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Bay Creek Resort & Club, VA: New DVD taped on golf course

Bay Creek Resort & Club, VA has provided the shooting location along with promotional support for a new DVD by the world-renowned professional trainer and health educator, Isabella Jones. For release this fall, the health-show DVD is titled “Resort Yoga.” It was shot in different locations of the Chesapeake Bay resort community, including important segments taped on the award-winning Arnold Palmer golf course. Click here for more information about Bay Creek!

The Club at River Oaks, CT has appointed Mike Samol to the position of golf course superintendent. Samol comes to the club from Trump National, where he had served as an assistant superintendent and then as head of the department. The club’s Robert McNeil golf course is a 6,837-yard parkland layout on the Housatonic River. Click here for more information about The Club at River Oaks!

Black Bull, MT, as part of a series of important new amenity introductions, is opening the grill in its temporary clubhouse to members in early July. In the Black Bull grill, lunch will served, along with a limited-menu dinner several nights each week. Construction of tennis courts and a car-washing facility has also begun, for completion by mid-summer. Click here for more information about Black Bull!

Waterfront Properties and Club Communities of south Florida announces that as of June 1 it is offering gift certificates, ranging up to $7,500, to all purchasers of Waterfront Properties real estate for furnishing and interior design services from Robb and Stuckey Interiors and Furnishings. Waterfront Properties participating in the program include Ranch Colony; Jonathan's Landing, PGA National; Mirasol; BallenIsles and Admirals Cove.

The Landings on Skidaway Island, GA has expanded its continuing education programs for residents by introducing a diverse series of free seminars and events that range from gardening to home renovation to the ecology of the island. This series augments the Skidaway Community Institute as well as The Landings’ partnership with Armstrong Atlantic State University. The new program will include on-site art exhibits and decorating demonstrations. Click here for more information about The Landings!

Black Bull Introduces High Tech Equipment, The Landings Expands, and More

Reynolds Plantation, GA: Recent PGA champ wins $75,000

Reynolds Plantation, GA was the setting for a back-nine charge that gave Scott Hebert of Traverse City, Michigan, a come-from-behind victory in the 41st PGA Professional National Championship. Played over a demanding setup on the Great Waters course at Reynolds, this championship for club pros nationwide paid Hebert first-place money of $75,000. Sonny Skinner of Sylvester, Georgia finished second, one stroke back. Click here for more information about Reynolds Plantation!

Dataw Island, SC sent a contingent of member residents to attend rededication ceremonies for a recently discovered burial site containing the remains of at least 39 persons assumed to have been slaves on the island’s cotton and indigo plantations. The site, a small grove of live oak trees overlooking island marsh, was identified as a slave cemetery via ground penetration radar technology tests conducted by the Dataw Historic Foundation. Click here for more information about Dataw Island!

Black Bull, MT has acquired and installed new, state-of-the-art equipment for golf club fitting and testing. The installation includes the Callaway OptiFit System and the TrackMan system for capturing ball launch and trajectory data. Using the Callaway OptiFit, Black Bull pros can now match individual club heads to individual shafts to optimize the golf club for the player. The two systems together remove guesswork from fitting and swing tips. Click here for more information about Black Bull!

Huntsman Springs, ID reports that it recently took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Teton County Courthouse building, construction of which is funded in part by the Huntsman group. David Huntsman, the community’s managing partner, expressed his gratitude for the work done to date and thanked county officials for allowing his family and the Huntsman Springs partnership to participate in this long-needed municipal project. Click here for more information about Huntsman Springs!

The Landings on Skidaway Island, GA recently approved a $25 million, seven-year capital plan to renovate its Deer Creek and Oakridge golf courses (two of its six private courses) and to expand the club’s fitness center. Deer Creek’s original architect, Tom Fazio, is assisting with the renovation which will include rebuilding greens, tees, and bunkers, installing concrete art paths, improving drainage, a new irrigation system, and tree work. Work should be complete by late 2009. Click here for more information about The Landings!

Black Bull, MT, Now Has Sculptures That Mimic Its Name

Black Bull, MT: New sculptures echo community name.

Black Bull, the mountain golf community sited on 485 acres
west of Bozeman, Montana, recently commissioned world-
renowned artist Jim Dolan to craft creative renderings of
five bulls that would welcome visitors and members to the
private community.

The bulls represent the heritage of the development,
beckoning back to the days when it was home to the historic
Leachman Angus Ranch. The bulls are now in place and
landscaping around the sculptures and water features will
resume this spring.

Enjoy mountain views and a Weiskopf championship course.

Each metal used in the five sculptures weathers at its own
distinct rate, so years of exposure will enhance the sculptures'
contrasts. Dolan has more than 95 public art sculptures in the
United States and 9 public pieces in Japan. Individual pieces
have found homes in the US, Canada, Belgium, France,
Australia, Brazil and Japan.

Black Bull features a 7,200-yard golf course designed by Tom
Weiskopf. Holes will be framed by a variety of native trees,
accent grasses and wildflowers, interspersed with water
features.

In addition to a clubhouse, residents enjoy fishing, tennis,
swimming pool, full-service fitness and spa facilities and more.
Homesites start at $200,000, homes at $700,000. For more
information about Black Bull, click here.