Courses

Lake of Isles North Course in North Stonington, Conn., makes Zagat America‘s “Top Golf Courses 2009/10” edition, receiving a score of 28 out of 30 in course rating – the highest score of any course in the New England region.

Zagat Survey recognizes Orange County National in Winter Garden, Fla., in its “America’s Top Golf Courses.”

Fallen Oak in Biloxi, Miss., is selected by Golfweek as Mississippi¡¦s No. 1 “Course You Can Play.”

Fallen Oak in Biloxi, Miss., is selected by Golfweek as Mississippi¡¦s No. 1 “Course You Can Play.”

Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, will host the sixth Golfathon, May 1-Aug. 31. The overall champion will receive exemption into the Asian Amateur Championship.

Schmidt-Curley Design announces that two of its Asian-design courses – Olazabal Course at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China; Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi, Thailand – have been named two of Asia’s best courses in Golf Digest‘s biennial “Planet Golf” rankings.

Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, will host the sixth Golfathon, May 1-Aug. 31. The overall champion will receive exemption into the Asian Amateur Championship.

The City of La Crosse, Wisc., selects KemperSports to manage Forest Hills Golf Club.

St. Andrews Links reports that four of its seven courses made Golf Digest‘s list of 100 Best Courses Outside The United States. The Old Course was No. 2, followed by the New Course (No. 63), the Castle Course (No. 65) and Jubilee Course (No. 92).

Bayonet Black Horse Golf Club in Seaside, Calif., is ranked No. 35 in Golf Digest‘s list of “50 Toughest Golf Courses in the United States.”

Circling Raven, an amenity of the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel in Worley, Idaho, debuts at No. 61 on Golf Digest‘s biennial ranking of “America’s Greatest Public Courses.” Also on the list is Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course at No. 75.

Bayonet Black Horse Golf Club in Seaside, Calif., is ranked No. 35 in Golf Digest‘s list of “50 Toughest Golf Courses in the United States.”

Circling Raven, an amenity of the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel in Worley, Idaho, debuts at No. 61 on Golf Digest‘s biennial ranking of “America’s Greatest Public Courses.” Also on the list is Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course at No. 75.

Jennings Mill Country Club in Athens, Ga., will host the Nationwide Tour Athens Regional Foundation Classic, April 16-19. Jennings Mill has hosted the Nationwide Tour event since 2006 and been home to the PGA Tour Qualifying School since 1997.

The Canadian Rockies, a golf-and-resort lifestyle destination consortium, announces that three of its courses – Fairmont Banff Springs, The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge and Kananaskis Country Golf Course – were among Golf Digest‘s Best of Canada biennial rankings.

The Canadian Rockies, a golf-and-resort lifestyle destination consortium, announces that three of its courses – Fairmont Banff Springs, The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge and Kananaskis Country Golf Course – were among Golf Digest‘s Best of Canada biennial rankings.

The Mississippi Development Authority Division of Tourism announces that 10 courses have been voted to Golf Digest‘s America’s Greatest Courses state-by-state 2009-10 rankings.

The Territory, located in southwest Oklahoma, earns a No. 6 spot in Golf Digest‘s America’s Greatest Courses 2009-10 best-in-state rankings.

The Mississippi Development Authority Division of Tourism announces that 10 courses have been voted to Golf Digest‘s America’s Greatest Courses state-by-state 2009-10 rankings.

Sweetgrass Golf Club in Harris, Mich., recently ranked by Golfweek as one of the state’s “Best Courses You Can Play,” announces that, weather permitting, April 27 will be the course’s opening day.