Notable shifts in one of the industry’s key markets, Scottsdale, Ariz., reflect how club and resort properties must respond to new trends in golf, recreation and leisure.
The Villages Featured as “America’s Fastest-Growing Metro Area”
The Florida retirement community that offers over 600 holes of golf and has more golf cars on property than New York has taxis has seen its population swell to 110,000 since 2000.
Billy Casper Golf and Sun City Shadow Hills Open New Par-3 Golf Course
In conjunction with Del Webb, Billy Casper Golf (BCG) opened the North Course at Shadow Hills Golf Club, Indio, Calif., for public play on February 1, 2010. Designed by the Schmidt-Curley golf-course architecture firm, the North Course is constructed to take advantage of more natural plant materials that consume less water and promote ecologically-friendly agronomic…