Robbins-designed courses to open

Cary, N.C. -This summer, two new courses designed by Robbins & Associates International will open. Bartram Trail, located about 10 miles west of Augusta, Ga., is part of a more-than800-acre mixed-use housing development. The course and development will be certified by Audubon International.

Canyon Ridge Club at Tauqueta Falls had a grand opening in June. The course lies on top of Lookout Mountain, about 25 miles southwest of Chattanooga, Tenn. Many holes will be played around large rock outcrops. It was built as part of a 450-acre resort development.

Also, the Poplar Hill Golf Club in Farmville, Va., is under construction. The course is expected to be finished this summer and could have a soft opening this fall, but the most likely opening date will be next spring. The course is the centerpiece of a 1,000-acre housing development.

Additionally, Robbins & Associates is in the planning stages for several new projects. Three of the projects should begin construction this summer or fall. Country Club East at Lakewood Ranch in Bradenton, FIa., will be bid on this summer. Wilderness Trail Golf Club near Banner Elk, N.C., has been masterplanned, and the golf course centerlines are being set for review in the field. The Links at Westport (Wash.) has been laid out. Clearing of the golf corridors was scheduled to begin last month.

Other projects the firm is working on include an adult community that features 18 holes of golf on 460 acres in Culpeper, Va., two large-scale projects north of Knoxville, Tenn., containing golf courses and two more master-planned communities north of Tampa, FIa.