As a wet and dreary winter exits, the trio of golf courses at Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort on Hilton Head Island will take center stage, as the dawning of spring marks the true beginning of the golf season. Last year, Palmetto Dunes celebrated its 50th anniversary, and golf courses – the Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront […]
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Sea Island opens new Golf Performance Center
Sea Island, a Forbes Five-Star resort on the coast of Georgia, today unveiled its new Golf Performance Center at the Sea Island Golf Club. www.seaisland.com The 17,000-square-foot facility features state-of-the-art technology, six instruction and club fitting bays, a putting studio designed by world-renowned putting instructor Phil Kenyon – who serves as Director of Putting Instruction […]
Famed ASU Karsten Golf Course closing after 30 years in Valley of the Sun
Sign of the golf times: On May 5, 2019, ASU Karsten Golf Course – named after Ping Golf Founder and Phoenix resident Karsten Solheim – will permanently close after 30 years of public golf, as well as serving as the home course for Arizona State University’s golf teams since opening in September 1989. The parcel […]
New clubhouse solidifies The Reserve Club’s luxurious spot in the Coachella Valley
The Reserve Club in Indian Wells, Calif., is celebrating its 20 anniversary in style with an $11.5 million clubhouse. The 700-acre club, which features a Tom Weiskopf/Jay Moorish-designed golf that hugs the Santa Rosa Mountains, is one of top private golf communities in the golf-centric Coachella Valley. “While various changes and innovations have been added […]
World Amateur Handicap Championship registration begins March 13
The 36th annual PlayGolfMyrtleBeach.com World Amateur Handicap Championship will begin accepting entries March 13. A 72-hole, net stroke play tournament, the World Am will be played Aug. 26-30 on 60 of Myrtle Beach’s best courses. More than 3,000 players from across America and more than 20 countries are again expected to participate in golf’s largest […]
Lucky No. 7 at Desert Mountain Club
The growing “short’’ course trend in golf course design has reached fabled Desert Mountain Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. Desert Mountain “Seven,’’ a par 54 course will open later this spring as a 3,075-yard layout aimed at families and new golfers. Desert Mountain No. 7 joins the portfolio of six Jack Nicklaus-designed courses that have made […]
Salamander Hotels & Resorts looking to develop new oceanfront hotel at Hammock Beach
Salamander Hotels & Resorts is looking into possibly redevelop its 20-room Lodge at Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast, Fla., into a larger oceanfront hotel. The Lodge is the sister hotel to the more-than 300 suites in the Main Tower at Hammock Beach, which features the Jack Nicklaus-designed Ocean Course and the nearby Conservatory Course […]
Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa prepping for Taste & Sip event
Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa at The Islands of Loreto is preparing to tantalize the senses of guests who reserve a four-day, three-night “Taste & Sip” package during a food-and-wine extravaganza, April 4-7, that features dinners, receptions and a tasting experience with acclaimed winemakers. The menu for the “Taste & Sip” package also […]
Hootie, Dustin Johnson latest inductees in Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame
Hootie & the Blowfish and Dustin Johnson, the latter fresh off a win at the WGC Mexico Championship, were inducted into the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame on Feb. 27 at Pine Lakes Country Club. Johnson and each of the four members of Hootie & the Blowfish have long had close ties to the […]
Bay Point Golf Club’s Nicklaus Course ready for March 1 re-opening
Nearly five months after Hurricane Michael stormed through Northwest Florida, Bay Point Golf Club in Panama City, Fla., will re-open its Nicklaus on March 1. The hurricane blew through with winds at 100 mph only three days after the Nicklaus Course re-opened from a renovation project to its greens. Those new TifEagle greens held up […]