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Support gathers to save Kingswood Golf Course in Dingley Village

POSTED ON September 10, 2018 @ 8:24 am

The Save Kingswood Group has been rallying to save the golf course  from being subdivided into unit lots for the last three years, and have managed to gather over 8000 submissions. “The course is in the centre of Dingley Village and it’s the only big …

Longyard Golf Course on the verge of closing down without resort development

POSTED ON September 6, 2018 @ 9:27 am

The Greg Norman and Bob Harrison designed Longyard Golf Club in Tamworth, NSW, is doing it tough and is on the brink of closing according to owner John O’Rourke. O’Rourke is now trying to save the club by asking City Council to “expedite” development application to …

Forest City Golf Course opening cancelled

POSTED ON September 3, 2018 @ 1:39 pm

Tomorrow’s opening ceremony for the prestigious RM1.8 billion Forest City Golf Hotel & Legacy Golf Course by Johor ruler has been announced canceled, but other events in conjunction with the opening will still take place. The cancellation was announced in a statement today by Forest …

Proposed 18-hole course in NZ will offer different type of golf

POSTED ON September 3, 2018 @ 1:25 pm

Public submissions have opened on a proposal to construct a new 18-hole championship golf course and housing beside The Hills golf club near Arrowtown. Hogans Gully Farming Ltd, owned by Sir John Davies’ company Trojan Holdings, is seeking subdivision and land use consent to transform the …

NZ Club St Andrew’s on the market as no longer financially viable

POSTED ON September 2, 2018 @ 11:03 am

The small South Canterbury golf club about 15 kilometres south of Timaru has been deemed no longer “financially sustainable” according to Harcourts real estate agent Stu Piddington. The club’s membership has decreased to 66 and agent Piddington said it was a sad time for the club as members had …

Manor Park and Royal Wellington mull over potential merger option

POSTED ON August 28, 2018 @ 6:00 pm

    Wellington ratepayers could be forking out for a golf course as the regional council looks at a multi-million-dollar bailout of a Hutt Valley club. Manor Park Golf Club, which has produced prestigious players and hosted national and provincial golfing events has fallen on tough …

Construction begins on Harrison renovation of Castle Hill in Sydney

POSTED ON August 26, 2018 @ 8:25 am

Construction work has started on the renovation of Castle Hill Country Club in Sydney, Australia, which is being overseen by golf course architect Bob Harrison. The primary driver for work at the club, which hosted the Australian PGA Championship in 1985 and 1986, was to …

Queanbeyan scores with million dollar injection

POSTED ON August 22, 2018 @ 9:27 pm

Queanbeyan Golf Course will undergo an impressive transformation in time for the 2019 NSW Women’s Open thanks to $1.2 million in NSW Government funding. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian joined Deputy Premier, Minister for Regional NSW and Member for Monaro John Barilaro and Minister for Sport …

Hilton resort for Kalgoorlie Golf Course

POSTED ON August 22, 2018 @ 3:33 pm

The multimillion-dollar Hilton empire will extend its hospitality chain to the Goldfields, marking its first establishment in regional WA with the long-awaited Kalgoorlie Golf Course resort development. The Kalgoorlie Miner can reveal Hilton Worldwide subsidiary DoubleTree will operate the $22 million development at the Kalgoorlie …