The American Society of Golf Course Architects Design Excellence Recognition Program has recognized nine courses in the U.S. that have successfully addressed unique design challenges.
Brentwood CC Completes Golf Course Refurbishment
The renovation at the Los Angeles property consisted of rebuilding and shaping four greens, slight adjustments on all other greens capturing additional hole locations, rebuilding green surrounds, reconfiguring approach areas, and repositioning bunkers while reducing overall water usage.
Ownership Group Acquires Beverly Hills CC
Singerman Real Estate and Meriwether Companies plan to invest more than $10 million to renovate the nearly 90-year-old Los Angeles facility, with minor improvements beginning in the coming weeks, and major projects beginning in early 2016.
Portland (Ore.) Plans Vote to Ban Smoking On Golf Courses in City Parks
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.
Los Feliz GC Completes $1.6M Water-Saving Project
Officials estimate the Los Angeles facility will save around 5.5 million gallons of domestic drinking water per year with an automated recycled water system, enhanced drainage, and turf improvements.
Readers Come to Clubs’ Defense On Property Tax Issue
In response to a Los Angeles Times op-ed piece, one man who said he’s “never belonged to any country club” said he still felt preserving green space and quality of life is more important than “taxing [clubs] to death.” A member of Wilshire CC in Los Angeles said the club’s tax relief is warranted because of how many people it has steadily employed over the years.
Op-Ed Piece in Los Angeles Times Decries Tax Break for Clubs
Proposition 13, passed overwhelmingly by California voters in 1978 to stem steeply rising property taxes, has yielded great benefits for “elite social and country clubs,” wrote columnist Jim Newton. While noting there was nothing “illegal or even improper” about the situation, Newton, who specifically cited the tax situations of Wilshire CC, The California Club and the Jonathan Club, called for possible amendment of the statute to rectify club-related inequities.
Health Food Fads Move to Takeout
Chia seeds, quinoa and almond milk lead the list of healthy foods and ingredients that are trending highest on restaurants’ takeout orders
Flavor-Infused Ice Cubes Take Cocktails to New Level
Everything from chocolate to cucumber to venison broth is being injected into drink ice, to enhance alcoholic concoctions and develop signature reputations for properties that want to be much more than just “watering holes.”
Over 35 Clubs and Courses Set to Participate in First Annual Wedding Show Weekend
Wedding shows at properties across the country will be coordinated through a promotion offering $30,000 in prizes, including a grand prize of $10,000 towards a dream wedding.
L.A.’s City Club Highlighted as “More About Young Blood than Blue”
The ClubCorp property stood out when it opened in 1989 by recruiting women and minorities, but then fell on harder times during the recession. It has now moved to a new 51st-floor location in a downtown building, and is regaining momentum by promoting “a new kind of diversity: age.” Age-based discounts have helped to add 200 members as part of the recovery.
Coachella Valley Task Force Targets Golf Water Conservation
A group of golf course managers and water district officials have formed the Coachella Valley Golf Industry Water Conservation Task Force, to focus on reducing the water footprint of the Southern California area’s 124 golf courses. In Poway, Calif., city council approved a conditional use permit to allow Maderas Golf Club to start pumping ground water from its wells after being forced to stop in 2011.
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