The 2019 Chef to Chef Conference will return to the Big Easy for the eleventh annual event, which will be held March 10-12, 2019. For the second time in its ten-year history, New Orleans will play host to the 2019 Chef to Chef Conference, March 10th through March 12th. (This marks the first time in…

A new Clubhouse Manager and Executive Chef have joined the staff of the 109-year-old club in the past year, and helped to send food sales “through the roof” by featuring a complete scratch-made menu. The 450-member club also features an A.W. Tillinghast-designed golf course.   Over the last year, Williamsport (Pa.) Country Club has added…

The golf entertainment complex will be housed in the former Times-Picayune building, and is expected to open by the end of 2019. The 62,000-sq. ft. facility will include three levels with 90 driving bays facing a netted range outfitted with targets and ball tracking, a gaming lounge, corporate and group event space, a roof terrace…

The proposed plan would demolish the newspaper’s previous building in New Orleans and build a three-story, 20,000-sq. ft. golf entertainment facility with a large outdoor driving area. The project is still in an exploratory stage, with details such as zoning still being ironed out. The Drive Shack golf facility under consideration for the former Times-Picayune…

The South Course at City Park is part of a larger neighborhood revitalization in New Orleans, and 16 similar projects are being implemented across the country. Gerry Barousse Jr., a real estate developer and banker, noted that including golf in the project was “crucial to create sustainability within the model and a revenue stream to support the program.”

Eight courses will serve as host sites for the September competitions among all-star teams of junior golfers, ages 13 and under who will vie for the opportunity to advance to the championship at Grayhawk GC in Scottsdale, Ariz. in November.

The new championship golf course in New Orleans’ City Park evoked mentions of top public venues such as Torrey Pines and Bethpage Black when it was officially unveiled on April 21. The course is the centerpiece of a $26 million public-private project that is being hailed as a symbol of the rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

The golf course in New Orleans’ City Park, which is set to open next month, will feature solar-powered “bubbles” in several lagoons and other energy-efficient designs. The city opted to add sustainable elements in response to years of public protest to the facility, and as a way to save costs.

The $26 million course will join the shorter North Course, which reopened in 2008, three years after the entire golf complex in New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The project is aimed at offering higher-level play to the public and helping to fund both the park and a mixed-income residential community nearby.

Ranked according to user reviews, a short course is defined by GolfAdvisor as 18-hole courses under 5,500 yards or nine-hole courses under 2,700 yards. Hideaway Country Club in Fort Myers, Fla., takes the list’s top spot, followed by Barn Hollow at Hawk’s View Golf Club in Lake Geneva, Wis., and Palm Beach (Fla.) Par 3.

Sidney Goodreaux alleges that the New Orleans club’s starter used a racial epithet against African Americans, and claims that when he complained to management, his membership was terminated. The club’s co-owner said the charges are “without merit.”

The golf entertainment enterprise said it will build on its surging popularity through a broad search for new locations in smaller and mid-sized U.S. cities, in addition to major markets. New regions under consideration include New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., Fort Myers/Naples, Fla., and Providence, R.I.

Environmental advocates sought to block construction of the $24.5 million complex that is being built to revive public golf in the city following the damage inflicted on municipal courses by Hurricane Katrina. Construction has continued throughout the litigation, a spokesman said.