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Feature: games among the dunes and the heather.
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March 22, 2007
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- Geus, Averill
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The Maidstone Golf Course is East Hampton's Enduring Seaside Treasure
On the long lazy summer afternoons of more than a century ago, when eastern Long Island was beginning to see the potential benefits of a resort economy, amusements other than rocking on a boardinghouse porch were few and far between. But the ascendancy of gilded Newport to the forefront of American society promoted fashions that other resorts adopted. East Hampton society felt that garish expenditure and showy luxury was out of place in their seaside village, but was quick to learn the rules for a new game called lawn tennis, which became wildly popular after 1880.
Lawn tennis was the first ...
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Edina's greens aren't quite green enough; Country club will close golf...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
July 2, 1996 ;
Kaszuba, Mike;
677 words
......The Edina Country Club, the 73-year-old...is closing its golf course for the season July...members said, that the club's course was being...egad! - a public golf course. You go to a public...winter good. With the golf course closed, members...content with the ...
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New golf course hinges on country club vote on land swap proposal:...
Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL);
July 28, 2006 ;
503 words
......Decatur Country Club will vote Sept...that would give the club a new $3.8 million golf course atop Burleson Mountain...lot sales with the club, the club's board...at Indian Hills Golf Course. He has offered...course to the country club in exchange for...would ...
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Watertown, N.Y.-Area Country Club Stockholders Approve Sale of Golf...
Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY);
April 29, 2004 ;
323 words
......Ives Hill Country Club shareholders approved the sale of its golf course to David Dawson of Afton Golf Club for $800,000 at...decision to sell the golf course by those shareholders...Two-thirds of the club's outstanding shares...ensure that the golf course ...
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TO RENEW GOLF COURSE, CLUB WILL SELL IT.(LOCAL)
The Virginian Pilot;
August 12, 2004 ;
397 words
......Pine Lakes Country Club, which runs the town's only 18-hole golf course, is negotiating...who could keep the club a golf course and an asset to...Pine Lakes Country Club plans to sell its 18-hole golf course to Bill Taylor...
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Norfolk, Va.-area club hopes to renew golf course with sale.
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
August 12, 2004 ;
205 words
......member-owned Pine Lakes Country Club, which runs the town's only 18-hole golf course, is negotiating to sell the course in a deal the club hopes could turn around declining...somebody who could keep the club a golf course and an asset to the community...would agree to pay off ...
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Maggie Valley Country Club unveils expanded plans: Club to include homes,...
Mountaineer (Waynesville, NC);
July 21, 2006 ;
509 words
......improvements to the golf course are all part of...Maggie Valley Country Club on the map as a...the mountains, the club is developing large...adjacent to the golf course. We want Maggie...breakfast in one of the club's new conference...excitement whenever the golf ...
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Money-losing golf course club plans changes.
Bulletin (Bend, OR);
May 24, 2007 ;
787 words
......Bend's Broken Top Club have played...top-drawer golf course with plenty...surround the club's golf course. Meanwhile, a group of club members is continuing...fill in the club's centerpiece...the worldwide golf course operator they...
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Jack Nicklaus to Redesign Montecito Country Club Golf Course.
PR Newswire;
June 6, 2005 ;
787 words
......renowned golfer and golf course designer Jack Nicklaus...Montecito Country Club. The selection...the future of the club from a golf perspective...be a really nice golf course, and an outstanding...Montecito Country Club Golf Course, Reagan added...
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Two years after Fred Rzepka bought struggling Hawthorne Valley, the club...
Crain's Cleveland Business;
April 29, 2002 ;
488 words
......joined Hawthorne Valley Country Club in Solon. He was a quiet member...wonderful Donald Ross-designed golf course. Two years ago, as he was coasting...back to the day he bought the club and admits, ``I think buying...Hawthorne Valley will remain a golf course for the next two ...
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SC buys golf course: Kanawha Country Club to open to public Jan. 1
Charleston Gazette;
November 17, 2005 ;
Jennifer Ginsberg;
452 words
......to sell their club Tuesday night...plans to open the golf course to the public...continue to run the golf course and clubhouse...as the country club did. The only...hole Cato Park golf course. The South Charleston club employs 24 people...
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Landowner suing Cape Arundel club ; His planned house must be accessed via...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);
July 5, 2003 ;
JEN FISH Staff Writer;
610 words
......Cape Arundel club ; His planned...accessed via the golf course, which the club contends would...crossing the golf course, according to...representing the club. The right of...owned by the club. Experts on golf-course design hired...
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Golf course set to be sold for housing; MEMBERS 'BITTER' AS CLUB FOR...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);
October 16, 2003 ;
261 words
......the Sphinx Social Club have played their...at the nine-hole golf course in Sphinx Drive...been told the golf club is no longer profitable...green and tennis club. These clubs will...the closure of the golf course. Mr Parkes, who...said: The golf club is being ...
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Southern Destiny Unveils New Coastal Carolina Golf Course and Country...
PR Newswire;
October 3, 2008 ;
640 words
......region's newest private golf course and country club. Masonboro Country Club...The centerpiece of the club is its world-class golf course. Starting with the footprint...construction of the golf course. Masonboro Country Club is expected to offer...
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Former Ives Hill Country Club owner opts not to rebuy golf course.
Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY);
September 14, 2006 ;
338 words
......owner of Ives Hill Country Club declined its option to buy the golf course. Arthur C. Stever III, an...stockholders chose not to block the club's sale to a Syracuse man...s offer, but decided the club would be better off in the...who considered buying the club six years ago. Mr. ...
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TOWN-HOUSE GROUP CLOSES DEAL WITH COUNTRY CLUB ON GOLF COURSE
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);
July 23, 1993 ;
CHARLES SAYDAH, Staff Writer;
592 words
......DEAL WITH COUNTRY CLUB ON GOLF COURSE -- 6.7 ACRES IN EXCHANGE...acreage that abuts the golf course; the association...owners of record. The club will work the property...be able to use any club facility -- the golf course, paddle tennis courts...
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