Palmer Hills Golf Course in Bettendorf, Iowa, Duck Creek Golf Course in Davenport, Iowa, and Forest Hills Golf Course in La Crosse, Wis., each fell victim to heavy rains and are dealing with flooding conditions. In Medora, N.D., Bully Pulpit Golf Course has the opposite problem as it deals with its driest season yet due…
Tampa Sports Authority Uses Controversial Pesticide on Golf Courses
In 2008, the public agency used Curfew at Babe Zaharias Golf Course in Tampa, Fla., which generated public outcry and accusations that the chemical made a nearby resident sick. Residents claim that the agency did not adequately notify them of its use of the chemical last year at the Rogers Park Golf Course.
Forest Hills GC Redesigns 115-Year-Old Course
The major renovation is moving all 18 holes of the La Crosse, Wis., golf course to the east side of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train tracks that cut between the clubhouse and course. The project, which is estimated to cost $1 million, is a couple months from completion.
City of Janesville, Wis., Selects KemperSports to Manage Municipal Courses
The city of Janesville, Wis., recently selected KemperSports, Northbrook, Ill., to manage the 18-hole championship Riverside Golf Club and 9-hole Blackhawk Golf Club. The pair of city-owned courses marks the second and third municipal courses managed by KemperSports in the state of Wis. as it also operates Forest Hills Golf Course in La Crosse, Wis.