Company That Runs Two Lubbock Golf Courses Behind in Payments
The company that manages two golf courses in Lubbock has been told to find some money or give up the properties.

More golf courses for Calgary?
One alderman is looking for the city to purchase private golf courses that are for sale, as well as ways to fund them for use as city facilities. Alderman Diane Colley-Urquhart says the debate is about ...

Charity events keep golf courses out of the rough
The country's recession is hitting the golf industry. The troubled economy is putting new golf course construction in the rough and causing some courses to close. The problem for many of the courses

Housing Market Hurting Plans for Future Golf Courses
SMYRNA , Del. - The economy is keeping many people off the golf course. A divot in the green is the least of the golf industry's problems these days.

Study Finds Golf Courses Can Be Wildlife Sanctuaries
Though they may not help improve a person's golf game, stream salamanders might change the way golfers think about the local country club in the near future, as determined by a new University of Missouri study.

'Projects pay off for courses
2 area courses cited for their renovations by Golf Digest

Saucon Valley CC among best revamped courses
Golf Digest Magazine has named Saucon Valley Country Club's Old Course as the Best Remodel of 2008. The award is part of the magazine's Best New Courses feature in its January edition, which hits newsstands Tuesday.

Golf courses tout their environmental credentials
At the Jack Nicklaus-designed Hills course at the Hills Country Club in Lakeway, a creek and waterfalls cut through the handsomely manicured greens that roll amid a gated subdivision.

Working together for golf
The Saujana Resort (M) Bhd has teamed up with the KDU College to jointly provide educational and practical golf management and hospitality courses.

Golf notes
We are lucky enough in the Bay Area to have some excellent golf courses on which to play. Some have hosted major championships, such as the Olympic Club, which held the United States Open four times, while others claim to fame would be hosting a local fundraiser.

Florida Open will be played at two Vero Beach golf clubs
The Florida State Golf Association has taken control of the Florida Open and has announced that the championship will be played at two Vero Beach golf courses next summer.

Golf course: Playing fields, wildlife sanctuaries or both
( University of Missouri-Columbia ) Semlitsch and Mark Mackey, a graduate student at MU, are examining the effect of golf courses on salamander populations. Working with 10 golf courses in North Carolina, Semlitsch and Mackey are measuring stream salamanders' abundance and diversity in order to make biologically relevant management suggestions for golf course superintendents. The researchers are ...

New Company Assisting Golf Courses Achieve Environmental Sustainability
With the urgency of environmental sustainability on top of most agendas, including that of the new presidential administration, consumers and industry are looking for ways to do their part to make the world a cleaner, better place for generations to come.

New Company Helps Golf Courses Become Sustainable
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Seven MBA students helped big name companies such as Google, Yahoo! and Cisco identify energy efficiency opportunities in their operations that will save $35 million in net costs over five years in a new Environmental Defense Fund project called the Climate Corps.

Lake Las Vegas will seek OK to abandon golf course
Lake Las Vegas, the 3,600-acre Henderson community that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July, is giving up on the Falls Golf Course.

Blaine Park Board OKs designer for disc golf course
Residents are one step closer to enjoying the sport of disc golf at Lochness Park in Blaine. Park Board commissioners voted to move forward with a disc golf course designer at their Nov. 25 meeting.

Trump to site home at golf resort
Donald Trump announces he is to make his Scottish family home at his controversial £1bn Aberdeenshire golf resort.

Lantana Golf Club to become private facility
Lantana Golf Club will soon be a little more exclusive. Beginning Jan. 1, the club will become a private facility, meaning only members or guests of members will be allowed to play.

Trump to site home at golf resort
Donald Trump announces he is to make his Scottish family home at his £1bn Aberdeenshire golf resort.

This Week in Golf - December 3rd through December 8th
PGA TOUR - PGA TOUR NATIONAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT, PGA West (Nicklaus Tournament and TPC Stadium Courses), La Quinta, California - The final stage of the PGA Tour's Q-School will be contested over 90 holes running from Wednesday to Monday.