Courses

St. Johns Golf and Country Club in St. Augustine, Fla., receives Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary designation.

Grande Pines Golf Club and Faldo Golf Institute, both located in Orlando, Fla., will combine to host the Family Golf Festival on Saturday, July 18, 9 a.m.-Noon.

Grande Pines Golf Club and Faldo Golf Institute, both located in Orlando, Fla., will combine to host the Family Golf Festival on Saturday, July 18, 9 a.m.-Noon.

Ahwatukee Country Club in Phoenix, Ariz., will host Independence Day celebrations at the Red, White and Boom Festival on Friday, July 3, starting at 6 p.m. local time.

Mediterannia Saidia, located in northeast Morocco, selects Troon Golf to manage the golf operations for its Palmeral course, an 18-hole golf facility designed by Francisco Segales.

Golf Course Superintendents Association of America chief executive officer Mark J. Woodward calls the efforts of Bethpage State Park’s Black Course superintendent Craig Currier, his staff and the more than 150 volunteers “amazing” and “inspirational” as they fought heavy rains to ensure the completion of the 2009 U.S. Open.

The Rookery at Marco in Naples, Fla., will host its second Family Golf Festival, Saturday, July 18, 12-3 p.m.

Ka’anapali Golf Resort in Lahaina, Hawaii, introduces its “Golf My Way” package, which allows golfers to pay for all 18-holes up front and have the option to leisurely fit-in their round over a maximum of seven days.

Ka’anapali Golf Resort in Lahaina, Hawaii, introduces its “Golf My Way” package, which allows golfers to pay for all 18-holes up front and have the option to leisurely fit-in their round over a maximum of seven days.

The U.S. Golf Association announces the sites for the 2011 AND 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships – the Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington, R.I., in 2011 and The Country Club in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2012.

The U.S. Golf Association announces the sites for the 2011 AND 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships – the Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington, R.I., in 2011 and The Country Club in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2012.

The Bridges Golf and Country Club in Montrose, Colo., selects Troon Golf to provide golf course management, development and marketing.

The Bridges Golf and Country Club in Montrose, Colo., selects Troon Golf to provide golf course management, development and marketing.

Architect Kris W. Spence completes the extensive renovation and redesign of the Country Club of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, S.C. Although the course had a soft opening in December, Spence and his crews remained on-site through early May to enhance certain areas of the historic layout that first opened with nine holes in 1908.

Olde Mill in Laurel Fork, Va., retains Buffalo Communications to provide publicity, media-relations and marketing-branding services for its 850-acre master-planned community convenient to the Virginia-North Carolina border.

Architect Kris W. Spence completes the extensive renovation and redesign of the Country Club of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, S.C. Although the course had a soft opening in December, Spence and his crews remained on-site through early May to enhance certain areas of the historic layout that first opened with nine holes in 1908.

Olde Mill in Laurel Fork, Va., retains Buffalo Communications to provide publicity, media-relations and marketing-branding services for its 850-acre master-planned community convenient to the Virginia-North Carolina border.

Troon Golf to manage The Rawls Course, located on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, announces that its second Golfers 5.12 Fund Raising Campaign tournament, which benefits victims of the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake, is expected to raise approximately $1.4 million.

Mystic Dunes Golf Club in Celebration, Fla., will participate in Take Your Daughter to the Course Week, July 6-12.