Earlier this month the PGA of America announced that it will be moving its headquarters from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, to Frisco, Texas. That’s a huge deal, since the projected new headquarters is a half-billion dollar project that will include 45 golf holes, a 500-room Omni resort and a 127,000-square foot conference center among other…
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Ghim, India earn coveted spots at Web.com Tour qualifying tourney
The Chicago area has hardly been rich in players on the pro golf tours in recent years, but that situation improved significantly last weekend. Arlington Heights’ Doug Ghim and Deerfield’s Vince India earned spots for 2019 on the Web.com Tour, the PGA Tour’s alternate circuit, and former world No. 1 Luke Donald, shaking off lingering…
Horseshoe Bay wants to be golf’s No. 1 resort — and not just in Texas
Golf is a little different in the Texas Lake & Hill Country — especially at Horseshoe Bay — a resort where big things are happening. Horseshoe Bay has operated since 1971 with a relatively low profile. It has three courses designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. He’s the late father of today’s prominent architects Robert…
Jan Stephenson’s new golf course provides a boost for veterans, first responders
PALM HARBOR, Florida – Jan Stephenson is about to go into the World Golf Hall of Fame. That’s not surprising given that she won 16 LPGA tournaments including three majors, among them the 1982 LPGA Championship and 1983 U.S. Women’s Open. She also has 41 world-wide wins including 10 titles on the LPGA’s Legends circuit….
Q-and-A: Paul Albanese
Paul Albanese is a Michigan golf course architect who burst into prominence when one of his designs, Tatanka in Niobrara, Neb., was named Golf Magazine’s Best New Resort Course of 2015. In July a similar Albanese creation, Sage Run, opened in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Both projects were done while working with Indian tribes…
Innisbrook re-opens its South Course, completes its four-course greens renovation
PALM HARBOR, Florida – The golf resort business is highly competitive in Florida, and the managing director of one of the best thinks there may soon be a changing of the guard. Mike Williams, managing director of Innisbrook Resort, presided over the re-opening of his South Course last week and took an aggressive stance after…
OZARKS NATIONAL
Location: Hollister, Mo. Course architect: Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw. Opened: Nov. 1, 2018. Par 71 Tee – Yard/rating/slope Men: Tips 7,036/73.9/131; Gold 6,510/71.3/126; White 5,903/68.6/118; Red 5,025/64.6/112. Women: Gold 6,510;77.4/132; White 5,903/74.0/128; Red 5,025/69.2/117. Green fee: Preview play in November is $150 with a replay rate of $100. In December the prices drop to $125 for…
Golf shared the spotlight at this Mississippi resort with Capone and Elvis
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi – Not all the golf destinations that we visit are just about golf. Gulf Hills Resort is a prime example. Knowing our interest in history as well as golf, one of our tour guides suggested we hit this 91-year old resort on the Mississippi Gulf Coast that was founded as a golfing…
Texas resort Horseshoe Bay figures to cash in on big-money upgrades
HORSESHOE BAY, Texas – This is good news for all of golf. Major new construction, renovations and upgrades aren’t just being done in the Missouri Ozarks. Not by a long shot. Other golf destinations – especially in Texas – are taking on expensive projects as well. Granted all the projects undertaken by the visionary Johnnie…
Meet the Millers: Like father, like son in Illinois PGA leadership
The Illinois PGA changes its president every two years, and the most recent changing of the guard on Nov. 19 was much different than all the previous ones. When Jim Miller took over the reins from Mark Labiak the section gained an unusual new leader. Rarely has the IPGA had a president from a club…