by Steve Pike | Jan 6, 2026 | golf business, golf course management, Golf Courses, Golf News, Private Clubs
Heritage Golf Group, a fast-growing owner and operator of golf and country clubs in the United States, has acquired Southern Hills Plantation Club in Brooksville, FL., from Managing Partner MG Orender. This marks the fourth and final acquisition in a multi-club...
by Steve Pike | Dec 23, 2025 | Events, golf business, Golf Courses, LIV Golf, PGA Tour, Private Clubs
LIV Golf has announced the preliminary field for the third edition of LIV Golf Promotions, set for January 8–11, 2026, at the acclaimed Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto, FL. The four-day, 72-hole stroke play event presents one of the most dynamic entry points into...
by Steve Pike | Dec 9, 2025 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, Private Clubs
Architect Brian Curley has returned to The Palms Golf Club – the private La Quinta, CA., course he crafted with World Golf Hall of Famer Fred Couples in 1999 – to complete a modernization that restores the layout to its original beauty while refining it for...
by Steve Pike | Dec 5, 2025 | Events, golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Private Clubs
As Sara Bay Country Club – originally Whitfield Estates Country Club – approaches its centennial, a full slate of programs to commemorate 100 years of golf heritage is planned for the legendary club in Sarasota, FL. Sara Bay’s historic Donald...
by Steve Pike | Nov 25, 2025 | Adventure, Culinary, Personalities, Private Clubs, Real Estate, Resorts, Travel News
Special to Spikeongolfandtravel.com When Jessie Rodriguez speaks, golfers listen. The two-time James Beard semifinalist, former Head Sommelier of The French Laundry in Napa Valley (CA) and current resident sommelier for leading private aviation company Magellan Jets...
by Steve Pike | Nov 20, 2025 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Private Clubs
Zinkand Golf Design – led by golf course architect David Zinkand and his more than 25 years of experience designing, managing and shaping projects in the field – has completed construction of a short course and practice facility at Chicago’s Saddle...
