Billy Casper Golf has scored three new projects in the past few weeks — two in Florida and another in North Carolina. The Vienna, Va.-based company now has 130 golf courses, country clubs and resorts in its portfolio.
Earlier this month, it won the rights to manage Black Mountain Golf Course in the foothills of western North Carolina, 17 miles east of Asheville. The 18-hole course opened in 1929 as a nine-hole course designed by legendary architect Donald Ross, and the back nine debuted in 1962.
Convergent Capital Partners LLC, the new owner of Emerald Greens Golf Resort and Country Club in Tampa, tapped BCG to manage its 27 holes. The Gulf Coast property, which includes an array of condos, villas and townhomes, features three, distinct nine-hole layouts called Meadow, Cypress and Pine.
Before October was up, BCG was tapped to manage Eastpointe Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., an upscale community of 875 homes with an 18-hole private course acting as the centerpiece. It's known in the Southern Florida golf community for its contouring on the green complexes and indigenous wildlife.
BCG will handle aspects of the Florida clubs' member programs, and at all three sites, the company will take charge of course operations, golf course and property maintenance, sales, marketing and public relations, staffing and training, merchandising, restaurant, financial management and special events.
BCG said it would enact its “BCGreen” initiative at the sites, which aims to conserve, protect and enhance the environment.
The latest project ups the company's management portfolio to 14 in Florida and 21 in the Southeast.
In 2011, the company has assumed operation of 16 private, public and resort properties, many within upscale within master-planned communities.