The Napa, Calif. property has completed a $3.5 million renovation that includes a new entrance, reception area and retail space. Treatment rooms and suites in the 5,919-sq. ft. facility were also upgraded. Carneros Resort and Spa in Napa, Calif. has put the finishing touches on a $3.5 million renovation project at its spa and has…

The club will host an event sponsored by Quicken Loans in June 2019, with the parties signing a four-year deal to bring professional golf to the Motor City as the PGA released its 2018-2019 schedule. The Detroit Golf Club will be the host for the first PGA Tour tournament to be played inside the Motor…

The Tubbs and Atlas Peak fires in California’s wine country caused 43 deaths and destroyed 2,900 homes, while also damaging golf facilities. Fountaingrove Golf & Athletic Club in Santa Rosa, Calif., lost its clubhouse and maintenance facility, while Mayacama Golf Club in Santa Rosa and Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif., also sustained damage. The tragedy…

The Napa, Calif., property had been closed from October 9-24 after a wildfire caused damage to the property just hours after the final round of the Safeway Open on October 8. Staff extinguished about 30 small fires around the property, using fire extinguishers, shovels, a garden hose, and a sprinkler system set up on top…

Just hours after completing its hosting duties for the Safeway Open tournament on October 8, the Napa, Calif., property evacuated guests and staff as a wildfire blew through hole No. 5 and ultimately “caused significant damage” to the property. The extent of the damage has not yet been determined. Jeff Sanders, Tournament Director of the…

The maintenance director and environmental consultant at the Boca Raton, Fla. property has been selected as the Overall and National Private recipient of the annual awards that recognize superintendents and their golf courses for overall excellence and best management practices. Alex Stuedemann of TPC Deere Run (Public Course) and Ken Nice of Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Resort Course) were also selected for national recognition.

Kitchen Collective is the nation’s first private gastronomic club, with members paying $250 a month, plus a $2,500 initiation fee, for the privilege of cooking their own meals in a fully stocked and equipped kitchen, with a professional chef available for guidance.

Located on the seventh hole of the Napa, Calif., club’s golf course, the lake can hold up to 11 acre-feet of recycled water from the Napa Sanitation District. The sanitation district also supplies Chardonnay Golf Club, Eagle Vines Vineyards & Golf Club, and Napa Golf Course at Kennedy Park with recycled water.

Charitable events and tournaments at Troon facilities nationwide contributed to the sum, with Classic Club in Palm Desert, Calif., raising the most for a single facility, with $5 million, followed by The Golf Club at Lansdowne (Va.) with $2.5 million, and Whirlwind Golf Club at Wildhorse Pass in Chandler, Ariz., with $2.2 million.

Boosted by the opening of a banquet hall two years ago, revenue at the municipal property in Kennedy Park has risen from $1.45 million in 2013 to $2.63 million last year. Food concessions, which totaled $211,387 in 2013, reached $1.31 million in 2015.

The Rio Mar property in Puerto Rico is adjacent to the El Yunque rainforest and has two courses designed by Greg Norman and Tom and George Fazio. The contract with Golf Club Pfalz is Troon’s first in Germany.

The small dam in Milliken Creek is a concern for residents in Napa, Calif., who are hoping to avoid a repeat of a devastating 2005 flood. Under the agreement, the dam should be dismantled in 2016 or 2017, and will cost more than $1 million, paid for by taxpayers, homeowners and the resort.

The California property is fighting its state’s drought by digging a depression to hold 3.4 million gallons of recycled water from the local sanitation district that will be used for irrigation.

Whirlwind Golf Club at Wildhorse Pass in Chandler, Ariz., reported the most money raised by a single property with $2.3 million to benefit national and local philanthropic organizations.