Trevor Mason

Jan 17, 2025 | golfincmagazine.com | Trevor Mason

Entries are now being accepted for Golf Inc.’s annual Development of the Year and Renovation of the Year competitions. Development of the Year recognizes the daily fee/resort courses and private clubs with the best new traditional and non-traditional golf courses (including short courses!) opened during the past year around the globe.

Jan 15, 2025 | golfincmagazine.com | Trevor Mason

Concert Golf Partners acquired Penn Oaks Golf Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It becomes the 37th private club in Concert’s growing portfolio and the fourth in the Pennsylvania/New Jersey area, joining White Manor Country Club in Malvern, Pa., Philmont Country Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pa. and TPC Jasna Polana in Princeton, N.J.The historic club is located on 130 acres of land that were originally granted to Pennsylvania founder William Penn by King Charles II.

Jan 15, 2025 | golfincmagazine.com | Trevor Mason

KemperSports will now manage the Club at Porto Cima in Sunrise Beach, Missouri, along the western shore of the Lake of the Ozarks. The new partnership with the club’s owners, Four Seasons Hospitality Group, was announced on Jan. 9. The club has a history of ranking as one of the top private clubs in Missouri. KemperSports now manages two private clubs in Missouri; the other is the Country Club of St. Albans.

Dec 23, 2024 | golfincmagazine.com | Trevor Mason

The PGA of America announced that it has chosen Derek Sprague to be the next CEO of the association. Sprague is the first person to serve as both a past president and CEO. He served as president from 2014-2016 and he will succeed Seth Waugh, who stepped down from the role in June 2024. Sprague has been a PGA member since 1993 and has been the general manager of TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, since January 2018.

Dec 13, 2024 | golfincmagazine.com | Trevor Mason

Heritage Golf Group announced the acquisition of its 39th course, Ptarmigan Country Club in Denver, Colorado. It joins three other Heritage courses in the area: The Golf Club at Bear Dance, Plum Creek Golf Club and Colorado National Golf Club. Ptarmigan is a private full-service country club that features an 18-hole signature Jack Nicklaus golf course.