Outdoor furnishings are getting a makeover, as clubs dress up their al fresco dining and poolside hot spots. Post-game cocktails or a quick bite after a swim now mean more than good eats— they also mean good seats. As club and resort properties designate more capital to facility-wide improvements, they’re turning their attention to their…
Class Acts
New golf instructional facilities with the latest and greatest teaching tools- plus appealing extra features that make students happy to come to school- are getting high marks at clubs across the country. As members look to improve their handicaps on the golf course, clubs are heeding the call for instructional spaces that can be outfitted…
Going Public With Sound Ideas
David Ward, Superintendent of Golf at Coyote Run Golf Course, has brought his wealth of experience and insight from private course management to help develop a successful new municipal property.
So, What’s New?
I must admit right up front that this column will likely resonate most with clubs “up north,” as they gear up for the much-anticipated return of warmer temperatures. Days are getting longer. Golf is back on television. The Masters Tournament is right around the corner. More importantly, golfers living above the Mason-Dixon line are itching…
Poolscapes That Make the Right Splash
Pools shouldn’t be hidden with shame in out-of-the-way corners of a property. Done right, they can become exciting new gathering points.
Movin ’Out
Outdoors is the “new indoors” and clubs are finding new incentive ways to keep pace and add space.
Adding to the Legend
Coral Ridge Country Club in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. has been a very special place from its inception. Legendary golf course designer Robert Trent Jones created Coral Ridge after he bought two hundred acres of prime South Florida real estate in the 1950s and built not only a gem of a golf course and club, but…
“Wading” Right In
This Month’s Bonus Recipes • Carpaccio of Beef • Crispy Stuffed Calimari Guests at “Dinners with Chef Wade” have no idea what’s coming, but still keep coming back each month for more. Wade Simpson, Executive Chef at Paradise Valley Country Club (PVCC) in Scottsdale, Ariz., was hired four years ago to be part of the…