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…

The Van Buskirk golf course, one of two in Stockton, Calif. that city officials are considering closing amid residents’ protests, has seen 38 calls for police service in the past three months, including several break-ins to the maintenance building to start a fire and steal equipment. Dirt bikes and motorcycles have damaged greens and there was also a report of a vandal using an air rifle to shoot out a clubhouse TV.

An overflow crowd attended a community meeting to show support for maintaining the 65-year-old golf course in Stockton, Calif., as either a golf facility or greenspace. Citizens are concerned that the city would sell the 214-acre site to a real estate developer, negatively impacting property values, traffic, and safety. An overflow crowd of supporters of Swenson Park…

The 30,000-sq. ft. mansion built by grape broker Michael Hat in Manteca, Calif. has sat empty since Hat declared for bankruptcy in 2001 and the property was bought at a foreclosure auction by a developer that has since been unable to follow through on proposed residential projects. Proponents of using the property for a new course note that would fit with the goal of the city—which currently has one public course but is expected to see its population jump from 75,000 currently to over 125,000 by 2040—to become known as a hub for entertainment and recreation in Northern California.

More than 100 residents gathered on December 4 to weigh in on a proposal by Mayor Michael Tubbs that would end the city’s $850,000 annual subsidy of the Swenson and Van Buskirk golf courses, effectively closing them and making the land available for redevelopment. The public comment period was dominated by people supporting the golf…

Citing annual subsidies from the city that have swelled to $850,000, more than double the cost of four years ago, Mayor Michael Tubbs is pushing for Swenson Park Golf Course to be repurposed as a mixed-use property and for Van Buskirk Golf Course to become a recreational complex. At a special meeting on Monday night,…

Heavy rains are keeping some golf courses in Sacramento and Stockton closed with flooded fairways and muddy conditions. Surrounding golf courses also face the threat of additional flooding from the damaged Lake Oroville dam, located 70 miles from Sacramento, that has caused the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people. More storms are expected later this week.

Jean Breitenbucher, who was born ten years after the club was founded, became its Office Manager in 1975. In the next 41 years, she saw it transform from a place where ladies dressed in gloves, long dresses and heels for Friday night dinner dances to one where she herself will now be an honorary member.

Charlotte Hill Hendry is facing felony charges of embezzling, falsifying corporate books, and evading taxes during her tenure at the Stockton, Calif., club, beginning in 2008. Hendry was arrested at her new job as a bookkeeper at the Tropicana Las Vegas.

The CCM designation indicates that a club management professional has completed a rigorous course of study and training, and shows a dedication to proficiency and expertise in club management. The two classes are the final group of managers to earn their CCM under the Club Managers Association of America’s previous requirements, as new requirements became effective following the first administered CCM exam in January 2014.