Federal agents swooped through the gates of Gleneagles Country Club in Delray Beach, Fla., earlier this month and slapped handcuffs on 11 undocumented Haitians, some of them longtime employees, who were then tagged for deportation. Immigration authorities, tipped to one worker’s illegal status, checked files of other workers before launching the raid, which took between 30 and 45 minutes, [...]
Esteemed course architect Arthur Hills has been selected to design 18 holes as part of the initial development phase now underway at The Sanctuary at Lake Russell, a residential resort community in Calhoun Falls, S.C. The Sanctuary at Lake Russell is a multi-phase development of considerable scope. This first phase will include 370 homes, a pool club and pavilion, [...]
Lohmann Golf Designs, Inc. (LGD) will break ground this August on a comprehensive renovation project at Westmoor Country Club in Brookfield, Wis., where all 18 greens will be converted to A1 bentgrass and the layout’s hodge-podge of design features will be unified under a single style inspired by William Langford. The fumigation and regrassing process in the Midwestern summer [...]
Ocean Edge Resort & Club on Cape Cod in Brewster, Mass., (C&RB, November 2005) recently announced the grand opening of its new $8.5 million Nicklaus Design Golf Course. The total redesign of the former Ocean Edge golf course has remodeled and reshaped all greens and holes, with the most significant changes being increased length, better playability and more challenges on [...]
A move to new offices in San Francisco and the appointment of a Director of Sales are highlights of expanded operations by Les Mills West Coast which supports licensee clubs in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Alaska and Hawaii. Joe Davila is the new Director of Sales for Les Mills West Coast. He brings a history of innovation [...]
Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa and Prism Hotels & Resorts announced that Becky A. Ellis, C.M.P., has been named Director of Sales and Marketing at the Santa Fe resort. Since 2006 Ellis has been the Director of Group Sales at Snowmass Village in Snowmass, Colorado, where she partnered with the Aspen Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Tourism Organization and the [...]
Construction has begun at a new 509-home community on Lake Logan Martin says an article in Birmingham Business Journal. Atlanta’s Waterside Properties LLC recently broke ground on The Yacht Club, which will be situated on 215 acres on Lake Logan Martin east of Birmingham, Ala. Plans call for executive and estate custom homes, town homes and waterfront condominiums, as well [...]
Pound Ridge Golf Club, Pete Dye’s new and only course design in New York, announces the addition of three assistant PGA golf professionals to the staff. David Patrone, Adam Smith and Terry Slater will oversee golf operations, including management of the golf shop and tournaments, while providing exceptional service to golfers. Additionally, Mike DiBuono will offer an extensive program of [...]
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