The club was founded in 1867 with a social-club heritage in downtown Atlanta. It relocated to 300-plus acres in Johns Creek, Ga. in 1987, where its 18-hole golf course was originally designed by Arthur Hills and then redesigned by Mike Riley in 2005. The Standard Club also features a 125,000-sq. ft. clubhouse and a full…
Clubs Embark on Renovations
From Hilton Head Island, S.C. and Naples, Fla., to the Bay Area of California and Albuquerque, N.M., clubs are putting a fresh face on their properties to meet the needs of today’s members. Work ranges from a pond renovation to complete overhaul of the course and practice facility.
Countryside G&CC Begins $5.5M Course Renovation
Work on the Arthur-Hills-designed course follows a $5 million-plus investment in a new lifestyle, tennis and bocce complex at the Naples, Fla. property. The course renovation will involve converting to Bimini Bermuda grass and Tif Eagle Bermuda grass on the greens, which will also be increased in size by 30 percent. A new irrigation system will…
Bonita Bay Club Plans Short-Game Practice Area
Designed by the golf architecture firm of Hills-Forrest-Smith, the 2.5-acre area at the Bonita Springs, Fla., property will provide pitching, chipping and bunker practice from various distances and approaches. The club also recently approved a $6.6 million renovation of its Bay Island course.
Bonita Bay Club Plans $6.6M Bay Island Course Renovation
The Bonita Springs, Fla., club plans to restore all greens, bunkers and fairways close to their original Arthur Hills plan, while injecting some newer approaches into the design.
Florida, Massachusetts Clubs Close Abruptly
Owners of the par-3 Middleton (Mass.) Golf Course had hoped to stay open for two more seasons, but announced to members that the club would close at the end of March, after being sold to the town to be used for new municipal buildings. In Winter Garden, Fla., members of the homeowners association are now…
Report Highlights “Nine Thriving Golf Course Communities”
Despite the attention paid to course closings, Builder magazine noted that “to meet the demand for golf course living, builders and developers are opening new projects and refurbishing others [and] enjoying success with golf-based communities.” Despite the closing of courses across the country, many builders are enjoying success with golf-based communities, Builder magazine reported. “To…
Quail Creek CC Launches $18.5M Renovation
Groundbreaking will take place soon to start various projects approved by the membership of the Naples, Fla. property in March, with completion slated for the fall of 2019. The club’s current golf, tennis and fitness buildings, and its cart barn, will be demolished for a new 18,000-sq. ft. Sports Center & Spa designed to blend…
Bonita Bay Club Offers Nonresident Full Golf Memberships
The Bonita Springs, Fla. property in now accepting applications for the category, which is being made available in a limited number for the first time in many years. Membership rates are scheduled to increase in January. Bonita Bay Club in Bonita Springs, Fla. announced that it recently opened a limited number of full golf memberships for…
Group Formed to Revive Wingpointe GC
The 27-year-old property with an Arthur Hills-designed links-style golf course has been closed since 2015 after the city of Salt Lake City, Utah was faced with skyrocketing lease costs. But a new property-tax waiver, combined with a pledge by a private-sector group to raise as much as $15 million for the course’s revival, have created…
Wanakah CC Unveils Renovated Course
The 119-year-old Hamburg, N.Y. property recently completed extensive drainage and irrigation work, added tees, expanded greens, rebuilt and repositioned bunkers, recontoured fairways and removed approximately 500 trees to enhance the course’s views of Lake Erie. The club’s hosting of the New York State Mid-Amateur September 28-30 marks its first major state tournament since 1999. Wanakah…
New Public-Private Proposal Could Bring Wingpointe GC Back to Life
The Salt Lake City course has been closed since 2015, but there is now hope it could reopen as soon as 2020 under a proposed “community initiative” that would involve private financing, course maintenance by prison inmates, use of the course by The First Tee of Utah and the University of Utah, and an extensive…
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…
Westhaven GC Selects Troon
The Franklin, Tenn. property includes an Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest-designed golf course and a Golf Academy that is set to expand with a new insulated and heated hitting bay, which will be the first of its kind in the Nashville area.
Legendary Run GC Put on Market for $2.4M
Owner Mike McCaw hopes to identify a new owner for the Cincinnati, Ohio property by summer, but is still preparing the Arthur Hills-designed course for the 2018 season. The club is surrounded by a community of over 600 homes and a conservation easement would prohibit its sale for further home development.