McConnell Golf, which purchased the Charlotte, N.C. club in 2016, will present plans to the membership on January 11th. The course project will focus on bunkers, irrigation, transitioning greens to Champion Bermuda and creating new, dramatic looks from the fairways, In the clubhouse, dining areas will be improved, with the bar expanded and relocated to a larger back room.
McConnell Golf Signs Lease Agreement with Raleigh Golf Association
The 27-hole public facility is the second-oldest course in the Raleigh, N.C. area and becomes the first non-private operation in McConnell’s portfolio. Creation of a McConnell Golf Training Center is planned as part of the 10-year lease arrangement.
McConnell Golf Acquires Providence CC
The purchase of the 27-year-old private club in Charlotte, N.C. brings the Raleigh, N.C.-based ownership company’s total portfolio to 12 properties in the Carolinas and Tennessee. McConnell says it plans $4 million in improvements at Providence, including new fitness and activity areas and upgrades to the clubhouse and golf course.
McConnell Golf Considers Acquiring Providence CC
The Raleigh, N.C.-based owner/operator of private golf clubs in the Carolinas is “still evaluating the club at this point.” The Charlotte, N.C., club’s golf course was redesigned in 2006 and the remainder of its facilities were renovated in 2014.
Former CC of Asheville Members Seek ‘Fair Value’ for Shares
The group has requested a court order for a reappraisal of their shares, which they contend are worth tens of thousands of dollars more than the value assigned to them at the time of the club’s sale to McConnell Golf last fall.
Clubessential Completes Acquisition of ClubSoft
The combined companies now have 115 U.S.-based staff members and 1,300 clients. John McConnell, owner of McConnell Golf, and Ray McDonald, ClubSoft CEO, will join the Clubessential board, while McDonald will act as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
Clubs Sold: McConnell Golf Buys Brook Valley CC; Hoakalei CC Sold to Japanese Group
The 90-year-old Brook Valley property in Greenville, N.C. will become the ninth Carolina property in Raleigh-based McConnell’s portfolio, and the new owner has pledged to make $2 million in improvements in the next two years. Hoakalei CC, in West Oahu, Hawaii, has an Ernie Els-designed golf course; it is being sold to the Hirakawa Shoji Group, which plans to start building a new permanent clubhouse within two years.
McConnell Golf to Oversee Grande Dunes
Real estate investment firm LStar Management purchased the Members Club at Grande Dunes, Ocean Club at Grande Dunes and the Anchor Café in Myrtle Beach, S.C., plus 770 acres of undeveloped land. McConnell Golf will oversee management of golf and club operations.
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McConnell Golf to Close Musgrove Mill Golf Club
John McConnell says the shutdown is temporary; the plan is to reopen Musgrove Mill when the economy improves.
McConnell Golf Acquires TPC Wakefield Plantation
Hale Irwin design becomes McConnell Golf’s eighth course in Carolinas.