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 Sunset Beach, N.C., property will install new greens on its Jones Course and renovate its Magnolias Restaurant, with both amenities closing on June 27 and reopening on September 6. Renovations of the Byrd and Maples courses are planned for the next two years.

The recently renovated bunkers at the 27-hole, Sunset Beach, N.C., golf course resisted washouts and did not collect water after more than two feet of rain fell over the course of four days. Improvement projects at the property will continue in the spring, including repairs and a paint job for the clubhouse, and renovations to bar and grill.

Unlike the Japanese and South Koreans before them, Chinese investors are buying at the bottom of the market. “We’re seeing a lot of tires getting kicked by the Chinese,” said one broker who specializes in golf and resort properties. “They only recently came forward and started buying. They do love golf, so it makes sense.”

The Greensboro, N.C. club closed last week just before its previous management company ES2 Sports & Leisure, declared bankruptcy. Florida-based Integrity Golf Co. has been selected to manage Forest Oaks when it reopens, the course owner announced to members in a letter.