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High Court gives approval to Auckland Council to halve golf course

POSTED ON June 20, 2018 @ 3:41 pm

The fate of a popular central Auckland golf course has finally been decided and it will be cut in half. Last year the Albert-Eden Local Board and Auckland Council decided to reduce Chamberlain Park in Mt Albert from an 18-hole golf course down to nine …

Council cease support for proposed aged-care development at Pacific Golf Club

POSTED ON June 14, 2018 @ 7:28 am

Last week Brisbane City Council decided to scrap the plans to encourage aged-care development on privately owned sports and recreation zone land. Two sites in particular have been the targets for developers in the city’s southeast suburbs – Coorparoo Bowls Club and Pacific Golf Club …

Golfplan to break ground on Singapore renovation, at Seletar

POSTED ON June 12, 2018 @ 12:56 pm

Seletar Country Club has selected Golfplan to direct a sweeping, $20 million renovation to begin this summer — no surprise, as few if any course architecture firms better understand the physical and market terrain here the highly regulated island nation. Led by partners Kevin Ramsey …

Mayor apologises for uproar caused by golf course plan

POSTED ON June 7, 2018 @ 4:20 pm

The New Plymouth mayor’s flip-flop over a proposal to sell part of a coastal reserve – including the city’s only municipal golf course – is complete. At an extraordinary meeting of New Plymouth District Council today, Mayor Neil Holdom recommended the plan to carve up …

Topgolf Gold Coast hits it out of the park

POSTED ON June 7, 2018 @ 2:00 pm

If you haven’t yet heard about the latest craze from the entertainment side of golf, don’t despair, here’s everything you need to know. Golf Industry Central attended the Topgolf soft opening on Tuesday night. The event was a “practice run” for event organisers and their …

Fast-tracked Tasmania resort plan raises fears over Chinese investment

POSTED ON June 7, 2018 @ 11:41 am

Scheme for Cambria Green units, hotel and golf courses overlooking Freycinet national park lacks proper detail, critics say A proposed mega-development on Tasmania’s east coast has prompted concerns about fast-tracked development and foreign investment in the island state. The Cambria Green proposal was announced to …

Kingston Links Closing

POSTED ON May 28, 2018 @ 4:05 pm

Following years of golf operation and functions, the Kingston Links Golf Course will host its final golfers on July 1st, 2018. The owners of the 65ha site occupying the golf course have for some time been planning a residential  development within the unique wetland zone. Throughout the …

PGA Member Craig Spence assists with putting green at The Grounds of Kew

POSTED ON May 25, 2018 @ 9:00 am

The Grounds of Kew in Melbourne will be the first apartment project in Australia to have its own private putting greens. Each of the four courtyard apartments will have the option to install their own private greens. The courtyards range in size from 237sqm – …

Golf Resort homes have higher value according to new study

POSTED ON May 22, 2018 @ 12:50 pm

Homes within golf resorts are worth 19% more on average than equivalent properties outside resorts, a new study has revealed. The most valued properties within golf resorts are those with golf course views, which benefit from a 9.5% price premium compared to properties without course …

Cessnock Golf Club goes into voluntary administration

POSTED ON May 14, 2018 @ 5:15 pm

A VOLUNTARY administrator has been called in to take control of the financially troubled Cessnock Golf Club as it struggles under the weight of more than $11 million debt. Cessnock is one of the oldest golf clubs in the Hunter and has operated a public-access course off Mount View Road since 1926. …