The current owners of the Ankeny, Iowa club set a purchase price of $1.2 million, and members are seeking support from other members and residents to raise the funds. As of May 15, $950,000 has been collected and members are able to purchase up to 10 shares for $5,000 a share. Members of Briarwood Golf…
Green Golf Partners to Manage Six Wisconsin Golf Courses
The management firm has been selected to operate Johnson Park, Washington Park, and Shoop Park golf courses in Racine, Wis.; Hawthorne Hills Golf Course in Saukville, Wis.; Mee-Kwon Park Golf Course in Mequon, Wis.; and Northwood Golf Club in Rhinelander, Wis. A remodel is planned for Johnson Park, while Washington Park and Shoop Park will…
Short Hills CC Hires Management Company
Green Golf Partners will manage the East Moline, Ill., golf course under a three-year agreement. The company has appointed a new General Manager but will maintain most of the existing staff, and the course will continue to have an independent Board of Directors. Short Hills Country Club in East Moline, Ill., has hired Green Golf…
Taking the Plunge
The management-firm pool continues to get broader and deeper, as more club, resort and golf properties decide they don’t want to face the post-recession world alone.
Belleview Biltmore GC Signs 10-Year Lease
The town-owned Belleair, Fla., club will continue to be managed by Green Golf Partners. Under the contract, the management company will pay the town $160,000 a year in rent as well as about 6.5% of gross revenues over $1.6 million, and make a half-million dollars in course improvements over the next decade.
Taking the Plunge
Demonstrating yet another inventive way to get more out of a property’s facilities—even when some of them are not “in season”—Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Md., held its first annual Polar Bear Plunge on what would have otherwise been “an uneventful late-November Saturday evening.” Over 50 participants braved the cool temperatures to jump in and churn…