On April 1, Tim Schantz will become Chief Executive Officer at Troon, the largest third-party manager of golf and club operations in the world. Company Founder Dana Garmany will become Executive Chairman. Troon is a Leadership Partner with ASGCA. National Golf...
Circling Raven Golf Club at Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel in Worley, Idaho, was designed by Gene Bates, ASGCA Associate (Bates Golf Group) and opened in 2003. After more than 15 years of regular use, the facility is ready for renovation work, which will also be...
Mike Gogel, ASGCA Associate (Mike Gogel Golf Design), discusses working alongside his brother, transitioning from golf course construction to architecture and his agronomy volunteer experiences with Golf Course Industry’s Guy Cipriano in this “Tartan...
The renovation and redesign project at Sea Island in Georgia from Love Golf Design and Scot Sherman, ASGCA, is in the home stretch. New greens and green sites have been constructed and all that awaits is grassing. Golf Course Architecture reports: “The original nine...
Bobby Weed, ASGCA, (Bobby Weed Golf Design) will be redesigning the South course at Quail Ridge Country Club, in Boynton Beach, Florida. Golf Course Architecture reports: “Quail Ridge has an enthusiastic and active membership that loves golf,” said Weed. “The...
Twenty years after his original design, Todd Eckenrode, ASGCA (Origins Golf Design), is returning to Barona Creek Golf Club, Lakeside, California, for a greens and bunker renovation project. Golf Course Architecture reports: The course opened in 2001 at the Barona...
The newly renamed and redesigned Jayhawk Club in Lawrence, Kansas, from Mike Gogel, ASGCA Associate (Mike Gogel Golf Design), will reopen as a 27-hole facility in May. For Gogel, the project has been quite the family affair. Golf Course Architecture reports: “For a...
Alice Dye, the first female President of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA), a Fellow and 2017 Donald Ross Award recipient, died Feb. 1, 2019, at age 91. The matriarch of the most famous family in golf course design – and architect of the famed...
The facility enhancement most desired by golfers at both public and private courses is a course renovation, so say golf course superintendents and general managers. That is just one result of the “Golf Facility Market Trend Watch” report, commissioned by the American...
As Immediate Past President, John Sanford, ASGCA, (Sanford Golf Design) has a unique perspective on the changing face of the golf industry, the continued evolution of golf course architecture and the breadth of skills from ASGCA members. He shares his thoughts with...