Renovations to the Topeka CC include updated grill, golf shop, fitness center and lounge.
The Sagamore Club Completes $1.4M in Improvements
Clubhouse improvements at the Noblesville, Ind., property focused primarily on expansion of the bar and patio area, while on the golf course, 84 bunkers were renovated using Capillary Concrete. The Sagamore Club in Noblesville, Ind., has announced the completion of $1.4 million in clubhouse and course renovations. Since opening in 2003, Sagamore has been a…
Barnsley Resort Partners with High Adventure Company to Revamp Shooting Grounds
The Adairsville, Ga. property has employed the help of Certified Wildlife Biologist John Burrell and his High Adventure Company to revamp the shooting experience at the 3,000-acre estate. The new shooting grounds feature upland bird hunting and a clay shooting experience, specializing in both wingshooting and sporting clays. Barnsley Resort of Adairsville, Ga. has partnered…
Tartan Fields GC Rebrands as The Club at Tartan Fields
“The name change is about the evolution of the club’s personality and character; we have grown to be so much more than a golf club,” said Rick Burkardt, General Manager of the Dublin, Ohio club, which is home to an Arnold Palmer Signature golf course. A $2.1 million clubhouse transformation, new fitness center and expanded…
Vinoy Renaissance Resort Now on Market
The St Petersburg, Fla. resort property announced earlier this year that its current owner, RLJ Lodging Trust, would be looking to sell the resort property, and it is now on the market. RLJ also plans to remove the Tea Garden pavilion and stated that Phase Three of the property redevelopment plans, which include a fitness…
Golf Club at Little Turtle to Undergo $100M Transformation
Stonehenge Co., which purchased the Westerville, Ohio property in 2015, continues to redevelop the property with new amenities and updates to the golf course. The $100 million transformation will also include a pool and workout facility, along with hundreds of new apartments and condo units. “This may have been a golf club before, but we…
One Direction
As you might expect, while Joe Krenn, CCM, CCE, was touring the clubhouse and property of Farmington Country Club (FCC) in Charlottesville, Va. in 2012, to decide if he wanted to make his next career move there and become its Chief Operating Officer/General Manager, numbers were running through his head. Krenn wasn’t computing projected costs…
Deering Bay Y&CC Members Approve $5M-$6M Improvement Plan
The Coral Gables, Fla. property, which houses South Florida’s only Arnold Palmer-designed golf course, plans to revamp its 30,000 sq.-ft. Mediterranean architecture-inspired clubhouse. Plans include building a new 19th Hole Bar, expanding the fitness facility and kitchen, adding a multi-level kids club and creating an indoor courtyard dining area and larger banquet space. Members of…
Renovation Projects Move Forward Across the Country
The Founders Club in Sarasota, Fla., Independence Golf Club in Midlothian, Va., Texas Start Golf Course in Euless, Texas, and Bacon Park Golf Course in Savannah, Ga., are all in the midst of updating their golf courses.
Poplar Creek CC Finishes Golf Course, Facility Renovations, Changes Name
Poplar Creek Country Club changes name to Bridges of Poplar Creek Country Club.
Increase in Golf Course Renovations May Be on Tap for 2011, Says ASGCA
The struggling economy of recent years impacted decision makers across the country, in many cases limiting or even forestalling planned renovations at both public and private golf courses. Those plans may be moving to the front burner in 2011, notes the America Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA). Just as a house built during the…
Barton Hills CC Completes Eco-Friendly Renovations
Recently completed, environmentally friendly renovations at the Barton Hills Country Club, Ann Arbor, Mich., were the first steps toward making the golf course completely energy independent, General Manager Corey Gerhart told AnnArbor.com. The club is also adding bunkers and improving greens and drainage to bring the course closer to the vision of the original designer,…
Soaring Temperatures Prompt Golf Courses to Invest in Bermuda greens
A brutal summer has wreaked havoc on local golf courses, leading several to opt to upgrade their greens from Bentgrass to Champion Bermuda, a more durable grass that is easier to maintain, reports the Memphis Business Journal. Low country courses including Plantation Golf Club (Memphis, Tenn.), The Links at Cottonwoods (Robinsonville, Miss.), The…
New Greens, Tees At Country Club of Detroit
The the historic 98-year-old Country Club of Detroit, Grosse Point Farms, Mich., has embarked on a course renovation to rebuild all of its greens and tees. “We had an agronomy issue with our greens, and that was our number one issue we had to solve,” said Mark Petzing, the club’s general manager. “The more…
Fargo CC’s $1.3M Course Flood Protection Project Nears Final Completion
After two years of floods and course renovations, Fargo (N.D.) Country Club is about to complete a $1.3 million project prompted by the forces of the Red River, reports In-Forum, a Fargo news website. Fairways on Nos. 1 and 2 were raised by as much as six feet, a water hazard was constructed…