It will be first U.S. championship for the Durham, N.C. club, which was founded in 2001 by a group including former United States Golf Association President Jim Hyler and former University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith.

The new Shea Homes community in Ocala, Fla. unveiled its unique Tom Lehman/Tripp Davis-designed “loop” courses to members and the media and is now ready to incorporate public play on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays.

The two-day symposium brought together industry leaders and experts to discuss golf’s issues and barriers. The organization has released recaps and takeaways from these discussions, including insights on pace of play, resource management, and course design influence and case studies.

Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., will host the The Champions Tour’s PowerShares QQQ Championship this year from October 28-30, as well as in 2017 and 2018. Quail Creek Country Club in Naples, Fla., has been slated to host the 2017 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship, and Colorado Golf Club in Parker, Colo., will host the 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship tournament.

The two-day symposium at Brookside GC in Pasadena, Calif., will bring together industry experts and leaders to share tools, insights, ideas and solutions to help golf facilities enhance operations and improve the golf experience.

Six significant changes will be made in the upcoming edition of the USGA Handicap System, including the definition of a tournament score, adjusting hole scores, posting scores when a player is disqualified, anchoring and posting, playing alone and peer review, and committee responsibilities.

Newly released survey data from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America also showed that courses used just 1.44 percent of all irrigated water in the U.S. in 2013.

The five-year study will evaluate the golf industry, covering costs to players, playing time, turf maintenance, and golf course water consumption, in hopes of making the game less expensive and time-consuming, while addressing environmental concerns.

Zaki Sheikh is seeking a judgment of more than $50,000 against the Edwardsville, Ill., club, claiming it stopped following United States Golf Association rules, which allowed a full handicap to be used in scoring tournaments, and “deprived him of benefits promised by membership to the club.”

After word leaked that the New England Patriots’ quarterback and his supermodel wife had applied for membership to the 133-year-old institution in Brookline, Mass., speculation has run rampant over whether they will be approved, in light of the publicity that their belonging to the club could bring.

The organization launched the first Global Golf Course BioBlitz on April 22, demonstrating the large diversity of species that call golf courses home. The Venice (Fla.) Golf and Country Club was awarded a prize for recording the highest number of species.

The Sacramento, Calif., property’s President and General Manager fought to host the 2015 event, preparing with a $13 million course renovation 10 years ago and convincing officials that the club and local economy were financially viable.

As part of a capital improvement plan instituted and approved by members after KemperSports took over management last December, one of the Lake Worth, Fla’s three golf courses will be restored to its original design, and outdoor eating areas will be expanded.

With just seven weeks until the 2015 Open is held at the unique public facility outside of Tacoma, Wash., pros are making public statements suggesting its setup may be a “farce” and its greens may not be championship-caliber.

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.