The Yarmouth, Mass., facility has undergone a $2 million, two-year renovation to position it for growth in a highly competitive golf market. The transformation is complete at Bayberry Hills Golf Course in Yarmouth, Mass., where a two-year, $2 million renovation has concluded and play has resumed, the Dennis, Mass. Wicked Local reported. Competition is heated…
Miami’s Biltmore Hotel to Restore Historic Donald Ross Course
The $2.5 million project will start July 5thand be overseen by Brian Silva, with an expected reopening in December 2019. The project will add new Bermuda grass on existing tees, fairways and greens, incorporate new bunkers, establish challenging signature holes and extend the course’s overall length to over 7,100 yards. The property’s short-game practice and…
Augusta National GC Plans Changes to Fifth Hole
According to preliminary site plans for the Augusta, Ga., property, the tee box for the 455-yard, par-4 hole could be pushed back an estimated 20-30 yards, alleviating congestion at the fourth green and current fifth tee. No definitive plans have been announced, but work could begin May 1 and wrap up by November. Big changes…
A New Club for the New South
Injecting energy into its facilities, amenities and membership mix has kept 122-year-old Greenville (S.C.) CC in step with the transformation of its namesake city.
Troon to Manage The Woodmere Club
The management company was selected by Robert Weiss and Efrem Gerszberg, who recently agreed to purchase the Woodmere, N.Y. property. The new owners also announced an “aggressive new membership program,” available to the first 30 new members, that is “meant to breathe new life into this historic club.”
Augusta (Ga.) National GC Could Buy $27M Parcel
A parcel of land from neighboring Augusta (Ga.) Country Club could allow the storied property to lengthen its iconic 13th hole and provide better access to the left side of the 11th and 12th holes, which border the property line. In 2001, Augusta National bought a small parcel of land from the club to position a new back tee for the 13th hole.
Mount Washington Resort Debuts Namesake Golf Course
This August, Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, N.H. will unveil extensive restorations to the Mount Washington Course as part of a $7 million renovation of the property’s golf facilities. Golf course architect Brian Silva is leading the team in executing a thorough restoration of the course, based upon the original 1915 design of legendary…