C&RB News

The Northern Virginia club hosted its inaugural Jr. Open Golf Tournament with an eye toward growing the game for the future. Director of Golf Jim McGrath said the club is trying to show younger players that golf is something they can enjoy for the rest of their lives. The club is also offering special rates…

The nine-hole course has been planning to add a back nine for more than 20 years. The club was approved to use a portion of land from the neighboring Energy Capital Sports Complex to add onto its existing property six years ago. The estimated cost for the project is about $650,000.

Owners of the nine-hole Sonora, Calif. course have had the debt-free property on the market for the past year for $1.8 million, or $1.5 million with conditions. PLGC Partners purchased the course for $1.6 million, plus another $500,000 for the business, in 2007. Another $500,000 was then invested to remodel the pro shop, pave the…

Despite objections, the city council cleared the way for staff to seek proposals for the Lester Park and Enger Park municipal courses. The city seeks to redevelop the properties to provide housing, with at least 20 percent of any new units offered at rates consistent with affordable housing standards. Any sale of public golf course…

The 45-year-old Newport Beach, Calif. club received a notice that set off fears among members that it would have to close at the end of August. But talks with Fluter Properties, which owns part of the land where the club operates, then ensued to arrange a renewal of the club’s lease. The club includes 16…

While the clubhouse is still gutted, golfers recently returned to the  Lynn Haven, Fla. property, though the course looks much different. Prior to Hurricane Michael, Panama CC had an estimated 5,500 trees. Now, only a few hundred remain. Until renovations are completed, players will rent equipment and carts from a mobile home in the parking…

The nine-hole Ponds at Battle Creek in Maplewood, Minn. would close at the end of the 2020 season, under a proposed Ramsey County budget. A study concluded that the county’s five courses were competing against each other because they were too similar and recommended differentiating them as a low-cost “value” course, a middle-range “standard” course…

A teen was seriously injured at Fun Town Water Park in Crystal Beach, Texas, after a friend dared him to pull up a grate inside a pool and he was sucked into the drainage system. The Texas Department of Insurance said that the property had been operating all summer without proof of an inspection.

The Wilsonville, Ore. golf club, which operates as an independent for-profit business, and the homeowners association that includes a country club operation are discussing a possible merger that could leverage a new clubhouse annex, which was purchased in 2018 for $620,000 and hasn’t been renovated, into hosting more large-scale events like weddings and golf tournaments.…

Heavy rainfall in Sumter County, Fla. has forced officials of the community to engage in “water dumping,” part of a unique system that draws water out of retention ponds and onto area golf courses. Many residents of The Villages are upset, however, because 21 golf courses will now stay closed until the rainy season ends.

Plans are in place to auction off Auburn Hills Golf Club in Riner, Va. on September 6. Danny Thompson, who owns the club with his wife, Martha, will call off the auction if members of the community who want to keep the property as a golf course pledge to buy at least 98 of the…

A pair of golfers suffered broken bones—and one, a concussion—when a car driven by a 30-year-old woman rammed through a security gate at Indian Summer Golf & Country Club in Lacey, Wash. and began doing doughnuts on the course. A beverage cart attendant was shaken, but not injured, when her cart was involved in the…

Starting with the 2020 season, women will have the same rights and playing privileges for golf and tennis at the 121-year-old Deal, N.J. club, with no prescribed times for full-privilege members on the course or courts that are limited to male, female or mixed play, except for prescribed tournaments. “This is a path-breaking occurrence,” said…

The project, which the club plans to complete by the summer of 2020, in time for its 100th anniversary, will include new indoor and outdoor dining facilities, a “Kids’ Zone,” golf simulators and a new pro shop, a renovated pool with a splash park and outdoor bar, and a renovated fitness center with personal trainers. Bunkers…

The gated community in Reno, Nev. hosted the Barracuda Championship for 21 years, but said an evaluation of “the financial impact on our club, as well as the impact on our facilities, our members and Montrêux homeowners” led to the decision not to renew its tournament contract. Local tournament organizers and the PGA are looking…