"As part of a multi-year transformation project to renovate northern Michigan’s Donald Ross Memorial at The Highlands, four more renovated holes are now open at the BOYNE Golf facility built to honor the legendary architect. The 18-hole layout is a composite re-creation of classic golf holes from iconic venues that Ross designed during the early part of the 20th century."

Tags: Donald Ross, Michigan, Public Golf, Ray Hearn, Renovation

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"Originally a nine-hole layout, Green Oaks membership engaged Ross in 1913 for a new 18-hole course after purchasing an additional 46 acres. Ross returned in 1914 to finish placing the bunkers, and the course opened in the fall of that year."

Tags: Bobby Jones Links, Donald Ross, Pennsylvania, Private Golf

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"Ross’s routing remains largely unchanged but tree planting throughout the 20th century narrowed playing corridors and transformed the heathland-style layout into more of a parkland course. In the 1990s, architect Ron Prichard renovated greens and bunkers, removed trees and planted native fescue."

Tags: Brad Klein, Donald Ross, Gil Hanse, Massachusetts, Private Golf, Ron Prichard

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"Detroit Golf Club’s courses, site of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on the PGA Tour since 2019, were designed by legendary architect Donald Ross and opened in 1916."

Tags: Donald Ross, Michigan, PGA Tour, Private Golf, Renovation, Tyler Rae

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"‘The club has been primarily recognized for its fantastic Donald Ross-designed golf course; however, our goal is to activate all its amenities to breathe new life into the club to make it one of the top lifestyle clubs in the market.’"

Tags: Bobby Jones Links, Donald Ross, Ohio, Private Golf

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"Thanks to a restoration by Gil Hanse and his design team, Worcester Country Club can now lay claim to a golf course whose playing character befits its classical heritage."

Tags: Brad Klein, Donald Ross, Gil Hanse, Massachusetts, Private Golf, Restoration, Ron Prichard

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"The application, submitted late last month to the town, proposes constructing 90 three-story structures consisting of a mixture of apartment units distributed on several properties associated with the current Winnapaug Golf Course at 184 Shore Road."

Tags: Development, Donald Ross, Rhode Island 

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"Cumberland County Commissioners are now considering two locations to rebuild the high school. Recently, the Cumberland County School Board voted 5 to 3 in favor of submitting Stryker Golf Course at Fort Liberty as an option to county commissioners."

Tags: Course Closure, Donald Ross, North Carolina, Public Golf

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"Overall, the report recommended the Stryker Golf Course site as a future location for E.E. Smith. ‘The site has good street access although travel times would probably be extended due to the closure of Bragg Blvd through the military reservations,’ the report says."

Tags: Course Closure, Donald Ross, North Carolina, Public Golf

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"By the time Franz finished, in late 2021, Southern Pines had been returned to its rustic beginnings, with reborn greens and bunkers, rugged sandy wastes, and wider, firmer fairways that allowed the ground game and invited different angles of attack."

Tags: Donald Ross, Kyle Franz, North Carolina, Public Golf, Renovation

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