Renovations to the Melbourne, Fla. club include a brand-new clubhouse, new cart barn, putting green, landscaping, and transforming the current ninth hole into the 18th hole on the Classic course. “This new clubhouse will be a great addition to the Suntree community, as well as give our Suntree Country Club members a new and improved…
BallenIsles CC Enlists Nicklaus Design to Lead East Course Renovations
In addition to a modernization of the design, bunkering, greens complexes and strategy, a complete re-grassing of the Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. course is planned. A renovation to the practice facility and a new learning center building are also in the works. Work is expected to begin in April and be completed by December.
Vineyards CC Doubles Pickleball Courts
In partnership with U.S. Tennis Association, the Naples, Fla. club added three courts to address increased member usage and demand, and pickleball’s popularity. The courts include gel cushioning and LED lighting for night play. “Through the years we have cultivated a popular, robust racquet sports program as part of club life here,” says COO Paul…
‘Friends’ Flip Fortunes of Ohio Course
Thanks, in part, to fundraising efforts by the Friends of Brookside Golf Course, the Ashland, Ohio property finished 2021 nearly $100K in the black. Gene Haberman, the secretary and treasurer of the organization, says there was talk among city officials in 2017 that included closing the golf course because it “was a drain on the…
Clubs Select Management Teams
Canal Shores Golf Course in Evanston, Ill. and the Boulevard Tennis Club in Vero Beach, Fla. have brought in new management companies, while Sutton Bay in Agar, S.D., Hillcrest Country Club in Lincoln, Neb., Tippecanoe Lake Country Club in Leesburg, Ind., and Dodge Riverside Golf Course in Council Bluffs, Iowa have signed multi-year extensions with…
Strong 2021 for Myrtle Beach, S.C. Clubs Provides Excitement for 2022
Based on rounds played on the 62 Grand Strand courses that are currently members of the Golf Tourism Solutions technology and marketing agency, play increased approximately 19 percent in 2021, compared to 2020, leading to a green fee revenue increase of approximately 46 percent. According to GTS, rounds already booked for the remainder of the…
Committee Sees Path Toward Improving Tulsa, Okla. Municipal Golf Courses
The Citizens Golf Advisory Committee has secured a promise of $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding for the city’s four municipal golf courses, but only if $1 million in private dollars can be raised. Tulsa’s municipal golf courses—36 holes at Page Belcher and 36 holes at Mohawk Park—have been underfunded for many years.
Kernwood CC Completes Golf Course Renovation
The Salem, Mass. club enlisted golf course architect Robert McNeil to provide design services, including short- and long-range master planning, for several projects. Greens Chair Frank Cole and Head Golf Professional Frank Dully contributed to recapture the Donald Ross character of the course that, according to McNeil “had gotten tired, or lost, over the years…
Historic Cobbs Creek GC Will Receive a $65M Renovation
Plans call for an education and community engagement center, driving range, and 9-hole short course and restaurant at the Philadelphia, Pa. property to be complete by 2023. An 18-hole “championship course capable of hosting PGA Tour events” and designed by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner is expected to open by 2024. The public course—notable for…
Vesper CC Replacing a Bridge to Tyngs Island
Nine holes of the Tyngsboro, Mass. club’s Donald Ross-designed golf course are on Tyngs Island, as are four tennis courts, a 25-yard swimming pool and a full-size driving range. General Manager/COO Bob Pescatore says the club lost revenue when it couldn’t hold functions such as weddings the past couple of months. “If you have no…
Renovation Looks to Bring The Tuxedo Club ‘Back to the Future’
Rees Jones has been called on to complete work on the Tuxedo Park, N.Y. golf course, which was designed by father, Robert Trent Jones Sr., and opened in 1957. The project includes the creation of a new short-game practice area, a new ninth hole, the renovation of all fairway and greenside bunkers, and the re-grassing…
Clubs Address Various Issues in Court
A pair of Florida clubs—Boca Grove Golf & Tennis Club in Boca Raton and Delaire Country Club in Delray Beach—are being sued for withdrawing membership offers and implementing mask mandates, respectively. Leewood Golf Club in Eastchester, N.Y. settled a suit by a former employee who claimed he was wrongly fired for trying to protect himself…
Medina (Ohio) CC Sold for $3.5M
Bill Cosgrove, President and CEO of Union Home Mortgage, has acquired the club, which was founded in the early 1960s and offers 27 holes of golf through three 9-hole courses that can be combined in pairs to form different 18-hole rounds. The club also announced a new visual identity, including new colors and an updated…
Wilderness Club Resort Selects Troon Golf
The property in Eureka, Mont., near the Kootenai National Forest eight miles from the Canadian border, features an 18-hole, Nick Faldo-designed golf course in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, between the Whitefish and Purcell ranges. The 550-acre resort also offers a collection of fully equipped suites, cabins and cottages and a variety of non-golf…
New ‘Social Birdy’ Golf/Pickleball Venue to Open in Branson, Mo.
The 9,000-sq. ft. complex, located on roughly three acres, will include four outdoor pickleball courts and an 18-hole putting course, along with a restaurant with seating for up to 200 people, a patio with fire pits, and a 2,000-sq. ft., full-service golf shop. It will also offer activities including bocce, billiards, ping-pong, shuffleboard and darts,…