{"id":726543,"date":"2026-06-26T04:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/726543\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T04:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:42:21","slug":"construction-of-new-coore-crenshaw-course-underway-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/726543\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction of new Coore &#038; Crenshaw course underway at&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eighteen-hole layout is part of a $40 million investment into the Michigan facility<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Richard Humphreys\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/499499c574EDNthumbRich_128x128_GCA.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By Richard Humphreys |<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t 25 June 2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Construction is underway on a new golf course, designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, at Kingsley Club near Traverse City, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The 18-hole layout, which will join the club\u2019s Mike DeVries-designed course, is being built on recently acquired land southeast of the property. Coore and Crenshaw have planned for a layout that has fescue playing surfaces and incorporates native grasses.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The club is run by owner-operator Escalante Golf. \u201cThe Escalante team has again given us an opportunity to work with a wonderfully intriguing, gifted site for golf, this time in the state of Michigan, home to some of America\u2019s most acclaimed golf courses,\u201d said Coore. \u201cWe are excited about the potential of this highly individualistic site, the Kingsley Club in general and being able to create a course in a state with such a rich golfing history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>David McDonald, president of Escalante Golf, said: \u201cThis is a rare opportunity to create a very special course in a region renowned for superb golf. With this land and Bill and Ben\u2019s expertise, we believe Kingsley Club will soon offer one of the game\u2019s most fun and architecturally compelling 36-hole golf experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Mike DeVries-designed course at Kingsley Club opened in 2001 (Photo: Kingsley Club)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6214Kingsley-2_web.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"image_title\" style=\"width: 950px;\">The Mike DeVries-designed course at Kingsley Club opened in 2001 (Photo: Kingsley Club)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Coore and Crenshaw\u2019s walkable layout will also include a nineteenth \u2018bye hole\u2019 that returns to the new clubhouse after the first six holes. The club is aiming to open the course for limited preview play in late 2028, with a full opening planned for 2029.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The new golf course is at the heart of an investment of around $40 million into the facility. Other work includes a new clubhouse that is expected to open in spring 2027.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project is about evolution, not change,\u201d said Justin Mack, general manager of Kingsley Club. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to honouring what has always made Kingsley unique while thoughtfully investing in its future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eighteen-hole layout is part of a $40 million investment into the Michigan facility By Richard Humphreys | 25&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-726543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}