The long-awaited unveiling of a popular nine holes with a new look is only a few days away. Raleigh Golf Association will reopen its front nine with a sold-out Friday shotgun start, completing the facility’s new 18-hole course made up of the front nine of the former 18-hole public course and a back nine comprised…
Sweltering temperatures. Steamy humidity. Sizzing sun and afternoon thunderstorms. It didn’t matter this past weekend at one Triad golf course. On Saturday, 260 players teed off on reopening day at Salem Glen Country Club. On Sunday, 247 more filled the course. Members of the semi-private Clemmons layout, a product of Nicklaus Design, were anxious to…
The master plan for $27.6 million in improvements to a Triad public golf facility is about to start taking shape. Bob Brooks, the director of golf at Gillespie Golf Course, told TriadGolf.com that the City of Greensboro is expected to begin taking bids for the construction of the first phase, a $4.8-million renovation of the…
Another of the Triangle’s top public golf courses is planning a major renovation. Duke Golf Club is in the planning stages of a “renovation/redesign,” Duke general manager Ed Ibarguen confirmed to TriangleGolf.com and TriadGolf.com. Ibarguen said the club was not yet ready to talk specifics on th The par-72 course plays to 7,154 yards from…
I’ve probably played Greensboro National Golf Club more than any other course in the Triad. With good reason. It’s a fun, but challenging course. The routing is interesting, rolling over lakes and hills with a variety of holes. The course is consistently in good condition, largely thanks to superintendent Vincente Hernandez, who has been there…
The Sedgefield Country Club course is my favorite Donald Ross design. And yes, I’ve played Pinehurst No. 2 several times, as well as East Lake, Linville, Pine Needles, Mid Pines and several other celebrated Ross layouts in the Southeast and Northeast. This past week, I enjoyed another opportunity to play Sedgefield and my opinion became…
There’s often something new at Holly Ridge Golf Links, where I found another new project in the works during a round this past week. More about that later. What’s innovative at Holly Ridge? A few examples: –Though strictly a public course, Holly Ridge has a Men’s Association with a tournament schedule. –The spacious, rustic-style clubhouse…
A prominent High Country private golf club ravaged by Hurricane Helene will reopen in May, according to a release from the club. Elk River Club’s layout will open in May after reconstruction by Nicklaus Design. The course was closed the past 20 months due to extensive flooding. The layout, a few miles southwest of downtown…
The state’s most exclusive and expensive course isn’t in the mountains, on the coast or in Pinehurst. Not in Charlotte or Raleigh, either. According to Country Club Magazine, it’s Old Town Club in Winston-Salem. Otherwise the Triad’s private courses are remarkably affordable and accessible compared to others across the state. In a recent list, the…
An upscale Triad public golf course has closed for renovations and is expected to reopen in September. Meadowlands Golf Club shut down on March 1, according to its website. The course’s bent grass greens will be converted to Ultradwarf Bermuda. Geoff Dail of Dail Golf, which manages the Wallburg course for owner Bob Greear, told…