Courses

Wildfire Golf Club in Phoenix, Ariz., is the latest Marriott Golf property to achieve certification through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for golf courses.

Westfields Golf Club in Clifton, Va., is the latest Marriott Golf property to achieve certification through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for golf courses.

Yucaipa Valley Golf Club in Yucaipa, Calif., receives four stars in Golf Digest‘s just-released “Best Places You Can Play” ratings.

The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain, which features 27 Jack Nicklaus-designed holes in Marana, Ariz., will be open to non-member play beginning Jan. 18 and throughout 2009.

The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain, which features 27 Jack Nicklaus-designed holes in Marana, Ariz., will be open to non-member play beginning Jan. 18 and throughout 2009.

Hawk’s Landing Golf Club at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Fla., is the latest property to achieve certification through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for golf courses.

Hawk’s Landing Golf Club at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Fla., is the latest property to achieve certification through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for golf courses.

The Rookery at Marco, a resort-private golf facility for the Marco Island Marriott Resort in Naples, Fla., is the latest property to achieve certification through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for golf courses.

The U.S. Golf Association announces that the Warren Golf Course on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Ind., will host the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship. The dates of the championship will be June 21-26, 2010.

The PGA of America selects Colorado Golf Club in Parker, Colo., which opened for play in 2007, as the site of the 71st Senior PGA Championship, May 24-30, 2010.

The U.S. Golf Association announces that the Warren Golf Course on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Ind., will host the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship. The dates of the championship will be June 21-26, 2010.

Schmidt-Curley Design announces that its Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi, Thailand, will host the Royal Trophy, Jan. 9-11.

Schmidt-Curley Design announces that its Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi, Thailand, will host the Royal Trophy, Jan. 9-11.

The David McLay Kidd-designed Tetherow Golf Club in Bend, Ore., was recently selected as one of the “Best New Courses” in the country by Golfweek magazine. Tetherow placed seventh on the listing of the top 50 new courses that have opened in either 2007 or 2008.

Eagle Mountain Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., is listed among Golf World‘s “Top 50 Public Course” in the magazine’s inaugural “Readers’ Choice Awards” that was published in October.

Eagle Mountain Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., is listed among Golf World‘s “Top 50 Public Course” in the magazine’s inaugural “Readers’ Choice Awards” that was published in October.

Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, announces that its Olazabal Course is ready to host the 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup, Nov. 27-30.

The Castle Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, receives three international awards in its inaugural season – by Travel & Leisure Golf as the “New Course of the Year,” by Golf Inc. as “International Development of the Year,” and the Institute of Groundsmanship, the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association and some leading turfcare journalists as the 2008 “Turf Professional Project of the Year.”

Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, announces that its Olazabal Course is ready to host the 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup, Nov. 27-30.

Four courses in Kaua’i, Hawaii, were selected among Golf World‘s inaugural “2009 Readers’ Choice Awards” – Poipu Bay Golf Course (No. 16), Kaua’i Lagoons Golf Club (No. 19), Princeville Resort, with 45 holes of golf on Kaua’i’s north shore, (No. 22) and Puakea Golf Course (No. 34).