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Below, we share KemperSports news, golf industry insights, best practices and celebrate our award-winning family of properties.

Looking back from a green at Links at Perry Cabin in St. Michaels, Maryland

KemperSports Selected to Manage Links at Perry Cabin in St. Michaels, Maryland

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   KemperSports Selected to Manage Links at Perry Cabin in St. Michaels, Maryland Final Pete and Alice Dye Design Located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore   NORTHBROOK, Illinois, May 7, 2019 – Capital Properties has selected KemperSports to manage golf operations at Links at Perry Cabin in St. Michaels, Maryland.  The newly opened…

Golf hole at Bandon Trails in Bandon, Oregon

KemperSports-Managed Properties Receive Golf Digest Editors’ Choice Awards

Golf Digest named four KemperSports-managed properties to its list of the Best Golf Resorts in the Americas in the travel category as part of the Editors’ Choice Awards. Streamsong Resort (Streamsong, Florida) Golden Horseshoe Golf Club (Williamsburg, Virginia) Sand Valley (Rome, Wisconsin) Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon, Oregon) The Editors’ Choice Awards recognize the best…

Clubhouse at Rock Spring Golf Club in West Orange, New Jersey

KemperSports Selected to Manage Rock Spring Golf Club at West Orange, Lead Property Transformation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   KemperSports Selected to Manage Rock Spring Golf Club at West Orange, Lead Property Transformation Former Private Club to Become Public, Offering Unprecedented Access to Seth Raynor-Designed Course   NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, April 25, 2019 – The Township Council of West Orange, New Jersey, has selected KemperSports to manage Rock Spring Golf Club…

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KemperSports Invites Golfers to Play to Win at the Largest Cinco de Mayo Golf Fiesta

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   KemperSports Invites Golfers to Play to Win at the Largest Cinco de Mayo Golf Fiesta NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, April 22, 2019 – Grab your golf clubs and get ready for a Cinco de Mayo celebration on the greens. KemperSports is teaming up with Vidanta Resorts, SQN Escapes, Titleist and FootJoy to host…

Aerial view of the Sheep Ranch at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Oregon

Bally Bandon Sheep Ranch Announcement

Bandon Dunes continues to grow as one of the premier golf destinations in the country with the addition of their fifth course – The Bally Bandon Sheep Ranch. The course has a unique story of friendship with Mike Keiser and long-time business partner Phil Friedmann.   Learn more here ›

Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington

Changing the Face of Championship Golf in the Pacific Northwest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   CHANGING THE FACE OF CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Chambers Bay will re-open April 3rd after replacing putting surfaces with Poa annua   (UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash.) — Chambers Bay — site of the 2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, 2015 U.S. Open and the 2010 U.S. Amateur championship — will re-open for…

Screenshot of Jim Stegall speaking on the topic of key trends for 2019

Key Trends for 2019 – Jim Stegall

KemperSports Executive Vice President Jim Stegall offers insight into three keys trends making an impact on the golf industry in 2019.

Yolanda Porras, winner of the 2018 James S. Kemper Staffer of the Year Award, pictured with Steve Lesnik, Val D'Souza and Tim Krebs

KemperSports Celebrates Honorees at Annual Awards Dinner

KemperSports recognized top performers from across the company at its Annual Awards Dinner, an event that marked the end of the 2019 KemperSports Leadership Conference. This year’s honorees include:   Facility of the Year Desert Willow Golf Resort (Palm Desert, CA) James R. Seeley General Manager of the Year Randy Morrison – Heron Lakes Golf Club…

Aerial view of Thornberry Creek at Oneida in Oneida, Wisconsin

KemperSports Selected to Manage Wisconsin’s Thornberry Creek at Oneida

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   KemperSports Selected to Manage Wisconsin’s Thornberry Creek at Oneida   NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS – The Oneida Golf Enterprise, a wholly owned business of the Oneida Nation, has selected KemperSports to manage Thornberry Creek at Oneida in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Thornberry Creek is the official course of the Green Bay Packers and host…

Par four hole at Joliet Golf Club in Joliet, Illinois

KemperSports Selected to Manage Joliet Country Club

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   KemperSports Selected to Manage Joliet Country Club KemperSports to lead transition to semi-private status   NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 12, 2019 – KemperSports announced today that the members of Joliet Country Club have selected KemperSports to manage the club – an institution in the suburban Chicago community since the early 1900’s. Located…

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