Courses

Montecristo Golf Club (Montecristo Beach, Nicaaragua): Reports that its nine holes of the Mike Young design are scheduled to open in mid-2013 as a featured amenity of Montecristo Lifestyle Estates.

French Lick Resort (French Lick, Ind.): Places its Pete Dye, Donald Ross and Sultan’s Run courses on Golfweek’s 2012 Best Casino Courses list. The courses ranked Nos. 4, 12 and 29, respectively.

Streamsong Resort (Streamsong, Fla.): Red Course named among Golf Magazine’s Best New U.S. Course You Can Play for 2012. Blue Course receives honorable mention.

Baha Mar (Nassau, The Bahamas): Reports on the recent visit of Jack Nicklaus, who is designing the resort’s Jack Nicklaus Signature Course.

Streamsong Resort (Streamsong, Fla.): Red Course named among Golf Magazine’s Best New U.S. Course You Can Play for 2012. Blue Course receives honorable mention.

Sweetgrass Golf Club (Harris, Mich.): Named to Golfweek’s 50 Best Casino Courses for the third year in a row.

Sea Pines Resort (Hilton Head, S.C.): To host the South Carolina Junior Golf Association’s Sea Pines Junior Heritage, Feb. 1-2, 2014. Also, the 2014 event will coincide with the unveiling of Sea Pines’ new golf clubhouse that serves its Heron Point and Ocean golf courses.

Sweetgrass Golf Club (Harris, Mich.): Named to Golfweek’s 50 Best Casino Courses for the third year in a row.

Kingsbarns Golf Links (Fife, Scotland): Selected to host the Final Qualifying for the 2013 Ricoh Women’s British Open on Monday, July 29.

Kingsbarns Golf Links (Fife, Scotland): Selected to host the Final Qualifying for the 2013 Ricoh Women’s British Open on Monday, July 29.

FarmLinks at Pursell Farms (Sylacauga, Ala.): Offering a holiday savings of 25 percent off green fees when guests donate a canned food item or new toy. The offer is good through Dec. 31.

Sandia Golf Club (Albuquerque, N.M.): Ranked No. 71 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Courses list. The course ranked No. 100 in 2012.

Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design: To design Batu Bay Golf Club in Inner Mongolia, China. Dana Fry, a Fry/Straka principal, will oversee the resort course project. The course’s owner is Oriental Holding Group based in Ordos, Inner Mongolia.

KemperSports: Selected by Grupo Shahani to manage the golf course and beach club at Vista Mar Golf and Beach Resort in San Carlos, Panama. In addition to managing resort amenities, KemperSports will also assist with the development of a future clubhouse and other planned amenities.

Marriott Golf: Fifth Family Golf Festival will be held at Shadow Ridge Golf Club in Palm Desert, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 8.