By Brad King A few weeks prior to its grand reopening, the freshly restored Championship Course at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons survived its first big test. Hurricane Florence dumped about five inches of rain on the Triad in two days. The Championship Course’s new bunker complexes passed with flying colors. “There was no water in…
By Steve Huffman The renovation of Tanglewood’s Championship Golf Course is going well, with the facility on track to reopen around the first of October. “We haven’t experienced any major setbacks,” said Mike Wilcox, Tanglewood’s director of golf. “Our goal was to reopen Oct. 1, and with any luck, we’re going to hit it, or…
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 Steve Hanf Just about everyone who enjoys golf in North Carolina and South Carolina knows about the Carolinas Golf Association. But as Hale B. Van Hoy and Jack Nance worked tirelessly to grow the game of amateur golf in the region, they couldn’t help but have a little fun with the acronym. “We had…
By HUGH QUINN Tanglewood Park is marking the 40th anniversary of one of only two PGA Championships ever played in North Carolina. The layout, back then known as Tanglewood’s West Course, is now simply referred to as the Championship Course. It was the first venue in the state to play host to the PGA Championship…