With the recent reopening of three golf courses and with two additional courses set to reopen in the coming weeks, the “Grand Strand” will be back to its full complement of 90 courses, including 80 that are open to the public. Earlier this year, winterkill ran rampant through the area, forcing many of the courses…
Independence GC Reopens After Winterkill-Forced Closing
The Chesterfield County, Va. property, one of the northernmost mid-Atlantic golf courses with Bermuda greens, was forced to close for two months of the summer after a bout with the turf disease. The course has now reopened with new greens and other improvements. Independence Golf Club in Chesterfield County, Va. opened its full course for…
Multiple Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Golf Courses Reopen After Winterkill Damage
The Myrtle Beach golf industry is bouncing back following an outbreak of winterkill damage that caused over a dozen courses to close at least nine holes for greens renovations. Four of the courses have reopened with new greens, and others in the market are nearing a reopening. The Myrtle Beach golf market is starting to…
Moorland Course at Legends Resort Closes to Redo Greens
The decision by Arnold Palmer Golf Management makes Moorland the twelfth course in the Myrtle Beach, S.C. “Grand Strand” region to close this year to repair winterkill damage. The course will reopen in September with new Champion ultradwarf Bermuda grass greens, which is on the Legends Resorts’ Heathland Course and helped that course make it…
Winterkill Crisis Plagues Myrtle Beach Clubs
Damage from harsh winter conditions throughout the region’s Grand Strand has led to more than 10 course closures this summer to allow for recovery, with numerous other courses undergoing an extensive amount of sodding to expedite the recovery process with an eye to being full restored by the fall. One Director of Agronomy said he’d…
Rivers Edge GC Closes to Renovate, Repair Winterkill Damage
The Shallotte, N.C., property is installing the Sunday variety of ultradwarf Bermudagrass, which is more salt- and cold-tolerant than its current SeaDwarf Paspalum grass. Other improvements will include drainage repairs and tree removal, with plans to reopen in August.
North Carolina Golf Courses Get Hit by Winterkill
McConnell Golf alone plans to spend close to $250,000 to repair damage at its 11 facilities. Bryan Park Golf Course, a public facility in Greensboro, N.C., was among the worst hit, and lost about 30 acres of turf across its two 18-hole layouts.