C&RB News

(Photo by Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun) After being closed for three weeks in the spring, clubs are being proactive in showing how they are in a strong position to remain open to offer a healthy and safe outdoor activity, even as officials implement new restrictions that include a statewide curfew. “As we see this second…

Representatives of the Bedminster, N.J. club will appear before the township’s land-use Board to outline plans for five new cottages and expansion of an existing cottage, along with construction of a multi-purpose building with rooms for spa treatments, yoga, massages and a dry goods “general store,” and five pickleball courts next to existing paddle tennis…

The decision to close the ClubCorp property that was previously known as the Dayton Racquet Club and had a 49-year history in the Ohio city resulted from pandemic-imposed challenges that made its business model “no longer sustainable,” a representative of the management firm said. The club had been sued earlier this year by the owner…

The Menomonee Falls, Wis. club was put up for sale by Waukesha County in 2019 after it had been marked for closure because of nearly 20 years of annual losses. The sale for $1.525 million to the Storm Family Group, a longtime operator of Milwaukee-area clubs, ensures that the property with an 18-hole golf course…

The Florida club’s new clubhouse will be approximately 14,000 sq. ft. and include two banquet rooms, a private dining area, an indoor/outdoor bar, men and women’s locker rooms and a pro shop. The existing clubhouse will be kept and repurposed once the new clubhouse is complete.

The Yacht & Country Club in Stuart, Fla., Coldstream CC in Cincinnati, the Summit Club at Armonk (N.Y.), and The City of Charleston, S.C.’s Municipal Course have undertaken projects that include strategic tree removal and improving drainage, bunkers and cart paths.

Recent industry hires and promotions include a new General Manager at The Quechee Club in Hartford, Vt., a new Director of Agronomy at The Club at New Seabury in Mashpee, Mass., and a new Principal appointment for GSI Executive Search.

Tom Foutch, the new Club Manager of the Grand Island, Neb. club, strives to be part of the community. Because many outside organizations host events at the club—from parties to fundraisers—he believes it is much more than just a benefit to members. “Today’s guests are tomorrow’s members,” Foutch says.

The PGA of America has a little more than a year to show it has secured $25 million to $30 million for the extensive project at the former West Palm Beach Municipal Golf Course, with the goal of having the South Florida PGA chapter use it as a new headquarters, and possibly also creating a…

Greg Childers and Steve Name persuaded the club to host their program with the goal of growing participation among those who weren’t playing the game. The weekly “triples” matches—with three people on each side of the court—involve dance music and trash talk. Participants pay an $8.50 monthly fee, which goes into improving the courts, and…

Westport Golf LLC is working on a public-private partnership with Washington State Parks that would result in an 18-hole, links-style golf course in Westport, Wash. The plan also calls for a small inn, pro shop, driving range and other amenities on the site. Based on attracting golfers for a total of 25,000 rounds per year,…

Brookside Golf Course in Ashland, Ohio has three memorial benches organized by the Friends of Brookside Golf Course group. The latest one honors Zach McGregor, a high school golfer who grew up playing at the course but died at age 18. The group hopes it will be able to have benches at every hole on…

(Photo by Shirley Brown/Savannah Morning News) The Savannah, Ga. facility features a Rees Jones-designed golf course that quickly earned a reputation as one of the top public facilities in the state, and U.S., after it opened in 1988. It fell into disrepair under absentee ownership, but was then bought in October 2019 for $1.5 million…

After David Southworth, who had been involved with the development of the exclusive Mashpee, Mass. club and community since its founding in 1991, announced he was selling his interest to focus on a new venture that will develop high-end golf resorts, some members and residents began to speculate that some or all of Willowbend’s 27-hole…

The Pleasanton, Calif. club will now be known as The Club at Castlewood and will begin in the spring of 2021 to renovate its clubhouse, which was once a Hearst family estate, and also to create a new Sports Center. The clubhouse enhancements will include more internal open space, new and extended indoor and outdoor dining…