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By Design
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n 1987, Dan Maples, ASGCA Past
President, took 170 acres of North
Carolina land and designed and
developed a golf facility that included
a clubhouse, driving range, tennis
courts and more. Longleaf Golf &
Country Club held its grand opening
in November 1998.
By 2015, U.S. Kids Golf Foundation
(USKGF)—maker of golf equipment
for kids—was looking for what their
president Dan Van Horn describes as
“a living laboratory for growing kids
and family golf in a club environment,
implementing best practices in a
A ‘living laboratory’
for growing golf
CASE STUDY
The Longleaf Tee Initiative was borne from a
redesign project completed by Bill Bergin, ASGCA,
at the Longleaf Golf & Family Club in Pinehurst,
North Carolina.
By Design
finds out more.