The San Angelo, Texas property is the featured facility among four private clubs that will be recognized through the 2017 United States Tennis Association awards as part of the organization’s semi-annual meeting, to be held in New York in September, in conjuction with the U.S. Open. Others recognized among private facilities include Cape Fear CC, Dataw Island Club Tennis Center, and Overland Park Racquet Club.
Overland Park, Kan., Clubs Benefit from Course Closures
Private and public golf courses alike are reaping the benefits of Meadowbrook Country Club’s closure in 2014, and will likely see an additional influx of business when the golf course at Brookridge Golf and Fitness Club is redeveloped. Canyon Farms Golf Club in Lenexa, Indian Hills Country Club in Mission Hills and Milburn Country Club in Overland Park each reported recent increases in membership.
Brookridge Golf & Fitness Sold to Developer
Future plans for the 200-acre Overland Park, Kan., property have not yet been determined, but Curtin Property Co., is considering maintaining golf as a component of the development.
San Diego Added for 2019 to GIS Lineup; Ihms Named New GCSAA President
The Golf Industry Show will continue its three-city rotation with Orlando, San Antonio and San Diego through the end of the decade, it was announced in Orlando. Also at this year’s show, Keith Ihms, CGCS, Director of Grounds Maintenance at the Country Club of Little Rock (Ark.), was elected President of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA).