The event on Sunday, October 28, will open 27 of the management firm’s private country clubs across Texas to the public, to benefit Folds of Honor and the George W. Bush Institute’s Military Service Initiative and raise proceeds for military veterans and their families.  ClubCorp has announced it will host the Patriot Golf Day tournament on…

The event on Sunday, October 28, will open 27 of the management firm’s private country clubs across Texas to the public, to benefit Folds of Honor and the George W. Bush Institute’s Military Service Initiative and raise proceeds for military veterans and their families.  ClubCorp has announced it will host the Patriot Golf Day tournament on…

Members of Philmont Country Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pa, received an e-mail on April 15thfrom Concert Golf Chairman Peter Nanula that said his company had entered into discussions with ClubCorp to acquire 16 of Concert’s clubs, including Philmont, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report. Nanula and a ClubCorp spokesperson would not comment further when contacted about the message.

The National Restaurant Association has recognized the Red Gold® product with a Food and Beverage Innovation Award as one of America’s most innovative products for 2017. The spicy ketchup was cited as “the perfect addition of sweet heat in an operation’s condiment offering.”

Carroll, who delivered the keynote address at the 2014 Chef to Chef Conference in San Antonio, and serves as the Executive Chef at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, will serve as Executive Committee President for Worldchefs for the next 18 months.

Other cities in Oregon have exempted golfers from similar laws, but the ban in the state’s largest city would apply to all four of its municipal courses. Tobacco products would also be banned from being sold at the facilities, but groups renting courses for tournaments could apply for smoking permits. Portland would join a growing group of cities, including New York, San Francisco, Houston and New Orleans, that now also include golf in their smoking bans.

Options for getting in a quick round before catching a flight in Atlanta, L.A. and New York aren’t great, GolfAdvisor.com says, but many other major hubs offer experiences that will go beyond the thrill of trying to get off a good shot under the roar of low-flying jets.

Anticipation for the first Tiger Woods-designed golf course in the U.S. is only part of what’s creating excitement for the new property outside of Houston. “The Fort,” a youth-oriented complex that will include an old-time burger joint, movie theater, bowling alley, sleepover bunk, tennis and pickleball courts, ropes course and zipline, is also building buzz for the 400-home community.

Construction at the property outside Houston is expected to begin this summer, with completion slated for late 2015.

As part of a new program, the Phoenix-based golf club manufacturer is citing “Authorized PING Fitters who have demonstrated the highest commitment to custom-fitting and the promotion of its benefits to golfers of all abilities.” The first list of honorees includes many country clubs and courses from across the country.

Four club managers were named to receive tuition costs and travel expenses to attend a Business Management Institute, through the program that posthumously honors the former GM of Eastern Hills CC and Lakewood CC in Texas.