The course’s 99 bunkers will be reduced by 40 percent By Steve Huffman Hugh Quinn is an officer with the Tanglewood Men’s Golf Association and loves playing the park’s courses as much as anyone. But he’s the first to admit Tanglewood’s Championship Golf Course has reached the stage where it’s in dire need of some…
By David Droschak With more than 650 courses scattered across 100 counties from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Outer Banks, the competition among North Carolina golf layouts can be intense. Any private, public or resort course that claims “they don’t care” about being ranked among the state’s best is, well, lying. Rankings from national…
By Brad King Golf course architect Gil Hanse and partner Jim Wagner are performing design work at Pinehurst No. 4, along with the resort’s new short course, which opened Sept. 30. Hanse’s firm was selected in 2011 to design the golf course in Brazil that hosted the return of golf in last summer’s Olympic Games.…
By Steve Huffman David Crowder heads a group of mostly senior golfers who get together once a week to play a variety of Triad-area courses. The group has no official name. Some refer to it as “David Crowder’s Gang.” Crowder prefers, “The Challenge Senior Traveling Group.” That latter comes from the fact that members typically…
By STEVE WILLIAMS After a dormant summer, three golf courses in the Piedmont are back in business with new bermudagrass greens. Lynrock Golf Club, a public course in Eden, and Chatmoss Country Club in Martinsville have been busy with golfers since unveiling the new putting surfaces in mid August. Danville Golf Club is scheduled to…
By David Droschak After 30 years hosting a highly-successful PGA Tour event, it’s safe to say Forest Oaks Country Club has spent the better part of the last decade trying to find itself after the tournament moved cross-town. There have been numerous management groups that have come and gone since 2007, and general manager Anthony…
Private club in Advance attracting top-notch players, tournaments By David Droschak As ClubCorp celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2017, Bermuda Run is celebrating its own resurgence of sorts. Once home to the popular Bing Crosby Clambake Pro-Am, and host to two NCAA men’s golf championships in the late 1970s and mid ‘80s, the private club…
Southern Pines course rejuvenating golfing spirit By Eddie Southards When most golfers think of Pinehurst, a high-end resort where U.S. Opens are held comes to mind. But 4 miles away on Midland Road in Southern Pines, Dan Van Horn has a different vision of golf. And he believes it’s the future of the game. In…
By Keith Jarrett When the devastating effects of the Party Rock Fire hit Lake Lure and surrounding areas last fall, homeowners at Rumbling Bald Resort were among those forced to evacuate. Golf was the last item on anyone’s mind as the wildfire eventually spread through thousands of acres of this picturesque community, set in the…
By John Brasier Owned and operated by the city of High Point, Oak Hollow Golf Course shares a legacy with the likes of TPC Sawgrass, Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course, The Honors Course and Harbour Town — it was designed by famed architect Pete Dye. But tee times at Oak Hollow are much easier to make,…