The $100,000 competition will be held at the Bonita Springs, Fla. property next May, with an estimated 1,000 spectators expected to attend each day of the week-long event. The club’s tournament committee is coordinating event sponsorships and planning a full schedule of activities, including a gala and silent auction and a golf tournament to support…

Brian Quinn, a former touring pro now in his llth season as head men’s coach at Philadelphia’s Temple University, is part of a new corporation formed to acquire Plymouth Country Club in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., which will now be rebranded as The 1912 Club, in recognition of the year it was founded. The club features a William Flynn-designed golf course that will now be renovated under the direction of Ron Prichard.

The San Angelo, Texas property is the featured facility among four private clubs that will be recognized through the 2017 United States Tennis Association awards as part of the organization’s semi-annual meeting, to be held in New York in September, in conjuction with the U.S. Open. Others recognized among private facilities include Cape Fear CC, Dataw Island Club Tennis Center, and Overland Park Racquet Club.

The inaugural ‘Tennis Tech Fair’ gave industry leaders and facility owners and managers a taste of the latest products helping to boost the sport.

Despite a slight decline in the “core player” category, the latest research shows 1% growth overall, with another 14 million Americans showing an interest in playing. And youth play showed stronger-than-average growth.

The Roswell, Ga. club was one of 13 winners in the United States Tennis Association’s latest recognition of excellence in facility construction and renovation. Other private clubs earning recognition included Trump National GC in Potomac Falls, Va. and Cherokee Town and Country Club in Atlanta. The Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. also earned honors.

The Boca Raton, Fla., property was recognized along with four other private tennis centers for their facilities’ overall layout, court quality, aesthetics, and more.

The $450,000 overhaul, to be completed from August through October later this year, will be the first for the facility at the Ann Arbor, Mich. club in 35 years. “The complete renovation from top to bottom” will include installation of college tournament-style indirect lighting and infrared heat, reports General Manager Guy Guarino.

After opening its new $1.8 million Tennis Center last April, the Boca Raton, Fla. club has brought in Harrison, an ATP Tour World player who has been ranked as high as 43rd, to enhance the club’s tennis programs and take the next steps to “revitalizing and rebuilding Boca West as a tennis destination.”

The tennis facility at the Charlotte, N.C., club received the award from the United States Tennis Association at a reception on September 1. A recent renovation of the facility by Timmons Group included ten new clay courts, two asphalt courts, shade structures, spectator viewing areas, and landscape and hardscape features.