Running Horse runs into trouble
Running Horse Golf Club was to host the Running Horse Golf Championship in October – a PGA Tour event that occurs after the Tour Championship.
But the course has run into financial difficulties and the developers have declared chapter 11 bankruptcy.
In court documents, the developers of Running Horse say they can no longer pay or meet [...]
“Golf is a very good sport for the Chinese as golf does not depend on size”
Perhaps lost in translation, this interview with Jack Nicklaus during the course opening of Pine Valley (China) on April 25th is rather interesting. (Comments in bold were found to be either interesting or, at least, amusing.)
Q: What is the difference between the first course and the new Nicklaus course? What is your relationship with Pine [...]
Golf course built without a permit
As hard as I find it to believe, an entire golf course was built in California without a single permit. I am unclear how it’s at all possible to disturb at least 100 acres of property without, at a minimum, needing a land disturbance permit and impacting waters of the United States. But, Trinitas Golf [...]
Myrtle Beach losing nearly a golf course a month
From the Myrtle Beach Sun Times:
Developers have submitted plans to redevelop the entire 18 holes of Crown Park Golf Club in Longs with single-family and multifamily homes.
If the rezoning to a planned development district is approved, the golf course would become the 18th since January 2005 to be closed for development or proposed redevelopment on [...]
International Golf Boom
While the market for golf in the heavily golf developed areas of the world (USA, Ireland, England) slows, the golf market in other countries is booming.
Today, three-quarters of all golf courses planned or under construction are outside the United States, Britain and other traditional golf centers, according to industry estimates. With 17,000 courses already functioning [...]
