The managers from facilities across the country have completed the requirements to achieve advanced certification through the PGA Certified Professional Program 2.0, in career categories that include General Management, Golf Operations, Player Development and Teaching & Coaching. The PGA of America announced that 13 PGA Professionals have completed the requirements to achieve certification in categories…
Pinehurst CC Begins $1.25M Renovation Project
The 4,250-sq. ft. addition at the 825-member Denver, Colo. club will include locker rooms, a fitness center and renovations for the tennis shop. “We’re interested in making Pinehurst even more of a 12-month facility,” said General Manager Jason Murphy. “The club is definitely in reinvestment mode.”
Denver Post Commemorates Jim Lays
A tennis pro at Denver Country Club for the past two decades, Lays passed away on December 31, following a career that included teaching at Pinehurst Country Club, Rolling Hills Country Club, and Cherry Hills Country Club. Lays’ love of tennis extended to charitable efforts, as he collected and donated rackets to a dozen developing countries, and conducted tennis clinics throughout Africa.
First PGA Master Professional Program Graduates Announced
The PGA of America has announced that Eric Alpenfels, PGA Director of Instruction at Pinehurst Country Club, and Mike Adams, PGA Director of Instruction at both Hamilton Farms Golf Club and Medalist Golf Club, are the first PGA Professionals to ever graduate from the new PGA MPP 2.0 Program. With this honor, they have achieved the highest educational designation that can be attained by a PGA member.
Rocky Mountain GCSA Elects New Officers
Daniel Hawkins of The Club at Flying Horse will be the new President of the Colorado superintendents group.
Raleigh Builder Offers Memberships in Pinehurst Resort as Sales Incentive
Raleigh home builder, Rex Vick Jr., is banking on a unique perk to help sell the 73 townhome units he’s building in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. Included in the purchase price of a home at Villas at Forest Hills is the membership initiation fee of $40,000 to Pinehurst Resort and County Club, reports the…
Weather Extremes: A Mixed Bag for Golf
No one can change the weather, but anyone can take advantage of it. The persistent, spring-like temperatures in the eastern two-thirds of the country in the final weeks of 2006 made this the United States’ fourth warmest December on record, according to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Mother Nature’s generosity fit Eastern golfers…
Get Out!
By incorporating outdoor living trends into patio design, clubs and resorts can offer members and guests more options and a causal environment.