The fate of the three-year-old, $50 million golf club developed by auto-parts billionaire Frank Stronach near Ocala, Fla., remains up in the air, after it announced its closing on July 11 with terse messages on its phone system, a sign on its gates and in a communication to members. Adena Golf & Country Club in Ocala,…

While updates are still a work in progress since CCO Hospitality took over the property a year and a half ago, members are already saying the differences are “night and day.” So far, there have been updates to the clubhouse, tennis courts, pool area, and golf course. Almost a year and a half has passed…

Anthony L. Williams, CGCS, Director of Golf and Landscape Operations of TPC Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club in Irving, Texas, has been chosen as the Overall and National Private recipient, while Jay Neunsinger of Boundary Oak Golf Course in Walnut Creek, Calif., is the National Public course winner, and Scott Main, CGCS, Mauna Kea…

Ocala National Golf Club in Ocala, Fla., which was revamped by Rees Jones in 2002, has been purchased by Four Seasons Golf. Halifax Golf Club, LLC has purchased the semi-private Halifax Plantation Golf Club in Ormond Beach, Fla., which features an 18-hole golf course, swimming pool, tennis courts, and clubhouse. Ocala National Golf Club in…

The former head professional at Edgewood CC was awarded with the Chevalier (Knight) medal and inducted into France’s Order of the Legion of Honor in a special ceremony held October 24th in Florida at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum. Andreone served as a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and earned three Bronze Stars during his combat experience as part of the first Armored Division to sail from the U.S. direct to the European mainland.

Under new owner CCO Hospitality, LLC and operator Hampton Golf Clubs, the property will receive a $2 million infusion for repairs and upgrades. The club’s two-phase program will involve renovating the clubhouse, tennis courts, pool area, and the banquet hall, then shifting focus to the golf course in May.

The driver of the SUV lost consciousness and veered into a designated golf cart/pedestrian lane at the community in central Florida, which is the largest golf facility in the world and where golf cars are the preferred mode of transportation.

The new Shea Homes community in Ocala, Fla. unveiled its unique Tom Lehman/Tripp Davis-designed “loop” courses to members and the media and is now ready to incorporate public play on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays.

Pacific Life Insurance Co., which paid $13 million in the 1990s for the two properties in Jacksonville, Fla., sold them for $2.7 million to Brown, which now owns or manages 23 courses in seven states.

The inaugural Coates Golf Championship, to be played in late January at the Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club, will mark the first time in 13 years that the women’s professional tour will start in the Sunshine State.

The municipal property, operated by Billy Casper Golf, was hit with the pest onslaught last year and was unable to control the problem before the damage had been done.