Course that hosted three majors set to unveil a new BigShots driving range, sports bar
Firestone Country Club will be getting a high-tech BigShots entertainment and dining venue this year.ub
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Firestone Country Club will be getting a high-tech BigShots entertainment and dining venue this year.ub
The greatest in the game play here—and so can you, thanks to Firestone Country Club’s unique stay-and-play programming.
P.G.A. Championships are planned years in advance, but the club had less than two years to prepare when the event was moved from Trump Bedminster.
Highlights of the work at the Akron, Ohio club include room makeovers, a new Italian chophouse, fitness facility and halfway house. “We want to ensure everything at the club, both on- and off-the-course, speak to the needs and desires of our members and guests for years to come,” says General Manager Jay Walkinshaw.
Firestone Country Club in nearby Akron boasts three championship courses, including the famed South Course, which has played host to the PGA Championship in 1960, 1966 and 1975, and the NEC World Series of Golf, World Golf Championships – NEC Invitational and WGC–Bridgestone Invitational. Currently, the South Course is the site of the Bridgestone Seniors Players Championship on the Champions TOUR.
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