Imagine building 26 golf courses at the height of the golf development bubble, with nine figures in public pension money — in an effort that now loses money year after year. Welcome to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
In theory, 12-hole designs should be cheaper to play, build, and maintain. But in the staid industry of golf course development, there’s been no rush to test the theory. The minds behind Sweetens Cove are ready to change that.
In need of a peaceful golf vacation, Woodrow Wilson headed for tiny Pass Christian, Miss., in December 1913. The idyllic seaside town did what any peaceful haven would do during a presidential vacation: freaked out.
For 110 years, a struggling beachfront golf course on the Mississippi Gulf Coast has enjoyed its claim as the state’s only Donald Ross design. Except that it’s not.