The former Watson Ranch golf course in Coos Bay, Ore. is under new ownership directed by Andre Liloc, a Seattle businessman with a technology and advertising background who most recently worked for ESPN. The 95-year-old golf course has been rerouted into a “new nine” and “original nine,” and other members of Liloc’s family are helping with graphics, apparel merchandising and restaurant management.

Golf courses in Albuquerque have embraced The PGA of America’s youth initiative in the past three years, with the number of participants at Arroyo del Oso Golf Course increasing so rapidly, the course had to introduce a cap. Other facilities have more than doubled their numbers. Recognizing the trend of declining play, the PGA of America…