By David Droschak The work is complete …. Now the reviews start. In what some have described as a bold move after two successful U.S. Opens and a unique USGA double-header on the horizon in 2014, Pinehurst Resort is ready to unveil the throwback design of its classic No. 2 course to the golfing public.…
By STEVE HANF More than one person questioned Alex Johnston’s sanity when he interviewed for a job at Salem Glen Golf & Country Club. Sure, the facility still boasted the only Nicklaus-designed golf course in the area. There was, however, that little matter of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which Salem Glen remained under when Johnston…
By DAVID DROSCHAK It has been 13 years since the passing of real estate mogul Joseph Koury, but Mo Milani can rattle off stories about the early development of Grandover Resort on demand, offering vivid details of long walks the two shared, covering every piece of dirt, every plan, and every idea for the…
By BOB SUTTON The golf part of Forest Oaks Country Club always has been one of the foundations associated with the facility in southeast Guilford County. Its rich history was solidified as a PGA Tour stop for more than three decades. But Geoff Dail, who’s general manager at Forest Oaks, said it has so…
By BOB SUTTON Quarry Hills Country Club has gone through countless changes in the past few years, not to mention a rebirth under the Tri-G Group. Yet co-owner Geoff Gulick says he’s far from finished. “Every year there will be a change people are going to notice,” he said. Gulick and his group celebrated the…
By EDDIE HUFFMAN After summer heat that did a number on a lot of North Carolina golf courses, a couple of Alamance County courses, Indian Valley and Mill Creek, are looking to the future with brand new greens. “Like everybody else we were totally burnt,” said Derek Cobb, director of golf at Indian…
By David Droschak Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway wouldn’t be complete without paying homage to one of the truly great public golf courses in the state of North Carolina. Mount Mitchell Golf Club in Yancey County is just a five-minute drive from the National Scenic Byway, sitting in a “valley” at…
By STEVE HANF There was no debating the fact Stoney Creek Golf Club needed a facelift. The only arguments began after the $2.3-million course renovation – once membership returned following an eight-month hiatus. Kim Worrel, Stoney Creek’s general manager, recalled with a smile the heated debate one particular foursome had in the clubhouse after…
By David Droschak There’s something special about a son following in his father’s footsteps, or in the case of the Maples family its love affair with a special Virginia mountain retreat that now runs three generations deep. Dan Maples remembers vividly his first job after graduating from the University of Georgia in landscape architecture,…
Photo Credit UGSA/Fred Vuich By HOWARD WARD The Country Club of North Carolina’s Dogwood Course in Pinehurst is one of the most beautiful in the state. Designed by the late Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame architect Ellis Maples and opened in 1963, CCNC is annually ranked among the top half-dozen courses in North Carolina.…