By John Brasier With its new white sand bunkers, Oak Valley Golf Club traded a little flash for dramatically improved playability and playing conditions. In a renovation expected to be complete by early March, Pinnacle Golf, which manages the Arnold Palmer design, is replacing the original sand with a white, G-Angle variety and converting many…
By Steve Huffman Forsyth County voters last fall approved a $430 million bond package, $15 million of which was earmarked for parks and recreation facilities. Tanglewood’s share of the latter is $6.9 million. Some of the money will go for trail and road improvements, but the lion’s share will be used for improving Tanglewood’s golf…
By Jay Allred Bill Lankford Sr. spent the last 32 years operating Maple Leaf Golf Course in Kernersville. On Nov. 13, Lankford passed away unexpectedly at 79. In an interview two years ago, Lankford said, “You can have hard times and have struggles with the weather and the economy, but you never give up. Everybody…
GM at Stoneville club takes on “for the team” during greens project By Steve Hanf John Budwine boasts 35 years of experience in the golf business. He never dreamed, however, that one day he’d be in charge of a greens replacement project. “It was rather scary for me,” Budwine said with a chuckle. “This…
By David Droschak Under normal circumstances, it would have been a major downer for the re-opening of the Dogwood Course at the Country Club of North Carolina to transpire in the middle of Tropical Storm Hermine. But with a major directive to transform the Ellis Maples classic into a firmer playing experience for the private…
By Steve Hanf Folks have continued to trickle in to Jamestown Park Golf Course throughout the summer, eager to bend the ear of head golf professional Ross Sanderlin about the long overdue and highly anticipated changes impacting one of the Triad’s favorite municipal courses. “With the new clubhouse renovations and the new greens, those two…
By DAVID DROSCHAK As Primland Resort executives and golf architect Donald Steel settled on a piece of land for a new golf course on top of the mountain of the 12,000-acre property, there was what now seems like a silly concern. Especially since most golfers who have logged a round at the award-winning Highland Course…
A tiny mountain hamlet in an Allegheny County gap packs plenty of punch with a trio of world-class golf courses By Brad King The hamlet of Roaring Gap in Allegheny County consists of a gas station, a post office … and a trio of heralded golf developments with unique, centerpiece mountain layouts all within a…
By David Droschak At first glance, Salem Glen Country Club in western Forsyth County seems to have it all. As the only Nicklaus Design golf course in the Triad, there is 150 feet of elevation change, 4½ miles of creeks and nine lakes scattered throughout a layout that offers two distinct nine holes. An expansive…
Gillespie Park’s historic layout seeing increased participation. By Steve Huffman At mid-afternoon on a recent weekday, Billy Eastwood was greeting a customer entering the clubhouse at Gillespie Golf Course. They seemed like old friends, the way it is between many of the golfers who frequent Gillespie and those who staff its pro shop. “Hey, Seth,…