Knoxville businessman Tom Boyd will create the “Ancient Lore Village at Boyd Hollow,” with 150 unique dwellings and treehouses, a 150-seat restaurant, a 500-person meeting and event center, and a 1,000-seat outdoor amphitheater. Rooms will not have TVs and motor vehicles will not be allowed; electric golf cars designed as “ancient wagons” will transport guests.
Homicide TV Show Films at Royal Oaks GC and Event Center
The Maryville, Tenn., property was the setting for an episode of “Homicide Hunter,” which aired on January 23 on the Investigation Discovery channel. Film crews used the entire clubhouse over two days in November to create six different locations, said property owner and operator Marnice Richmond. Nearly three months ago, the Royal Oaks Golf Course…
Making Practice Areas Perfect
Many properties are improving facilities that help golfers sharpen their skills and bring new players to the game. But to maximize their appeal and user satisfaction, they must get the same care as golf courses.
GolfAdvisor Lists Top 25 Short Courses
Ranked according to user reviews, a short course is defined by GolfAdvisor as 18-hole courses under 5,500 yards or nine-hole courses under 2,700 yards. Hideaway Country Club in Fort Myers, Fla., takes the list’s top spot, followed by Barn Hollow at Hawk’s View Golf Club in Lake Geneva, Wis., and Palm Beach (Fla.) Par 3.
Outdoor Oasis
Mixing, matching, and rearranging furniture allows club and resort properties to reinvent outdoor venues and enhance the member and guest experience.
Shaping Up
Clubs are actively heeding the call of health-minded members with sleek new fitness centers that accommodate a full range of programming.
Holston Hills CC Installs Fitness Center
The Knoxville, Tenn., property held a soft opening for the new facility on July 23, offering raffles, a healthy lunch, and free group fitness classes. The club is also renovating a former dining room from the ground up, with new flooring, paint, lighting and equipment.
Providing a Boost
An integral component of excellence in club management is embracing the concept of wanting everyone who works for you to maximize their potential—even if it may get fully realized somewhere else.
McConnell Golf Signs Lease Agreement with Raleigh Golf Association
The 27-hole public facility is the second-oldest course in the Raleigh, N.C. area and becomes the first non-private operation in McConnell’s portfolio. Creation of a McConnell Golf Training Center is planned as part of the 10-year lease arrangement.
McConnell Golf Acquires Providence CC
The purchase of the 27-year-old private club in Charlotte, N.C. brings the Raleigh, N.C.-based ownership company’s total portfolio to 12 properties in the Carolinas and Tennessee. McConnell says it plans $4 million in improvements at Providence, including new fitness and activity areas and upgrades to the clubhouse and golf course.
McConnell Golf Acquires Holston Hills CC
The 89-year-old club in Knoxville, Tenn., is the first property that the management firm will operate outside of the Carolinas, and the fourth in its 11-club portfolio with a Donald Ross-designed golf course.
Sweet Surprises
America’s sweet tooth is alive and well, and club chefs are responding both with new twists on classic favorites and dishes created from special inspiration.
Sour Cream Coconut Cake
Submitted by David Pinckney, Executive Chef, Cherokee Country Club, Knoxville, Tenn.
Joe Perdue, CMAA Academic Advisor, Dies at 64
Perdue, who served in the role since 1986 and was responsible for the initial development of CMAA’s Business Management Institute, died in Atlanta on January 19 after a long illness.
Graysburg Hills GC Put Up for Sale
Terence Vanek, Rees Jones, Edward Lawrence Packard, Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, Kingsport Tenn., Johnson City Tenn., Bristol Tenn., Knoxville Tenn., Chuckey Tenn., Graysburg Hills Golf Course, National Golf & Resort Properties Group