September/October 2017 Volume No. 26 Issue No. 5
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Editorial Team
Jack Crittenden
Editor-in-Chief
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Keith Carter
Managing Editor
Mike Stetz
Katie Thisdell
Robert Vasilak
Senior Editors
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STAFF
OWNERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
4 ClubCorp sells for $2.2 billion
6 Integrity Golf closes abruptly
8 Golf’s finance problem
11 Feature: Advisers of the year
20 One rule: a proposed simplification
of the rules of golf
OPERATIONS
16 Callaway to acquire TravisMathew
17 Innovative ideas spotlighted at Golf Inc.
Strategies Summit
18 How local ingredients, outdoor dining
are boosting F&B
22 Feature: 2017 Most improved golf courses
DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN
33 Mickelsen to redesign Trump course in Bali
34 Love Design signs on to revamp
university course
36 Developer Johnny Morris has big plans
for Big Cedar Resort
38 Feature: Innovations in
golf course construction
46 Back 9: Richerson joins Troon Golf;
Walters sentenced
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