Awards and Accolades

Gene D. Bates

BoardRoom Renovation Golf Course Architect of the Year (2004)

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Binks Forest Golf Club: Wellington, Florida

PGA Tour Event - Sazale Team Championships (1991)

Complete Renovation of Existing Golf Course (2007)

GOLF, Inc. - Renovation of the Year Finalist (2008)

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Boca Raton Resort & Club: Boca Raton, Florida 

Host ADT Golf Skills Challenge

Silver Medalist Golf Digest

Top 100 Golf Resorts in the World

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Brighton Crest Golf Course: Fresno, California

California Gold Star Award, Large Development (1991)

California Golf - Top Ten Ranking

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Broken Sound: The Old Course: Boca Raton, Florida 

Champions Tour - Allianz Championship (Host, 2006-2007)

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Buffalo Shoals National Golf Club: Statesville, North Carolina

Golf Digest - #7 Best New Upscale Course in America (1997)

Golf Digest - #10 Best New Affordable Public Course (1998)

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Carmel Valley Ranch Resort: Carmel, California

Golf Digest - Top 75 Golf Resorts (2007)

GOLF Magazine - Must Play in Monterey (2007)

GOLF Magazine - America's Top Golf Resorts (2007)

Travel + Leisure Magazine  - Best U.S. Golf Resorts by readers (2007)

Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Certification (2007)

Chemical & Water Use Reduction Certification (2007)

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Carolina National Golf Club: Bolivia, North Carolina

Carolina Magazine - #1 Best Coastal Course (1998)

Golf Digest - Finest Golf Courses on Eastern Seaboard (1998)

Certified Audubon Sanctuary

Golf Digest - Top 50 Golf Courses of Myrtle Beach (2005-2006)

LPGA Tour Qualifying School

Golf Digest - North Carolina’s Best New Affordable Public Course (1997)

Golf Digest - #1 Best New Affordable Public Course in US and Canada (1998)

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Circling Raven Golf Club: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Golf Digest - #7 Best New Upscale Public Course in America (2004)

GOLF WORLD Magazine - Top 10 Places to Play (2004)

Idaho Golf Trail Member (2004)

GOLF Magazine - #5 of 10 Most Underrated Courses in America & Golf Course to Watch (2005)

Golf for Women Magazine - Top US Casino Golf Course (2006)

Native American Casinos Magazine - # 1 Tribal Golf Course in America (2006)

Golfweek Magazine - #11 of  Top 25 Casino Courses (2007)

Golfweek Magazine - Top US Casino Resort Courses (2007 & 2008)

Fairways + Greens - #9 of Top 36 Resort Courses in the Annual Signature Series (2007)

Scottsdale Tribune - #6 of Top 10 Underrated Courses in America (2007)

Golf Digest - #4 Top Casino Course (2007)

ZAGAT Survey - America's Top Golf Courses (2007 & 2008)

GOLF Magazine - Top 100 Courses to Play & Course to Watch (2008)

Golfweek Magazine - #2 Best Course to Play in Idaho, State-by-State Rankings (2008)

Audubon Certified Course

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Due Process Stables: Colts Neck, New Jersey

Golf World Magazine - Best Kept Secret (1994)

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El Gouna Golf Club: El Gouna, Egypt

1st Resort Course in Egypt  (1999)

1st Course in World to use Paspalum Salt Tolerant Grass (1999)

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Green Mountain National: Sherburne, Vermont

First Municipally Owned Course in Vermont (1996)

#1 Daily Fee Course in Vermont (1996)

Golf Digest - #5 Best New Public Course (1996)

Travel + Leisure Magazine - America’s 100 Best Courses for Under $100 (2002)

Golf Digest - Top Rated Golf Courses in Vermont (2005-2006)

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Green Springs Golf Club: Washington, Utah

Golf Digest - #5 Best Public Course (1991)

Utah Skins Contest (Host, 1993-1994)

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Hamilton Mill Golf Course: Atlanta, Georgia

First Fred Couples Signature Golf Course (1995)

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Heron Ridge Golf Club: Virginia Beach, Virginia

1st New Public Golf Course to Open in over 10 Years in Virginia Beach (1999)

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Ironhorse Golf Club: Ashland, Nebraska

Golf Digest - #5 Best New Pubic Course (1998)

Golf Digest - #7 Best New Affordable Public Course (2001)

Golf Digest - America’s Best New Courses (2002)

Golf Digest - Best Places to Play (2004)

Golf Digest - 4.5 Stars

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Kelly Plantation Golf Club: Destin, Florida

Golf Digest - Top 5% of Courses in America (1999)

ZAGAT Survey - America's Top Golf Courses (2006)

Golf Digest - 4.5 Stars (2006)

Golf Digest - Best Places to Play (2007)

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Le Maitre de Mont Tremblant: Mt Tremblant, Canada

Golf Digest - #3 Best New Private Canadian Course (2002)

SCOREGolf  - #33 of Top 100 Golf Courses in Canada

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Old Mill Golf Course: Sandy, Utah

Top Revenue Producing Public Course in Utah (1992)

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Riverbend Golf Course: Riverton, Utah

#7 Best Course in Utah (1995)

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Riverwood Country Club: Port Charlotte, Florida 

Southwest Florida Golf Association - #1 Golf Course (1995)

Golf Digest - 4.5 Stars

Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

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San Juan Oaks Golf Club: Hollister, California

Second Fred Couples Signature Course (1996)           

First Couples Signature Course in California (1996)

Golf Digest - Five Stars (1997)

Travel + Leisure Magazine - America’s 100 Best Courses for Under $100 (2002)

Golf Digest - #2 Readers’ Survey of Best Places to Play in California (2004)           

PGA Tour Stage One Qualifying Event (Host, 2004)

PGA Tour Qualifying School Home Course (Host, 2006-2007)

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Sentosa Golf Club: Serapong Course: Sentosa, Singapore

Barclays Singapore Open (Host, 2007)

Asian Golf Monthly - #1 Championship Course in Asia (2007)

Asian Golf Monthly - #1 Course in Singapore (2007)

Asian Tour - Host Venue of the Year (2006 & 2007)

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Soldier Hollow Golf Course: Midway, Utah

Site of Olympic Cross Country & Nordic Events (2002)

GOLF Magazine - #7 Best New Course (Gold Course, 2005)

Golf Digest - #9 Best New Affordable Course (2005)

Utah Amateur (Host, 2006 & 2007)

ZAGAT Survey - Excellent Review of Gold & Silver Courses (2007-2008)

Golf Digest - Top 10 Best Architecture in Utah (Gold Course, 2007)

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Southwood Golf Club: Tallahassee, Florida

GOLF Magazine  - One of the Top 35 Public Courses in America (2002)

Golf Digest - Florida's Best New Upscale Course (2003)

Golf Digest - #3 Best New Course in America (2003)

Travel +  Leisure Golf – Top 10 Courses of the New Millennium (2003)

Tallahassee Magazine - Tallahassee's Best Golf Course (2004, 2006 & 2007)

ZAGAT Survey - One of America's Top Golf Courses (2006)

Golf for Women Magazine - One of America's Top 50 Golf Courses for Women (2007)

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Talons Cove Golf Club: Saratoga Springs, UT

Golf Digest - Best New Courses (2005)

Utah Open (Host, 2006 & 2007)  (Casey’s Notes say 2005-2006)

Audubon International Sanctuary Status

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Triple Crown Country Club: Union, Kentucky

Golf Digest - #3 Best New Course in US (1992)

Golf Digest - #8 Best New Private Course in Kentucky (1993)

Kentucky Golfer Magazine - #3 Best Course in State (1996)

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 The Golf Club at Stonebridge: Bossier City, Louisiana

18 Hole Upscale Daily Fee (1999)

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The Golf Club at Yankee Trace: Centerville, Ohio

Golf Digest - Best New Courses (1995)

Nationwide Tour's Dayton Open (Host, 2001-2005)

Golf Digest - Top 100 Best Places to Play (2004)

Dayton Daily News - Best Golf Course in Miami Valley (2005)

People Choice Award - Best Golf Course (2005)

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The Rise Golf Resort: Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

The Robb Report - Best New Private Course (2007)

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Tomson Golf Club: Shanghai, Pudong, China

BMW Asian Open

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Twin Bridges Golf Club: Gadsden, Alabama

Golf Digest - #9 Best New Affordable Public Course (2004)

Audubon International Sanctuary Status: Silver Signature Series

Four Stars by Golf Digest

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Wack Wack Golf & Country Club: Manila, Philippines

World Cup (Host, 1972)

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Westfields Golf Club: Chantilly, Virginia

Best of Washington DC's Metro Golf Courses  (Gene told me about this, don’t have a year for it)

Golf Digest - Best New Course Nomination (1999)

Travel + Leisure Magazine - America’s 100 Best Courses to Play for Under $100 (2002)

Golf Digest - Four Stars (2003)

Golf Digest - Best Places to Play (2004)