Troon will oversee the golf, restaurant, spa and club operations for the Bullhead, Ariz. property with an 18-hole, David Druzisky-designed golf course. Laughlin Ranch was acquired in 2017 by The Mariner Family and has already implemented a variety of improvements. Laughlin Ranch Golf Club in Bullhead, Ariz. has selected Troon to manage its golf, restaurant,…

According to an analysis by the Desert Sun, golf courses in the region fell short of statewide efforts to reduce water use by 25%. Montecito Country Club in Santa Barbara, Calif., is addressing the water concerns by renovating the golf course using low-water grass, an updated irrigation system, native trees and improved drainage in a project expected to be complete by the end of 2017.

The draft regulations would require golf courses using private wells and other commercial properties relying on an “independent source of water supply” to limit irrigation to two days a week or achieve a 25 percent reduction in water use.

After playing more than 18 holes with former New York Yankee Derek Jeter at the exclusive Shadow Creek Golf Course, the President made a point of playing Reflection Bay Golf and Beach Club, which reopened three weeks ago after being shut for about five years due to the recession and soaring water prices.

Following up on an agreement made last year, the Palm Desert, Calif., club has begun using recycled water for irrigation, reducing the pumping of groundwater from an aquifer that has been declining. The Berger Foundation loaned the water district more than $2.2 million to complete the pipeline that officials say expedited the project by two or three years.

The Palm Springs Desert Sun’s request for information was denied, with the agencies citing “a constitutional right to privacy and an obligation to protect individual customer data.” Meanwhile, low groundwater levels forced wells to be shut at Maderas Golf Club.

A group of golf course managers and water district officials have formed the Coachella Valley Golf Industry Water Conservation Task Force, to focus on reducing the water footprint of the Southern California area’s 124 golf courses. In Poway, Calif., city council approved a conditional use permit to allow Maderas Golf Club to start pumping ground water from its wells after being forced to stop in 2011.

After the Coachella Valley Water District approved a new hookup for the course, the Troon Golf property in Palm Desert, Calif. has signed on to use a blend of recycled water and Colorado River water for its irrigation needs. Previously, it had pumped its water from a well.

The Southern California area’s water district has only connected one new golf course to the Mid-Valley Pipeline, which distributes non-potable water, since its completion in 2009. The water district plans to set goals and establish a timetable to wean golf courses off groundwater in an effort to alleviate pressures on an overused aquifer.