Tag Archives: Occoneechee Golf Club

Family-owned courses banking on new bermudagrass

Course Features, Featured NewsBy TG_Admin01 September 5, 2012

By MICHAEL GRAFF You don’t do this without thinking about it. You don’t tear up a golf course that’s been in your family for 45 years without being absolutely certain it’s the right thing to do. Two area courses – Wilshire Golf Course in Winston-Salem and Occoneechee Golf Club in Hillsborough – decided this summer…

Bent out of shape, courses opt for warm-weather grasses

Featured NewsBy TG_Admin01 March 29, 2012

By MICHAEL GRAFF When George Veach bought Wilshire Golf Course in Winston-Salem 45 years ago, winters gave him fits. Cold seasons didn’t mix well with Wilshire’s bermudagrass greens – greens that would be more comfortable in shorts and sunglasses than overcoats and boots. On the worst years, they froze up and died. So in 1977,…