Tag: Jack Nicklaus

Aramco Team Series the grand strand 18th hole

The Aramco Team Series goes to Mission Hills Resort in Shenzhen

By: 2024. 08. 27.

Like the World Corporate Golf Challenge (from October 28th to November 1st, 2024, Haikou Mission Hills Golf Club), the Aramco Team Series, presented by PIF and organized by Golf Saudi, will bring an important golf tournament to a…

Bally's Golf Links at Ferry Point image

How does Troon help Bally’s Golf Links at Ferry Point?

By: 2023. 11. 09.

Troon and Bally's Golf Links at Ferry Point - a 222-acre parcel in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx - have just signed a new consulting agreement and sales and marketing partnership. Bally's selected Troon to support…

Highland Park Golf Course

Troon will operate Highland Park Golf Course

By: 2023. 06. 12.

Troon has been selected to operate Highland Park Golf Course, a 36-hole facility in Highland Hills, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Indigo Sports, a Troon company, will oversee golf operations, and food and beverage operations for the City…

Reynolds Lake Oconee_Bluff 9.1 Oar

How Tom Fazio triples the golf experience in Reynolds Lake Oconee?

By: 2023. 04. 12.

Last year I was asked to show examples of unique golf course designs. This is how I mentioned among the others the Tom Doak-designed The Loop (Forest Dunes), and the 6-6-6 golf course design of the Nikanti Golf…

Al Zorah 16th Hole London Golf Club partner

How much will impress London Golf Club members the ‘The Race to Al Zorah’ competition?

By: 2023. 03. 24.

Golfers' expectations are increasing regarding golf club membership. What can golf clubs do beyond golf experience personalization to impress their members? What type of event can really impress golfers and be competitive with other experiences? The usual partnership…

Alfonso Castiñeira golf director Las Colinas Golf & Country Club

Who is the new golf director of Las Colinas Golf & Country Club?

By: 2023. 03. 14.

Since my FAM trip to Las Colinas Golf & Country Club in 2018, I saw many great achievements at the Spanish golf resort. Las Colinas Golf & Country Club won 3 categories in the World Travel Awards competition in 2021:…

Dismal River Club resized

How can Dismal River Club improve if it is operated by KemperSports?

By: 2023. 01. 23.

You know how much of an admirer I am of Tom Doak's work. Last week, KemperSports won the full management of the Dismal River Club, a private golf club in  Mullen, Nebraska. That's why I couldn't ignore the…

Palmilla Golf Club managed by Troon

What can Palmilla Golf Club be most proud of during its 30 years?

By: 2022. 12. 28.

Which description best fits Palmilla Golf Club? A hidden gem in Los Cabos, Mexico? An underrated golf club? An overrated golf club? Or something else? It is certain that this is Jack Nicklaus' first golf course work/project (1992)…

Apes Hill Barbados golf course natural look

How fun is Apes Hill Barbados’ new, Ron Kirby-designed golf course?

By: 2022. 12. 08.

Those of you who are not familiar with Ron Kirby's life work. Here is a quick overview. In the early 60s, he was a design associate of Robert Trent Jones Sr. From 1970-1986 he worked with Gary Player…

Concor Golf GNK Golf with great bunker

What should Concor Golf improve at GNK Golf’s 4 Nicklaus championship courses?

By: 2022. 01. 04.

You probably haven't heard much of the Luxemburg-based Concor Golf yet even though it was founded by golf industry veteran Jon Schauder (20+ years at Troon). What really caught me in Concor Golf’s results-oriented approach and low-risk proposition…

London Golf Club Heritage 5th Green

What could make the new London Golf Club website more effective?

By: 2021. 09. 07.

Once I received a piece of advice on website design and development: Decide on a consistent brand message and tone, one that you're committed to presenting consistently across.! Later I will explain it in regard to the new…

Jack Nicklaus Design Confirmed For Qiddiya

Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course in Qiddiya is a dream?

By: 2021. 02. 05.

Two years ago, I wrote Saudi Arabia is diversifying its economy by moving away from oil. To achieve this, the Saudi government launched the Quality of Life Program. They are planning to invest 130 billion riyals (1 riyal =…

sirmione-lago-di-garda Italian golf tourism

What can boost Italian golf tourism?

By: 2019. 05. 02.

I firmly believe that there is a huge and untapped opportunity in Italian golf tourism. Hence, I thought to ask the Founders of Italy4golf about how they want to boost the inbound golf tourism in Italy. What kind…

Aerial of the 2nd hole Potomac Shores Golf Club

The new life of the Potomac Shores Golf Club

By: 2019. 04. 30.

The Potomac Shores Golf Club (since 2014) in Dumfries, VA. (Just 30 minutes south of Washington, D.C.), is the first public Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course in the Washington, D.C., metro area. The club's golf course is a…

America’s favorite golf destination: Myrtle Beach

By: 2015. 06. 24.

Did you know that in Myrtle Beach, more than 3.5 million rounds of golf are played annually? I think it is a beautiful sign of popularity and engagement.  Thus I am not surprised that Myrtle Beach has been…

Gardagolf Country Club is trying to convince UK golfers to…

By: 2015. 06. 12.

The 27-hole Gardagolf Country Club, in northern Italy, is targeting now UK golfers for the first time after negotiating package rates with a number of nearby ‘partner' hotels. Gardagolf has been, until now, largely the privilege of its 550…

Magnolia Green Golf Club continues with Billy Casper Golf

By: 2015. 05. 28.

Magnolia Green Golf Club (owned by iStar Financial who purchased he mostly undeveloped 1,896 acres (including the golf course) for $52 million at a May 2009 foreclosure auction.) has decided to continue with Billy Casper Golf. The golf club management…

Thracian Cliffs Golf & Beach Resort joins IMG Prestige

By: 2014. 09. 19.

I wonder and stare, how Bulgaria is emerging on the global golf map from almost nothing. Currently 8 golf courses are operating in Bulgaria, where 3 of them on the Black Sea cost (Black Sea Rama, Thracian Cliffs Golf…

How Troon Golf handles slow golfers?

By: 2013. 07. 26.

A frequently recurring problem of golf courses and golfers are those people who either not able to play in good pace or don't care about others' time or for any reasons. Here I don't want to start a…

When I found Jack Nicklaus in Barcelona

By: 2012. 10. 27.

I have just came back from Barcelona. This is really a lovely city. Around the city there are 10 golf courses. If you are lack of time + want to see as much as possible of the famous…