Course of the Week

Troon Country Club reopens

February 22, 2021 By Christina Herrick

Troon Country Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., reopened its Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course for member play following a $4.6 million, seven-month renovation. Weiskopf and design consultant Phil Smith oversaw the project, while Heritage Links golf course construction company served as ...

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San Vicente Golf Resort No. 3 hole. (Photo: Michael Gainey, PGA)

San Vicente Golf Resort completes renovation

February 5, 2021 By Christina Herrick

San Vicente Golf Resort in Ramona, Calif., has completed a comprehensive renovation plan that upgrades the golfer’s experience while improving the long-term sustainability of the original 1972 Ted Robinson design. Andy Staples, ASGCA, owner Staples Golf Design, directed the club’s ...

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Hoiana Shores Golf Club named World’s Best New Course

January 21, 2021 By Christina Herrick

Hoiana Shores Golf Club (HSGC) has been named the Best New Course to open worldwide for the year 2020. The Robert Trent Jones II design, which opened in 2020 in the dunes of Central Vietnam, was singled out for this ...

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McConnell Golf purchases The Water’s Edge Country Club and The Westlake

January 11, 2021 By Christina Herrick

McConnell Golf has expanded its footprint across the Southeast with the purchase of two golf clubs in Virginia, located on Smith Mountain Lake. Always aiming to have the exact number of clubs with “14 clubs in the bag,” McConnell Golf ...

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Lido Club gets new life in Thailand

December 4, 2020 By Christina Herrick

The Lido Club has been gone some 80 years. This mythic 18 from Charles Blair MacDonald and Seth Raynor opened for play on Long Island, outside New York City, in 1917. It closed during World War II. In between, it ...

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Trophy Club invests $1M in Whitworth Course

November 23, 2020 By Christina Herrick

Trophy Club Country Club, in Trophy Club, Texas, renovated its Whitworth Course, named for LPGA legend Kathy Whitworth. The $1 million renovation project will bring upgrades to the greens and tee boxes, as well updates to the course’s irrigation system. ...

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