The Brookline Board of Selectment voted to execute a letter of intent for the 2022 event and appointed a town administrator to form a team to negotiate with the USGA, with a deadline of October 31. The storied Massachusetts course has hosted 16 national championships in its 122-year history, but hasn’t had a U.S. Open since 1988.
China Closes 66 “Illegal” Golf Courses
A ban has existed on new golf courses for over 10 years, but development has continued unabated. But on March 30, the Ministry of Land and Resources announced it was shutting down “illegally built” courses, in an action that is seen as tied to a new crackdown on corruption.
$3.6M Course Improvement Project Approved for Medinah CC
The famed Chicago-area club will restore its Course No. 2, which opened in 1927, to its original character while upgrading its infrastructure to modern standards. The latest project will bring the total investment in Medinah’s three courses since 2008 to $14 million.
Pinehurst No. 2 Reopens Following Conversion of Greens Turf
The replacement of bentgrass with Champion ultradwarf on the Donald Ross-designed green complexes at the North Carolina resort took just two months after the conclusion of the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open.
Los Angeles Country Club Poised to Land 2023 U.S. Open?
Several steps remain to complete the arrangement that would bring the Open back to L.A. for the first time in 75 years, when it was won by Ben Hogan at Riviera CC.
Medinah CC Cuts Ribbon On Newly Renovated Course One
A cannon blast marked “the beginning of a new era” at the 90-year-old club following a 21-month, $6.5 million project that addressed persistent flooding issues.
Ben Hogan Brands Returning to Golf Equipment Business
After a seven-year absence from the market, Perry Ellis International, which purchased the brands in 2012, has announced plans to restore the Ben Hogan Company through its Eidolon Brands LLC subsidiary and re-introduce Ben Hogan golf clubs in 2015.
Showing the Way
The fallout from the recession, combined with seismic shifts in the nature of the club business, have created a new urgency for effective leadership and a new formula for management-driven success.
Premier Aerials Offers Digital Library
The Denver-based aerial photography company that produces high-resolution stills and HD fly-throughs for golf courses, is now offering images for licensing and/or purchasing through its complete Golf Aerial Library. Clubs featured in the library include The Olympic Club, Cypress Point Club and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
‘A Cool Story to Tell’
A youthful, progressive culture, coupled with an eco-friendly attitude, sustains Tetherow Golf Club.
Staying in First
As a complete course renovation enhances its status as one of America’s most storied country clubs, The Philadelphia Cricket Club is gaining added strength from its new equipment supplier.
Golf Course Architects to Honor Rees Jones
“The Open Doctor” will receive the Don A. Rossi Award from the Golf Course Builders Association of America at the 2014 Golf Industry Show in Orlando. The Golf Course Builders Association of America (GCBAA) has announced that Rees Jones, known as “The Open Doctor” for his many renovations of U.S. Open Championship courses, has been named the…
Chambersburg CC To Open Four Pickleball Courts
A grand opening party will be held on September 20 to introduce members and guests to what the club says is the nation’s fastest-growing sport. Two Har-Tru tennis courts at the club were used to create smaller courts for the game described as “a combination of ping-pong, tennis and badminton.”
The Broadmoor Scraps Expansion Project
Citing insurmountable logistical issues, the Colorado Springs, Colo., hotel has abandoned plans to revamp its golf courses into a single venue to attract large tournaments. The plan would have required closing a 3,000-foot stretch of Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard, which neighbors feared would eliminate an evacuation route if a wildfire broke out in the foothills.
Discussion of The Broadmoor’s Golf Course Makeover to Continue
The resort property wants to upgrade its two courses with an eye to attracting major tournaments, but the project would require permanently closing part of a boulevard in Colorado Springs, Colo., and that has led to public outcry over potential traffic problems and the loss of a key evacuation route in an area that is subject to wildfires. More public meetings will be held later this month to present new concepts based on initial public feedback.