The decision by Arnold Palmer Golf Management makes Moorland the twelfth course in the Myrtle Beach, S.C. “Grand Strand” region to close this year to repair winterkill damage. The course will reopen in September with new Champion ultradwarf Bermuda grass greens, which is on the Legends Resorts’ Heathland Course and helped that course make it…
Sale of Legendary Run GC Completed
Golf Legendary Run Ohio LLC has purchased the public golf club, located in the greater Cincinnati area. The property will now be part of the Advance Golf Partners portfolio. While terms of the sale were not disclosed, the 196-acre golf course and the business were listed for $2.4 million. Legendary Run Golf Course, a 196-acre…
Golf Club at Mansion Ridge Marks 20 Years
The Monroe, N.Y., facility features an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Design course that opened for play in 1999, and the club is marking the milestone with special commemorative logos. The club has also outfitted 76 of its golf cars with the “Shark Experience.” The Golf Club at Mansion Ridge in Monroe, N.Y. is commemorating the…
Beacon Hill CC Recognized for Preservation Efforts
The Atlantic Highlands, N.J. property’s efforts in environmental planning received recognition from the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program. The club has always focused on maintaining a golf course and property “that is environmentally friendly and harmonious with nature, but with this program we saw an opportunity to increase our standards even further,” said General Manager Alexander…
Bishops Bay CC Wraps Up $3M Clubhouse Renovation
The work was the final part of a three-phase member-engagement project at the Middleton, Wis. club. Changes from previous phases have already driven increases in food-and-beverage revenues, according to the club, while also boosting membership sales and member utilization. Bishops Bay Country Club in Middleton, Wis. has finished work on a $3 million renovation to…
Glenwild Golf Club and Spa Transitions to Member-Owned
The Park City, Utah club, with over 300 members, is now registered as a 501(c) 7 non-profit entity, after completing the conversion with the affiliate of DMB Associates, the developer of the property. The deal takes Glenwild “into the future as a privately owned, well-funded boutique golf club,” said the Board President for the member…
El Dorado (Ark.) G&CC Starts $2.5M Renovation
Buoyed by a 70 percent growth in membership over the past 18 months, 96 percent of voting members approved the plan for work on the main clubhouse, golf course, tennis courts and pool complex. The pool renovations are designed to create a “resort feel,” according to General Manager Justin Awtrey. The club is also rolling…
Hearings Held Over Grandview GC Incident
Pennsylvania’s Human Relations Commission conducted two days of public hearings regarding the April 21 incident in which five black women golfers were asked to leave the York, Pa. course amid claims that they were golfing too slowly. The incident garnered national attention after it received local coverage. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission held public hearings…
Salamander Spa Rebrands, Updates Three Facilities
The spas at Innisbrook Golf Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla., Henderson Beach Resort in Destin, Fla., and Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg, Va., will roll out four new core treatments in 2017, and each feature facility updates. Salamander is also developing a spa concept at two new hotel projects in New Orleans and Charleston, S.C.
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.
Residents Sue to Stop Redevelopment of Echo Farms G&CC
The neighborhood association of the Wilmington, N.C. property filed a court motion to stop the development plans of the Matrix Development group and to gain a permanent injunction to ensure continued operation of the golf course.
New Restaurant to Open in Spring at Interlochen (Mich.) GC
Bradley’s Pub will be the first and “biggest piece” of changes being made under the new ownership of PGA professional Brad Dean. “The Interlochen community needs another good restaurant, and there is already a really good golf course here,” says Dean.
Tug Valley CC Fights Back From Bacteria Crisis
The Sprigg, W. Va. property’s golf course faced an invisible foe earlier this year when its greens were contaminated by severe disease-pressure bacteria. The condition has been treated and Superintendent David McCoy says the greens should be back in top shape when spring arrives.
Alabama Golf Pros Learn to Help Wounded Warriors Through PGA Hope
A group of professionals from the state gathered at the Robert Trent Jones Trail at Highland Oaks in Dothan, Ala. to go through the training for the PGA of America’s national outreach program that uses golf as therapeutic rehabilitation for military veterans.
Magnolia Point CC Opens New Pub
The new dining venue at the semi-private club in Green Cove Springs, Fla., is the latest in a series of upgrades made under the ownership of Trevor and Deneen Rothfels, who purchased the facility in 2012.