By Bob Sutton It was time for Alamance Country Club’s renowned course to receive a bit of a facelift, and golfers should return in November after a significant “refreshening” of the Donald Ross layout. “We’re very lucky that we have our original 1946 Donald Ross plans,” said Ray Womack, a longtime member at the Burlington…
A new book has hit the market about famed architect Donald Ross, who designed more than 40 golf courses across North Carolina. “Great Donald Ross Golf Courses Everyone Can Play,” written by author and former Pinehurst Resort historian Paul R. Dunn features history and photos of some of the state’s best and most unique layouts,…
One of more than 40 Donald Ross designed golf courses scattered across North Carolina is on the market. The 9-hole Pennrose Park Country Club layout in Reidsville, which opened in 1929 under the ownership of American Tobacco Co. vice president Charles A. Penn, is for sale for $595,000. The Penn family has owned and operated…
By DAVID DROSCHAK John McConnell readily admits he never set out to purchase a stable of golf courses across the states of North Carolina and South Carolina. But as properties presented themselves throughout the past decade the business itch inside the former high-tech executive took over. So did his “pure golf” belief and affinity for…