The club was founded in 1867 with a social-club heritage in downtown Atlanta. It relocated to 300-plus acres in Johns Creek, Ga. in 1987, where its 18-hole golf course was originally designed by Arthur Hills and then redesigned by Mike Riley in 2005. The Standard Club also features a 125,000-sq. ft. clubhouse and a full…
Fort Wayne, Ind. Clubs Cut Maintenance Costs with Native Wildflowers and Grasses
Fort Wayne Country Club and Colonial Oaks GC have installed native wildflowers, grasses and other “prairie plantings and patches” in out-of-play areas and are realizing cost efficiencies from reduced mowing and watering. Golfers’ reactions have been mixed but the trend is likely to continue, in part because of the support and positive reaction the courses…