The $7 million project for the 19,000-sq. ft. building at the Twinsburg, Ohio property has been more than a decade in the making. The new clubhouse includes a restaurant and bar, banquet facilities, pro shop, snack room and golf cart storage and maintenance area. Pieces of older buildings from the town have been incorporated into…

The Mayor of Green, Ohio has worked out a nonbinding purchase agreement for the property with its owner and will introduce legislation to city council to acquire the 145-acre site. Mayor Gerard Neugebauer said his main goal isn’t to get the city into the municipal golf club business, but to preserve the property as green…

Members of Philmont Country Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pa, received an e-mail on April 15thfrom Concert Golf Chairman Peter Nanula that said his company had entered into discussions with ClubCorp to acquire 16 of Concert’s clubs, including Philmont, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report. Nanula and a ClubCorp spokesperson would not comment further when contacted about the message.

The transaction for the management firm’s acquisition by an affiliate of certain investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC, was expected to close on or about September 18th after its approval at a special stockholders meeting a day earlier. Upon the closing, stockholders will be entitled to receive $17.12 per share in cash.

Through the all-stock deal with the private-equity firm, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, shareholders will receive $17.12 per share in cash, a premium of about 30.7% over the management firm’s closing stock price on July 7. “With the support of the Apollo funds, we are confident that ClubCorp will be able to continue building on its success,” said Chairman John Beckert.

Events in celebration of the Akron, Ohio club’s centennial include an April 20 cocktail party and a themed gala in September. The property’s current Founders Room will soon become a Heritage Tribute Room paying homage to the club’s past, including side-by-side comparisons of the golf course’s original layout and its current design.

GreatLIFE Golf and Fitness bought St. Joseph (Mo.) Country Club in March, and began demolition on June 1 for the first phase of an improvement project that includes a fitness center. Fairlawn Country Club in Akron, Ohio showcased the completion of a new golf practice facility and patio/pavilion during a grand opening on June 3.

The event brought an estimated 50,000 visitors to the Ohio city, and many area clubs and courses took steps in advance to try to attract everyone from delegates to private pilots with special promotions and rates. But so far, most properties report, it’s been a pretty typical summer week.

Previously GM of Bayville GC in Virginia Beach, Va. and Assistant GM at Oakmont (Pa. CC), the fourth-generation club manager will return to his native Ohio in time to help the Westlake, Ohio club prepare for a Web.com tour event in June.

Members of the 73-year-old Lansing (Ill.) Country Club, where the flamboyant pro golfer and three others were killed in 1966, have decided to seek a buyer, citing declining membership and a dwindling interest in golf. But the club does not expect a sale to go through for a few years, and plans to continue to host weddings and special events for the indefinite future.

Effective October 1, 2014, Don Padgett II will retire from his post at the Village of Pinehurst, N.C., club, with Tom Pashley, current Executive Vice President, named as his successor. Padgett came to Pinehurst as President in 2004 after a 25-year career with ClubCorp, most recently serving as General Manager of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.

It took Joey Hines 30 years to play 49 courses in 17 states, and become what is believed to be the only golfer to have completed the unique circuit. Now he seeks to play all courses that have hosted a major.