The $6 million par 3 course
Only in Palm Beach, right? Where else could you possibly spend $6 million on a 39-acre par 3 course? Such is the case as the Town of Palm Beach attempts to pick up the additional $1.5 million that they have yet to raise to get to the $6 million it “needs” to redo the Palm [...]
Trump sues Rancho Palos Verdes, Trump haters trumpet
I’m indifferent on Donald Trump, although I find his claiming to be a golf course architect to be humorous. He recently filed a $100 million lawsuit against Rancho Palos Verdes over various problems his blames on the city at his redo of the former Ocean Trails Golf Course.
It’s allowed a number of those who dislike [...]
Tiger Woods designs hard to find
Tiger Woods Design is now on to its third course – it announced in October that it was designing Punta Brava in Mexico along an ocean side setting. The routing plans for the golf courses are nowhere to be found on Tiger Woods Design’s website.
I wonder why that is? To keep people from discussing them? [...]
Wilmington, North Carolina Golf Disapoints
I had the opportunity to live in Wilmington, North Carolina over the summer and early fall. It allowed me to play many of the public golf courses in the greater Wilmington area. Being in the southeast corner of North Carolina, along the coast and not too far from the North Carolina sandhills, I had high [...]
Economy Takes Toll on Golf Courses
The faltering economy is sparing nobody – and golf courses, which were taking it on the chin in the good times – continue to fall. The National Golf Foundation expects less than 85 courses to open in 2008, the lowest in 20 years. It also expects around 100 golf courses to close. That’s the third [...]
India becoming golf hot bed?
India seems to be becoming a hotbed of golf course activity – and PGA Tour pros are getting in on the designs.
Colin Montgomerie and Vijay Singh are two big stars to cash in on the trend, adding their names to a who’s who of golfers with course interests in the booming country.
“There’s certain meetings this [...]
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 [...]
Lanier Golf Club gets first reprieve
Forsyth County, Georgia’s planning commission voted 3-2 to deny the rezoning on Tuesday night.
A developer lost the first round late Tuesday in a battle with Lake Lanier residents who fought a plan to turn Forsyth County’s oldest golf course into a massive, 772-unit retirement community.
Wellstone Communities LLC of Cumming has an option to buy the [...]
Lanier Golf Club facing the bulldozers blade?
A club with some local interest is facing the demand of a great location. Unfortunately, the neighboring homeowners are finding out the hard way that property they don’t own doesn’t give them the control they need to prevent it from changing. The course itself, which I played for the first time last year, is nice, [...]
Official announcement made on Tiger Woods’ the Cliffs design
Although we’ve known for almost a week, it was officially announced that Tiger Woods’ first American design will be at North Carolina’s Cliffs community. Below is the press release:
ASHEVILLE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–It’s official: the world’s number one golfer, Tiger Woods, will design his first American golf [...]
