Courses

Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau: Reports on Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort’s 100th anniversary, which includes the inaugural Centennial Cup Championship.

Misty Creek Country Club: To host its inaugural President’s Day Pro-Am Feb. 23-24 and a long drive competition on Saturday, March 5. PGA Tour players Robert Gamez, Grant Waite and Michael Sim are scheduled to compete. Misty Creek is located in Sarasota, FL.

Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, CVB: Announce that Holiday Hills Resort and Golf Club and Top of the Rock Golf Course have joined the Branson, MO, area’s new golf-destination cooperative.

Pound Ridge Golf Club: To introduce a new nine-hole rate, effective April 1, available on early weekday mornings and late afternoons as well as late weekend and holiday afternoons.

Lodestone Golf Club: Ranked No. 7 on Golf Magazine’s Best New Course in the Country list published in its January issue. The Hale Irwin Signature Course, created in collaboration with golf architect Todd Schoeder, is located in McHenry, MD.

National Golf Course Owners Association: Selects Hidden Valley Golf Club in Norco, CA, as its 2011 Course of the Year. The course has added 9,000 rounds and increased special events business nearly 50 percent in the last three years.

Kaua’i Visitors Bureau: Announces special rates at three Kaua’i courses – Puakea, Kaua’i Lagoons and Poipu Bay.

Lodestone Golf Club: Ranked No. 7 on Golf Magazine’s Best New Course in the Country list published in its January issue. The Hale Irwin Signature Course, created in collaboration with golf architect Todd Schoeder, is located in McHenry, MD.

Kaua’i Visitors Bureau: Announces special rates at three Kaua’i courses – Puakea, Kaua’i Lagoons and Poipu Bay.

KemperSports: Selected by The Course at Aberdeen to manage its 18-hole course in Valparaiso, IN.

Troon Golf: Selected by Carl M. Freeman Companies to manage golf operations at Bayside Resort Golf Club and Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club in Delaware and The Bay Club in Maryland.

Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain: Reports on preparation for the Accenture Match Play Championship, Feb. 23-27 in Marana, AZ.

Ultimate Coastal Golf Destination: Reports that the Outer Banks’ Currituck Club, Kilmarlic Golf Club and Nags Head Golf Links were named among North Carolina Golf Panel’s “Top 100 You Can Play” published in the official 2011 North Carolina Golf Guide.

Ultimate Coastal Golf Destination: Reports that the Outer Banks’ Currituck Club, Kilmarlic Golf Club and Nags Head Golf Links were named among North Carolina Golf Panel’s “Top 100 You Can Play” published in the official 2011 North Carolina Golf Guide.

Falcon’s Fire Golf Club: Announces its Hats Off promotion to baseball fans to the Orlando area for spring training, Feb. 27-March 31. Any golfer who plays a round at Falcon’s Fire and wears a professional baseball team logoed hat will receive a special rate of $99.

Falcon’s Fire Golf Club: Announces its Hats Off promotion to baseball fans to the Orlando area for spring training, Feb. 27-March 31. Any golfer who plays a round at Falcon’s Fire and wears a professional baseball team logoed hat will receive a special rate of $99.

McConnell Golf: Announces the purchase of Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC. The Donald Ross-designed course, which plays host to the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship, is McConnell Golf’s seventh purchase in the Carolinas.

Tetherow Golf Club: Recognized for environmental stewardship by the Golf Course Superintendent’s Association of America and Golf Digest’s Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards program. Tetherow is located in Bend, OR.

SouthWood Golf Club: Chosen to host the 2011 Seminole Intercollegiate, March 11-13. The 54-hole, stroke-play tournament will include such programs as Florida State, North Carolina, Arkansas and Houston.