Courses

Golf Magazine ranks three Tom Doak course designs among the top five of its 50 greatest golf course in the past 50 years ranking. The Doak courses honored are Pacific Dunes in Bandon, Ore. (No. 2); Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (No. 4); and Barnbougle Dunes, Bridport, Australia (No. 5).

Willow Crest Golf Club at the Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort in Oak Brook, Ill., will host its second Family Golf Festival on Sunday, Sept. 20. Attendees can enjoy an afternoon of free golf activities, including the opportunity to play golf from designated PGA Family Friendly tees.

St. Andrews Links Trust announces that green fees for its courses in St. Andrews, Scotland, will be held at the same rate for 2010. The high season green fee for the Old Course will remain at £130 and the New and Jubilee courses at £65. The Eden will be £40, the Strathtyrum £25 and the Balgove £12. The Castle Course will be £120.

The U.S. Golf Association selects Oak Tree National in Edmond, Okla., as the site for the 2014 U.S. Senior Open Championship.

Gary Player Group announces that the Player-designed Saadiyat Beach Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates is fully grassed and on track for completion by the end of year. The course will host a European Tour even in January.

Gary Player Group announces that the Player-designed Saadiyat Beach Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates is fully grassed and on track for completion by the end of year. The course will host a European Tour even in January.

Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Club in Seaside, Calif., announces its new stay-and-play packages with Inns by the Sea, the area’s collection of boutique hotel properties. The packages, ranging from $249 to $389 per night, per golfer, offer several options at a variety of price points.

Hawk’s Landing Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., will participate in the third Patriot Golf Day, a joint initiative of the PGA of America and the U.S. Golf Association. Hawk’s Landing will request at least an additional $1 for each green fee that is processed Sept. 4-7.

Architect Tom Doak‘s Renaissance Golf Design prepares for its first design in Asia. The course, to be built on the resort island of Hainan, has a temporary working title of “The Island Club” and construction is scheduled to start late this fall. The opening is projected for 2010.

Billy Casper Golf enters into a long-term lease with the City of Wilmington, Del., for Ed Oliver Golf Club, in which BCG will invest more than $1 million for a capital-enhancements program.

Troon Golf adds Prince’s Golf Club, located in Sandwich, England, to its portfolio of managed courses.

Three Sacramento, Calif., courses – Haggin Oaks Golf Complex, Bing Maloney Golf Course and Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course – will participate in Patriot Golf Day. Current or retired military members with valid ID will be allowed to play free of charge in exchange for a voluntary donation of their choosing to the Folds Of Honor Foundation.

TPC Tampa Bay, a daily-fee course in Tampa, Fla., re-opened on Wednesday, Aug. 19, following a two-month closure. The facility closed in mid-June to re-grass all of the greens.

Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz., to host Golfweek‘s Junior Series Qualifier, Sept. 26-27.

Hawk’s Landing Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., will participate in the third Patriot Golf Day, a joint initiative of the PGA of America and the U.S. Golf Association. Hawk’s Landing will request at least an additional $1 for each green fee that is processed Sept. 4-7.

Troon Golf adds Prince’s Golf Club, located in Sandwich, England, to its portfolio of managed courses.

Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz., to host Golfweek‘s Junior Series Qualifier, Sept. 26-27.

Circling Raven ranks No. 17 in Golf Digest‘s America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses Re-Ranked By Price list. Golf Digest re-ranked its most recent America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses biennial list (2009-10), factoring in current green fee price at each course on the list. Circling Raven is an amenity of the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel in Worley, Idaho.