A dated, log turnhouse that sits high on a hilltop in the middle of the Tom Fazio-designed golf course at the Six Mile, S.C. property has been expanded with an open floor plan that seats 50, plus a covered patio. The full-service menu now features local craft beers on draft. A dated, log turnhouse on…
New Owner Gives Crosswinds GC New Look and Direction
The Greenville, S.C. property, which features a par-3 course with holes designed by top architects including Pete Dye, Tom Fazio and Rees Jones, is being revived by golf-hospitality impresario Davis Sezna to be a “transitional amenity” for those who get energized by a Topgolf experience to take the next steps to playing the game. Tee-box…
Greenville (S.C.) CC Opens New Aquatics Center
The new complex features two newly designed pools, including a Family Pool with a 1,200-sq. ft. sundeck with submersible chairs, bubblers, Roman jets, a kiddie slide and bench seating integral to the pool walls. The renovation is a part of Phase II of an overall rejuvenation plan for the club’s facilities and amenities; the club’s…
Bonnie Brae GC to Shut Down After 57 Years
The club outside Greenville, S.C. posted a sign on its clubhouse door announcing that “with sadness and deep regret, we will cease operation on July 1.” The club’s ownership secured zoning for high-density residential zoning for a neighboring 67-acre parcel last year, which it then sold to a developer. After 57 years in business, the…
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.
A New Branch of Service
In addition to the turfgrass that provides top-notch playing conditions, golf course superintendents have seen regular tree care take root as an important part of their maintenance strategies and routines.
The Reserve at Lake Keowee Breaks Ground on New Fitness Center
The 5,000-sq. ft. facility, scheduled to open in early 2018, will feature three separate large areas dedicated to group classes, aerobic/cardiovascular equipment and strength training/free weights. The center will also include two massage/physical therapy rooms and shower and locker rooms for men and women.
Topgolf Announces New Target Markets
The golf entertainment enterprise said it will build on its surging popularity through a broad search for new locations in smaller and mid-sized U.S. cities, in addition to major markets. New regions under consideration include New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., Fort Myers/Naples, Fla., and Providence, R.I.
Greenville (S.C.) CC Begins Clubhouse Construction
The 44,000-sq. ft. structure will replace the current clubhouse, and is slated for completion in early 2017. The two-story, Southern-style building will include banquet and meeting facilities, a pub, dining areas, locker rooms, fitness facility, pro shop, and outdoor and terrace space.
The Cliffs, Alabama Golf Trail Announce New Membership Offers
The Cliffs has introduced National and Corporate memberships, marking the first time membership has been opened to those who don’t own real estate in any of its seven luxury communities in the Carolinas. Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has launched winter golf memberships for unlimited play from November through February.
Paris Mountain CC Back in the Family
Lloyd Nelson, the third generation of the family that founded the Greenville, S.C., property in 1938, bought the former Summersett Golf Course late last year, reinstating its original name and working to restore it to its original glory.
The Cliffs Reopens Keowee Falls After $450,000 Project
The Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course’s upgrade is one of many recent projects at the Greenville, S.C., property, under new ownership.
Chambers to Design Greenville (S.C.) CC Clubhouse
The existing structure will be torn down and replaced with a new 40,000-sq. ft. clubhouse that will include a kitchen, flexible event spaces, outdoor dining and family activities.
Greenville (S.C.) Events Benefit Safe Harbor
The second annual Club Holiday Drop-In and the first annual Reindeer Run resulted in more than $1,000 in cash, $450 in gift cards, and several boxes of Christmas and winter items donated to Safe Harbor by the club’s members and staff. Safe Harbor is an organization dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence in South Carolina through prevention, intervention and transformation.
Golfers Discover Meth Lab at Donaldson GC
The Greenville, S.C., club was evacuated after two golfers spotted weed killer containers just off the cart path and took them to the clubhouse. The Hazardous Materials team, EMS and the Donaldson Fire Department arrived after the owner revealed the “vile” contents, and the sheriff’s department determined they were from a meth lab.