Page 6 - 2017 Golf Guide

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First Cut
Golf news and notables.
By Jim Finnegan
FAIRWAY FAREWELL
We’re sad to see the loss of another golf course this year. Marsh Island Golf Club in Lewes, Del., closed in January. Even venerable DuPont Country Club in Wilmington is up for sale in 2017.
Manor Makeover
White Manor Country Club in Malvern, Pa., had been facing capital challenges common to the golf industry and was recently acquired by Concert Golf Partners, a California-based firm that now has 14 similar golf properties in its portfolio. The new owners paid off the club’s debts and will be looking to pump more than $1 million in capital improvements into it, including greens renovations. We’re glad to see that the membership found a way to preserve the golf course and the other great facilities there. The Bobby Weed layout is a fine course—now that they took out the eyebrow bunkering.
Rock Solid
Western Pennsylvania luxury resort Nemacolin will unveil a second 18- hole layout, Shepherd’s Rock, to complement the Mystic Rock track. Slated for an early- summer debut, the project is in the hands of Tim Liddy, lead architect
Red, Black and Blue
In Central Florida, Gil Hanse’s newest offering Hanse of Malvern follows rounds out the colorful up his Olympic course who’s who of American success with Streamsong golf-course architects at
Black. Streamsong joins the existing Red Course (Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw) and Blue Course (Tom Doak).
this property, elevating Streamsong to one of golf’s top destinations. Visit www.streamsong- resort.com.
for the Dye Group, who tells us the course offers “a collection of unique and stunning golf holes, with magnificent moun- taintop views on many golf holes that will remain in your memory for years after.” Visit www.nemacolin.com.