Course of the Week

Crane Creek Golf Course, Kilbourne, Illinois

November 23, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Crane Creek Golf Course in Kilbourne, Illinois, was designed by Sam Smith/Ronnie Rogers and opened in 1999. Dennis Dwyer manages the 18-hole course as the general manager and Jack Curless is the superintendent. The 7,390-yard, par-72 course features bentgrass fairways. Green Golf Partners, a golf course management and development ...

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Sanborn drone gathers aerial imagery of Denver golf courses

November 9, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The City of Denver has contracted with the Sanborn Map Company Inc. to collect high-resolution, full-motion video imagery of the city’s seven public golf courses and its Aqua Golf facility. The city will use the images for marketing and to give golfers ...

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Course of the Week: Glacier Club, Durango, Colo.

October 26, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Glacier Club in Durango, Colo., is a private club certified by the Audubon Society and sits next to 3 million acres of National Forest, featuring the San Juan Mountains as a backdrop. The 1,000-acre club, which opened in 2004, offers indoor and outdoor activities year-round. Elk, ...

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Getting by with a little help from friends: Unlikely duo helps Wolf Creek

September 23, 2015 By Seth Jones

The unlikely duo of a Haz-Mat Response company owner and a World Golf Hall of Famer team up to help Wolf Creek members improve their course. Wolf Creek Golf Club, located in Olathe, Kan., considers itself a “player’s club.” Of ...

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Big Sky (Mont.) Resort Golf Course

September 1, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Big Sky Resort Golf Course in Big Sky, Mont., is an 18-hole par 72 resort course near Yellowstone National Park that sits at 6,300 feet above sea level. It is an Arnold Palmer-designed course in a mountain and meadow style layout. Lone Peak, a mountain peak southeast of ...

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Boots on the ground: Q&A with 2016 Olympic course superintendent Neil Cleverly

August 5, 2015 By Grant Gannon

Sun, sand and tourists. That’s the culture surrounding Neil Cleverly, superintendent of the 2016 Olympic golf course, in his temporary home, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cleverly’s stay in the South American nation is focusing on two things: getting the course ...

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