Archive for January 2008

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More courses closed in 2007 than opened

The National Golf Foundation reported that more golf courses closed in 2007 than opened, a copy of what happened in 2006. Below is their press release.
CLOSURES OUTPACE OPENINGS IN 2007
NGF has identified 113 golf courses, in 18-hole equivalents, that opened for business in the U.S. in 2007. During the same period, there were 121.5 golf [...]

Sedgefield closer to becoming host for Wyndham Championship

Sedgefield closer to becoming host for Wyndham Championship

As discussed last year, the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship (formerly the Greater Greensboro Open) is about to make a move from longtime host course Forest Oaks Country Club and the likely relocation will take place at Sedgefield Country Club.
Sources familiar with the negotiations said an agreement between the Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation, the nonprofit group [...]

Architects page updated

I’ve done an extensive update of the Architects page to list a good number of the architects currently designing golf courses. This includes all of the ASGCA folks, and many, many more who are not members of the ASGCA. This list differs from that on the ASGCA site in that it includes an architect’s website, [...]