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Troon
North Golf Club’s Pinnacle Course
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Undergoing
Enhancement Project
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Scottsdale,
AZ – June 2018 / Newsmaker Alert / Troon
North Golf Club’s award-winning Pinnacle Course is undergoing a four-month
course enhancement project. Located in Scottsdale, Ariz., Troon North features
two 18-hole Tom Weiskopf-designed golf courses - Pinnacle and Monument.
The Pinnacle Course closed earlier in June, and is expected to reopen in
October. The Monument Course, which underwent a similar improvement project
last summer, will remain open for daily-fee play this summer.
Troon’s
Senior Vice President of Golf Course Development Ron Despain is overseeing
the Pinnacle project which includes updating green complexes to their original
shape, size and contours by utilizing GPS coordinates gathered from Weiskopf’s
original design. In addition, greens will be resurfaced with creeping A4
bent grass and collars will be resurfaced with TifGrand semi-dwarf Bermuda
grass. Bunker renovations will include updated drainage in all greenside
and fairway bunkers, new bunker liners and new Pioneer bunker sand.
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“We
continue to reinvest-in and enhance our flagship facility,” said Tim Schantz,
president, Troon®. “Thanks to
Ron Despain and the agronomy team at Troon North, our 2017 enhancement
of the Monument Course was a huge success and improved upon one of the
top daily-fee courses in the nation. We expect to see similar results with
this summer’s Pinnacle improvements.”
The
2017 Monument Course improvements were the first major changes to either
of the award-winning courses since a 2007 renovation, reconfiguration and
rerouting. In 2007, under Weiskopf’s direction, the 36-hole facility was
reconfigured by blending the two courses together and changing the sequence
in which the holes were played.
Troon
North’s Pinnacle and Monument courses are ranked #25 and #58 respectively
on GOLF Magazine’s prestigious ranking of the 2016/2017 “Top 100
Courses You Can Play in the United States.” In addition, GOLF Magazine
named Pinnacle the #1 golf course and Monument the #4 golf course in Arizona
in their ranking of “Best Courses You Can Play in Arizona.” Troon North
is no stranger to awards and accolades as both courses have been recognized
in numerous Top 100 and Best-in-State rankings by GOLF, Golf Digest
and Golfweek since the facility opened in 1990.
About
Troon North Golf Club
Troon
North Golf Club stands as a hallmark of the Scottsdale desert golf
experience with two 18-hole courses stretching through the natural ravines
and foothills in the shadows of Pinnacle Peak. Giant granite boulders lie
strewn across the rugged landscape of Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, where Troon
North Golf Club combines iconic golf with the visual sensation of desert
landscape, providing a standard unmatched in the American Southwest. For
more information, visit www.TroonNorthGolf.com.
About
Troon
The
Dunes of Naples is professionally managed by Troon®.
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Troon is the world’s largest golf management
company, with more than 270 golf courses in its portfolio. Troon also specializes
in homeowner association management, private residence clubs, estate management
and associated hospitality venues. Troon’s award-winning food and beverage
division operates and manages more than 150 restaurants located at golf
resorts, private clubs, daily fee golf courses and recreational facilities
around the world. The company oversees operations at Troon Golf, Honours
Golf, Troon Privé
(the private club operating division of Troon) and Troon International
with properties located in 35 states and 33 countries. Additionally, there
are 57 Troon affiliated properties featuring 79 courses that have been
recipients of a “Top 100” ranking by national and international publications.
Troon properties include Lake of Isles Golf Club in North Stonington, Connecticut;
Kapalua on Maui, Hawaii; The Centurion Club in London, England; Tiburón
Golf Club at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples in Florida; Els Club
Desaru Coast in Malaysia; and Palmilla Golf Club in San Jose del Cabo,
Mexico. For more information, visit www.TroonGolf.com,
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Contact:
Rob
Myers
Troon
480-477-0506 |