Courses

Private Club Network: Adds Palm Aire Country Club in Sarasota, FL, to its network of clubs. The Private Club Network provides reciprocal benefits to clubs, offering their members the ability to access and play at partnering clubs across the nation.

OB Sports Golf Management: Selected to manage the golf operations at The Club at Victory Ranch, located 17 miles southeast of Park City, Utah.

Bridges of Poplar Creek Country Club: Newly-expanded Golf Learning Center is now open to the public. A 9,100 square-foot putting green and 3,500 square-foot bentgrass chipping area on 6.3 acres are among the improved features.

French Lick Resort: Pete Dye course is Indiana’s No. 1 course in Golfweek’s 2011 Best Courses You Can Play state-by-state rankings. Also, the resort’s Donald Ross course moved up one spot to No. 2 on the state list.

Mission Hills Group: Announces that the 2011 Mission Hills Golfathon will extend to its new Mission Hills Hainan resort. From April 1 to Sept. 30, competitors are invited to play 10 rounds of golf – one on each course at the resort – for the opportunity to earn a spot in the Omega Mission Hills World Cup Pro-Am.

Lake of Isles: North Course is ranked No. 1 in Connecticut on Golfweek’s America’s Best Courses You Can Play state-by-state list. This is the North Course’s fifth year as No. 1 in the state.

French Lick Resort: To host the fourth U.S. Hickory Open Championship, July 11-13, on its historic Donald Ross course.

Greensboro Country Club: Farm course named the Best New Course in North Carolina for 2010 by members of the North Carolina Golf Panel.

Private Club Network: Adds The Powder Horn Golf Club in Sheridan, WY, to its membership of more than 170 clubs nationwide. Private Club Network provides reciprocal benefits to clubs, offering members the ability to access and play at partnering clubs across the nation.

KemperSports: Selected by Gallatin Golf to manage all golf course and clubhouse operations at The Club at Fairvue Plantation in Gallatin, TN. The private club recently re-opened under KemperSports’ leadership.

McConnell Golf: Introduces its Heritage Membership, a legacy plan for its seven Carolinas-based country clubs.

Jennings Mill Country Club: Opens for 2011 play on Monday, March 21. Also, the club, located in Athens, GA, has named Rob Higby as its general manager.

Mystic Dunes Golf Club: Offering the Frequent Play Pass through March 31. The pass gives golfers at the Celebration, FL, course an unlimited number of rounds May through December. Other benefits include one complimentary bag of range balls per day of play and a 15 percent discount on all merchandise in the pro shop.

Pound Ridge Golf Club: Officially opens for the 2011 season today, Friday. Through April 30, golfers can play at off-season rates of $150 and $100 after 2 p.m.

Mystic Dunes Golf Club: Offering the Frequent Play Pass through March 31. The pass gives golfers at the Celebration, FL, course an unlimited number of rounds May through December. Other benefits include one complimentary bag of range balls per day of play and a 15 percent discount on all merchandise in the pro shop.

Celtic Manor Resort: Accepting entrants for the Ryder Cup Anniversary Challenge on its Twenty Ten Course. Participants will compete for either Team USA or Team Europe in an 18-hole, four-ball (better-ball) match play format, to be competed on Oct. 3.

Celtic Manor Resort: Accepting entrants for the Ryder Cup Anniversary Challenge on its Twenty Ten Course. Participants will compete for either Team USA or Team Europe in an 18-hole, four-ball (better-ball) match play format, to be competed on Oct. 3.

Paramount Country Club: Changes name from Dellwood Country Club as part of a restoration of the 90-year-old A.W. Tillinghast design. Golf architect Jim Urbina is overseeing the restoration project.

The National Golf Club of Louisiana: Selected for the second consecutive year by the Adams Golf Pro Tour Series to host the 2011 Southwest Louisiana Open, March 23-26.