The golf course at the University Place, Wash. property will be closed beginning October 1st until March 2019, to redo all of its greens. Chambers Bay officials hope the change will help it attract another major golf championship, after complaints about its “dirt and sandpaper” greens when it hosted the 2015 U.S. Open. Chambers Bay…

The project backed by Mike Keiser, developer of Bandon Dunes, Sand Valley and other acclaimed golf resorts, and Todd Warnock to build an 18-hole championship course on unique sand dunes on Scotland’s northeast coast has been given planning permission by the Highland Council. Environmentalists have raised objections to the project, but local businesses and golf…

Including the funding for Alexander Field in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., in the state budget led to criticism that developer Mike Keiser had gained favor through political donations. But the state representative for Sand Valley’s district denied the implication. “This isn’t just a Michael Keiser airport [or a] Sand Valley airport,” State Rep. Scott Krug said about facility improvements that he called long overdue.

Mike Keiser’s plans to build up to five golf courses between Wisconsin Rapids and Adams-Friendship has community leaders scrambling to improve infrastructure and amenities. This week, town officials from Rome, Wis., site of Sand Valley Golf Resort, are visiting Bandon, Ore., home to Keiser’s Bandon Dunes, to prepare for the inevitable growing pains that will come from the development.

A recent post by the sports and culture blog argues that “Topgolf (and related activities) are widening golf’s overall market, not cannibalizing it,” by tapping into the millennial demographic that finds the game too inaccessible and expensive, which is “very good news for a game that needs to continue to evolve.”

After a chemical used for broadleaf weed control led to the loss of over 2,000 trees, a long-overdue course renovation was begun that will include new bunkers and tees along with a new irrigation system and widening of fairways.

Reports conducted in 2010 and 2015 have found that the Bandon, Ore., resort impacts Coos County through jobs, direct and induced tax support, spending on locally supplied goods and services, and philanthropic and community development work. From 2010 to 2014, rounds at the resort increased 64%, with golfers playing more and staying longer.

Already known as the only lighted course in the county and the place where Tiger Woods won a Junior World title, the executive course designed by Ted Robinson and owned by the city of San Diego may now be dramatically reconfigured to help restore lost marshland in Mission Bay. But its closing is also an option for addressing the situation.

Three months after a bid for 280 acres of state parkland for a 27-hole golf course fell through, the owner of Bandon Dunes is in talks with the Boy Scouts of America’s Cascade Pacific Council about building an 18-hole course on 200 beachfront acres south of Netarts, Ore.

More often than not, I will remember a fantastic service experience long beyond holing that 40-foot putt or a fantastic 4th of July pool party and fireworks show, and will no doubt share the story with others.

Daniel Tani helped pass his four-month residency aboard the satellite by photographing the world’s golf courses, including Monterey Peninsula and Bandon Dunes in the U.S., Ballybunion in Ireland, and Pinnacle Point in South Africa.

The inaugural KemperClub Championship was held at the property on October 20-22, establishing the management firm’s new initiative, which is designed to enhance golfer enjoyment through special promotions and unique events.