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Ray Tennenbaum writes an interesting article for Golf Business Magazine on the sorry state of the golf industry, which has joined the residential real estate industry in the toilet. (Welcome - the water’s @&$#!) In any event, the article is an interesting one and spurred a great discussion at GolfClubAtlas.com on the subject. (There’s too [...]

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Sorry, couldn’t pass up on that softball headline. Adam’s Rib Ranch is exactly what you’d expect from a development in the Rocky Mountains - beautiful and expensive.
The Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course at the new Adam’s Rib Ranch mountain development plans to tee off on Aug. 11.
The 1,600-acre, high-end resort community in Eagle is owned [...]

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Well, it’s off again. Like a typical California star relationship, golf course architect Donald Trump’s courting of the Running Horse project has ended - for the 3,463rd time.
Donald Trump withdrew his $30 million offer for the bankrupt Running Horse golf and residential development in Fresno.
Trump representatives said they are frustrated by failed attempts to buy [...]

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Pete Dye is redoing the only golf course in Israel.
The Caesarea Golf Course, Israel’s only 18-hole golf course, will undergo major renovations over the next year that should put it on par with many of the world’s top courses.
The $8 million overhaul will include a new course design by world renowned golf course designer Pete [...]

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One of Pete Dye’s early designs got a new lease on life from the architect. Designed 35 years ago, the course had lost a lot of its luster.
After shutting down 13 months for extensive renovations, the Cardinal is back open for business and bogeys. Raleigh businessman John McConnell bought the club last year and immediately [...]

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Golf course architect Donald Trump’s horse has finally come in - Running Horse is the Donald’s fine mare now for $30 million.  Hold your horses though, the deal will have to be approved by the bankruptcy judge, however. (I have to use up the horse cliches because…)
And the world won’t be calling it Running Horse. [...]

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Bandon, Oregon is becoming a hotbed of golf course construction. Its newest course, which is not affiliated with the famous Bandon Dunes resort, is set to open this week. Wednesday, Bandon Crossings will open for “preview” rounds. The course is 5 miles inland from the coast and 10 miles from the resort, according to the [...]

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We heard stories of doom and gloom - that golf course architect Donald Trump was out of the running for Running Horse. But the deal is back on - maybe.
Billionaire developer Donald Trump and Running Horse owner Mick Evans are on the verge of signing a purchase agreement for the financially troubled golf and residential [...]

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According to ABC 30, an offer will be made on Friday for Running Horse, but forgets to mention if it’s golf course architect Donald Trump or somebody else.
Last week, Trump withdrew his $40M offer to purchase Running Horse. Trump wanted to pay $25M in cash and $15M in profits. That deal fizzled out when the [...]

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Tiger Woods must have the most efficient usage of time of any human being. He’s a new father, just hosted his own tournament and is preparing for the season’s final two majors. Well, that’s not all - Geoff Shackelford finds in the Washington Post that Tiger is looking at either building his own course in [...]

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