes will not begin until the housing slump improves. “It’s probably fair to say that we’re going to make substantial changes,” said Wood Wind’s new general manager, Doc O’Neal to the Indy Star Reporter. “Ultimately, what we’d like to…