The Edwards, Colo., property earned the honor through Troon’s annual awards. Brian Kelley of Manchester Country Club in Bedford, N.H., won “General Manager of the Year” and Jeff Cathey of Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla., earned “Superintendent of the Year.”
Troon/Honours Golf Form Partnership with University of Alabama at NorthRiver YC
The Tuscaloosa, Ala. property will now serve as a training and education center for students in the university’s Restaurant, Hotel and Meetings Management Program.
NorthRiver YC to be Sold to Management Company
Honours Golf, which has been overseeing operations of the Tuscaloosa, Ala., property since 2012, will buy the property, pending approval by the club’s Board of Directors. The nearly 200-acre club features tennis courts, a pool and a golf course.
Regent Club Hotel to Offer Multi-Year “Game-Day Memberships” for $100,000
The planned Tuscaloosa, Ala., property is proposing a membership package that includes locked-in game-day reservations and transportation services to University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide home games for seven years, as well as other perks.
Woodland Forrest CC Reopens as Tall Pines GC
The once-private club in Tuscaloosa, Ala., was taken over last year by an LLC that was formed to keep it from closing. A tornado hampered renewal efforts, but the property has now been rebranded and reopened as a public course.
Troon Acquires Honours Golf
The Arizona-based management company will strengthen its presence in the southeastern U.S. by adding 14 properties located in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and North Carolina.
Top Nine Golf Courses for College Football Weekends Named
To help kick off the new season, PGA.com rolled out a list, based on Facebook feedback, of the best courses for a weekend golf-and-big game doubleheader.