Tee-time brokerages roil golf industry
Are tee-time brokers like GolfNow knocking cash-strapped courses into the rough? Or could the Expedia-like providers be the chip shot courses need to get back on the green?
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Feud pits Highland Country Club against neighbors
Homeowners who live just south of the golf club’s southern border fret about the future of the White River bluffs if Highland proceeds with controversial plans to sell 20 acres for residential development.
Saddlebrook Golf Course teed up for auction
The 135-acre property on the northwest side is set to be sold in four pieces, attracting interest from real estate developers and golf course operators.
Topgolf entertainment venue to open on 116th Street in Fishers
The three-level, 65,000-square-foot location—the company’s first in Indiana—would offer competitive golfing games in addition to food, alcohol and other entertainment options.
Rounds played, revenue plummet at flooded golf courses
The season has been so bad, some central Indiana courses are facing significant financial losses—and perhaps ruin.
Highland seeks to wedge upscale homes on golf course grounds
The country club on the northwest side foresees 46 houses on 25 acres and using money from the sale of the land to make crucial improvements to the private retreat.
Neighbors yell ‘fore’ over apartment project that would replace golf course
A par-3 golf course on the city’s north side could be replaced by a $45 million apartment community with nearly 400 units, much to the chagrin of neighbors opposing the massive project.
Golf-course manager says fresh formula could help revive sport
Golf course and country club management firm Green Golf Partners launched four years ago, at a time the golf industry nationwide was deep in the rough.
City’s oldest Pete Dye golf course goes private
The owner of Maple Creek Golf & Country Club has decided to make the east-side club fully private again after increasing membership last year nearly 50 percent.
PGA taps first female officer, future president
A month after firing Franklin’s Ted Bishop for insensitive remarks, the PGA picked 48-year-old Suzy Whaley as the first female officer in the PGA of America's history.
Indiana golf executive ousted as PGA boss
Ted Bishop, president at The Legends Golf Club in Franklin, has been ousted as president of the PGA of America over a controversial tweet and Facebook post directed at golfer Ian Poulter.
Hawthorns golf club headed to auction; lender seeks control
The future of the Hawthorns Golf & Country Club in Fishers is expected to become clearer next week, when a bankruptcy court judge weighs in on the lender’s plan to take over operations.
PGA Tour event returning to Crooked Stick
The BMW Championship will tee off again at Carmel’s Crooked Stick Golf Club in 2016. In 2012, the event, won by Rory McIlroy, generated $30 million in economic impact for the region.
Golf-soccer hybrid tees off at five Indiana courses
Burned by the economic meltdown and the scorching summer of 2012, five Indiana golf courses are rolling out a new game this year in hopes of bringing a little more green to their greens.
Lender to bankrupt country club puts on suitor’s cap
The lender for the Hawthorns Golf & Country Club is an affiliate of California-based Concert Golf Partners, which hopes to convert its debt into ownership of the Fishers club.
Hawthorns Golf Club in Fishers files for bankruptcy
The move comes after a lender filed a $4.8 million foreclosure lawsuit on the club and asked a Hamilton County court to appoint a receiver.
Foreclosure suit tests HDG Mansur on a new front
HGCC Lender LLC this month filed a $4.8 million foreclosure suit and asked a court to appoint a receiver for Hamilton Proper’s 279-acre Hawthorns Golf & Country Club.
Golfer finishes coast-to-coast fundraiser for Indy school
Luke Bielawski, a student from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, spent 96 days this summer teeing off from California to South Carolina to raise money for Providence Cristo Rey High School.
Indiana golf course lands Senior PGA Championship
Officials are expected to announce Tuesday that the 2015 Senior PGA Championship will be played at the Pete Dye Course at the French Lick Springs Resort.
New golf tour offering cash prizes despite USGA warning
The Hoosier Tour will give high-handicappers the chance to compete for prize purses at top courses across the Indianapolis area. But participants could become ineligible for sanctioned events.