Courses

Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates will break ground on Riffa Views Golf Club in Riffa, Bahrain, this summer. The Riffa Views course will replace the existing Riffa Golf Club, which opened in 1999 as Bahrain’s first international-standard, 18-hole layout. The first nine is scheduled to open in fall 2007, and the second nine the following year.

The Royal Liverpool Golf Club reports lengthening its course by 122 yards to 7,258 yards for The Open Championship, July 20-23.

The TPC of Myrtle Beach (S.C.) was selected as a five-star golf course in Golf Digest‘s 2006 "Best Places to Play" ranking in its May issue.

The TPC of Myrtle Beach (S.C.) was selected as a five-star golf course in Golf Digest‘s 2006 "Best Places to Play" ranking in its May issue.

Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates commences work on a master plan for improvements at Estoril Golf Club in Estoril, Portugal.

Half Moon Bay Golf Links in Half Moon Bay, Calif., to begin an extensive project in late May on its Old Course’s 18th hole.

Golf course architect Rick Jacobson completes renovations of four holes at Cantigny Golf, located in Wheaton, Ill., in advance of this year’s Western Junior Championship and next year’s U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.

A restoration of Medinah Country Club‘s No. 3 course in Medinah, Ill., will feature the longest major championship course in history for the 88th PGA Championship, Aug. 17-20.

A restoration of Medinah Country Club‘s No. 3 course in Medinah, Ill., will feature the longest major championship course in history for the 88th PGA Championship, Aug. 17-20.

The U.S. Golf Association announces that Bryan Park Golf and Conference Center in Greensboro, N.C., has been selected as the site of the 2010 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. The dates of the championship are July 12-17.

The Wilderness at Fortune Bay in Tower, Minn., will open for public play on Friday, April 21.

Bolingbrook Golf Club in Bolingbrook, Ill., will host auditions for The Golf Channel‘s "The Big Break VI" reality series on Friday, April 14. This is the second straight year the course has served as a national audition site.

The 2006 Florida Open Golf Championship will be conducted at the Eagle Creek Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., Sept. 28-Oct.1.

Raven’s Claw Golf Club in Limerick, Pa., will host the Montgomery County Amateur Championship.

Raven’s Claw Golf Club in Limerick, Pa., will host the Montgomery County Amateur Championship.

Linna Golf, located in Vanajan Linna, Finland, and one of the latest members of the PGA European Tour Courses Group, opens for play

Palmer Course Design will design a course at Villa Machorro de Cortez in San Felipe, Mexico.

In a poll conducted by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, superintendents said that a switch by Augusta National Golf Club to bentgrass was appropriate.

Architect Kris Spence continues on Phase I of the course redesign/renovation at Lake Toxaway Country Club in Lake Toxaway, N.C. This phase is expected tobe completed in late July.

Troon Golf announces that Entrada at Snow Canyon Country Club in St. George, Utah, will transition from a semi-private golf facility to a private club as of Oct. 1.