Most of the 10-session LifePath Culinary and Kitchen Arts Training Program was conducted in a fully equipped hospitality training kitchen and dining room at the Palatine, Ill. campus of Little City, which provides services for those with autism and other disabilities in the Chicago area. The kitchen was built through a grant from the Greater Chicago Club Managers Association and its Foundation. For the final session, students worked with Twin Orchard’s staff in the Long Grove, Ill. club’s kitchens, to help prepare “live” meals.

Other awards announced at the management firm’s annual Leadership Conference included Mike Fleig of Greeley CC as General Manager of the Year, Ryan Szydlowski of Desert Willow Golf Resort
 as Golf Professional of the Year, and Blayne Sparks of The Wilderness at Lake Jackson
 as Superintendent of the Year.

Troon has been selected to manage The Royal Country Clubs, a collection of four Chicago-area properties with 72 holes of championship golf. The city of Duluth, Minn., selected Billy Casper Golf to manage its Lester Park and Enger Park golf courses.

Enhancements at the Long Grove, Ill. property will include a new 4,200-sq.-ft. green, greenside bunker, and additional fairway and rough turf to allow for longer approach shots. The project is scheduled to be completed by July 15.