I'd love a status update on the C&C course in Bluffton, SC..  

Should provide a good compliment to the Nicklaus course there.

That being said, I'm not sure that construction has started.

Jeff

I visited Palmetto Bluffs last month and although the Coore Crenshaw course is being described as a done deal, the area of the property that the course will occupy is not even close to being developed at this point.  Palmetto is over 20,000 acres (!!!!) and when finished will be a development of significant proportions.  That being said, everything I saw led me to believe that the team in charge and the money behind the deal (Duke Energy) will pull it off.  What they have completed so far is pretty impressive and the May River course was everything that Ran's profile said it would be.  

I would estimate that the Coore Crenshaw course is at least 2-3 years away.  It's about 20 minutes from the developments entrance as it is now to get to the main "town" area at Palmetto where the Auberge de Soleil Inn at Palmetto Bluff and the May River course are.  The Coore Crenshaw course will be probably another 20 minutes or more south from what is now the center of the development.  The Coore Crenshaw course will be considered the "members course" and the May River course will do double duty with resort guest play.  If I understood correctly, the really "special" lots and areas of the project are years away and anyone buying now will have to endure living in a construction zone during that time frame.  

It will be interesting once it opens knowing that Chechessee Creek is relatively close by, only about 20 minutes from the main entrance (but really probably closer to 45 minutes between the two courses).  I wonder if CC has two courses so close to each other (not owned by the same owner) any where else?

All this being said, I'm looking forward to another visit to the Inn and will continue to monitor the project, it will definitely be a special place.

Is it time for the monthly check-up on Cabot Links?

Or should we wait until the glacier recedes again in May?  

Rock Creek cattle Company!

...also four mile ranch...

Bill Coore has been sighted infrequently in Pinehurst but long enough to clesr snf rough in some of the holes. I was lucky enough to et a guided tour from the developer.

Dormie Club, in my estimation, will be one of the premiere golf courses in North Carolina. The overall facility the course, the clubhouse and the practice area will rival any golf facility, anywhere.

This is a case of intelligent planning, a great piece of property and the overriding theme of golf at its best.

The Dormie Club is all about the golf.

In British Columbia, all of the activity seems to be on Vancouver Island and in the Okanagan valley. The price of real estate near the City is most likely why nothing is being built nearby.

Tower Ranch, which is near Kelowna, will open in the spring. www.golftowerranch.com  Thomas McBroom design. From the website, pics show lots of great views and elevation changes. Bunkering looks like a collection of cloverleafs. Thomas McBroom is also working with Annika on a course at Red Mountain in the West Kootenay Valley but that is in the early stages, only recently announced.

Sagebrush, advertised as a "minimalist" design, will open in the Quilchena valley, between Vancouver and Kelowna. Rod Whitman and Richard Zokol are listed as the architects and our Jeff Mingay has also been very active at the site. It will be very private and pics show how dry the climate is in that area. Course looks fabulous.

Gil Hanse is working on a course at Union Bay, mid way up the east coast of Vancouver Island. Apparently clearing was complete this fall and serious design work will get underway in the spring. I would guess the course will open in 2009 but not sure.

Greg Norman is designing another course on Vancouver Island called The Cliffs over Maple Bay but that would seem to be a 2009 entry as well.

"The Rise" a Couples signature course was scheduled to open this year but rumours are it is having financial problems. It is near Vernon, just north of Kelowna and would have fantastic views of Lake Okanagan. Should be some word on that in the spring. Gene Bates has done most of the design. Freddie visited the site for the first time last June.

All of these areas are easy trips from Washington / Oregon. Hopefully we can arrange a GCA outing this summer.

Bob Jenkins

Sagebrush link is www.sagebrushgolf.com

In British Columbia, all of the activity seems to be on Vancouver Island and in the Okanagan valley.

Bob, what is the latest (if any) on Capilano and their lease?

Thanks,  Jason

ps.  The Castle Stuart preview (soft open?) looks to be in the works for late next year.

Jason,

You're thinking of Shaughnessy, not Capilano.

I don't know the answer to your question. Bob might.

There's a new one opening this spring in Ruidoso, NM called Rainmakers. Looks very cool. RTJ Jr design.