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unusual facts about golf courses



Breadsall Priory

It is currently a Marriott hotel with two 18-hole golf courses: one set in parkland and is called the Priory Course; the other is called the Moorland Course.

Nyanga, Zimbabwe

Nyanga is primarily a tourist town and is a popular tourist destination with its fishing, golf courses, mountain hikes and holiday resorts.


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Archerfield

Archerfield Estate and Links, a country estate and pair of golf courses in East Lothian, Scotland

Arlington Hotel Open

The Arlington Hotel Open was a PGA Tour event that was played from 1955 to 1963 at the Arlington golf courses of the Hot Springs Country Club adjacent to the Arlington Hotel, now known as the Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa, a 484-room resort in the Ouachita Mountains of Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas.

Atascocita, Texas

Atascocita was named one of the "Best Places to Retire" by U.S. News & World Report, citing Lake Houston's boating and fishing opportunities and Atascocita's numerous golf courses.

Balchik

Currently, three 18-hole golf courses are being developed around town, two designed by Gary Player and one by Ian Woosnam.

Bay Harbor, Michigan

Three nine-hole golf courses line the shoreline and woodlands and have been rated eighth in the nation by Golf Digest.

Charles Hugh Alison

One of Alison's most-respected designs is Milwaukee Country Club (1929), co-designed with Colt, which was ranked among the Top 50 golf courses in America by Golf Digest in 2007.

Country Club at Mirasol

The community, developed by Taylor Woodrow, contains just under 1,200 homes and home sites on two championship golf courses along with natural preserves and lakes.

Daniel Island

Two professional sports facilities – the Family Circle Tennis Center and Blackbaud Stadium – are located on the island, along with a private country club, the Daniel Island Club, with golf courses by Tom Fazio and Rees Jones.

Dedman School of Hospitality

The state of Florida has more golf courses than any other state in the country and is the headquarters for the PGA, LPGA, PGA Tour, and National Golf Foundation and FSU has a long, distinguished history of graduating professional golfers and educating students for business and hospitality operations.

Encap

EnCap, a proposal to build golf courses and homes on remediated landfills in the New Jersey Meadowlands

Eugene T. Mahoney State Park

The park is located near several other tourist attractions including the Platte River State Park, the Strategic Air and Space Museum, the Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari, and several golf courses.

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Residents of Great Guana Cay and Bimini, for example, are engaged in legal and political opposition to golf developments on their islands, for fear the golf courses will destroy the nutrient-poor balance on which their coral reef and mangrove systems depend.

Harry von Zell

Von Zell delivered the commentary on Celebrity Golf, a series of half-hour, nine-hole golf matches made in 1960 with Sam Snead taking on Hollywood celebrities at Los Angeles golf courses such as Woodland Hills and Lakeside Country Club.

Jacobsen Manufacturing

In 1945 Jacobsen Manufacturing purchased the Worthington Mower Company of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, known for its gang mowers for golf courses, parks and airfields.

Kau Sai Chau

It comprises three 18-hole golf courses: the North and South Courses were designed by Gary Player, while Nelson & Haworth designed the East Course.

Kelso, Scottish Borders

The town has much sport and recreation, the River Tweed at Kelso is renowned for its salmon fishing, there are two eighteen-hole golf courses as well as a National Hunt (jumping) horse racing track, the course is known as "Britain's Friendliest Racecourse", racing first took place in Kelso in 1822.

Laem Chabang

It has world class golf courses, such as the Laem Chabang International Country Club designed by Jack Nicklaus.

Las Colinas

Las Colinas also features three private country clubs, including the Las Colinas Country Club owned by ClubCorp, Hackberry Creek Country Club and four championship golf courses surrounded by gated communities.

Nunda, New York

The town also has two golf courses, Woodlynn Hills and Triple Creek, the Bell Memorial Library, Dollar General, Shur Fine, a 7-Eleven convenience store and gas station, and the Kiwanis Club fields and building.

Pipestone Golf Course

It was designed by Arthur Hills and is known as one of the most popular golf courses in the Miami Valley.

Randy Heckenkemper

In 1983, Heckenkemper joined the partnership of Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish, where he oversaw the construction of several high profile golf courses.

Reunion, Florida

It is the only resort in the world featuring three signature golf courses designed by legendary golfers, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Arnold Palmer.

Richard Mandell

He was born in Rye, New York, in the midst of some of the most historic golf courses in the country, such as Bethpage State Park (his all-time favorite is the Black Course), Westchester Country Club, and Winged Foot.

Sol Kerzner

Over a period of ten years he built four hotels, a man-made lake, two Gary Player golf courses and entertainment center with an indoor 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena in which he presented many superstars including Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli and Shirley Bassey and which was also the venue of many World Title fights promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank organization.

Southerness

One of the two golf courses was redesigned in 1947 by course manager Mackenzie Ross.

Summerlin, Nevada

Summerlin is currently home to more than 150 neighborhood and village parks, more than 150 completed miles of the Summerlin Trail System, nine golf courses – including Nevada’s only two Tournament Players Club courses, TPC at Summerlin and TPC Las Vegas, more than a dozen houses of worship, shopping centers, medical and cultural facilities, business parks and 26 public and private schools.

The Bay Club at Mattapoisett, Massachusetts

The Bay Club is one of only sixty six golf courses worldwide, and the only course in Massachusetts to have received the National Audubon Society International’s Silver Signature Sanctuary status for its comprehensive management plan to sustain the natural environmental habitat.

The Heritage Golf and Country Club

The St John course has been a huge success, with the Australian Golf Digest awarding the layout in the top 40 of all Australian golf courses.

Tom Cousins

He hired Rees Jones (no relation to Bobby) to redesign the golf course, which has since hosted the PGA Tour's season ending Tour Championship several times, and become one of the leading golf courses in Atlanta.

Torrey Pines Golf Course

Torrey Pines has two famous 18-hole golf courses, North and South, both designed by William F. Bell.

University of Ulster at Coleraine

The Causeway Coast is an area of outstanding beauty, which boasts the Giant's Causeway (UNESCO World Heritage site), the oldest whiskey distillery in the world (Old Bushmills Distillery), blue flag beaches and championship golf courses.

Weston-under-Redcastle

Weston is home to the 18th century Hawkstone Park Hotel which has 2 golf courses, 2 restaurants, bars and award winning Hawkstone Park Follies.

Wike

Wike is home to several golf courses including Leeds Golf Centre, which is in turn home to Wike Ridge Golf Course, an 18-hole USGA standard course and The Oaks, a par 3 course.