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Pacific Dunes cuts ties with Troon Golf
IT HAS been a big start to the year for
Pacific Dunes at Medowie with a shakeup in the ranks and the latest landrelease all helping to launch 2013.
The course’s management relationship
with Troon Golf has been cut and
instead the RCL group, which is
responsible for the site, has decided to
employ general manager Scott Ranse
to give the course a new identity.
Standing alongside Mr Ranse is
Newcastle pro-golfer Kurt Linde, now
the newly appointed director of golf
and membership at Pacific Dunes.

golf course and residential estate and
increase membership, junior golf and
also the number of rounds played. “We
would like to double our membership in
12 months, that would be fantastic, “
Mr Ranse said.
Mr Ranse and Mr Linde both said due
to the course’s immaculate condition
and close proximity to Newcastle,
there was “huge opportunity” for the
site. The new appointments have
been complemented by the latest
land release at the Pacific Dunes, the
Peninsula, which offers golf course
views, large lots and a gated entrance.

Mr Ranse said his aim was to create
a new sense of community within the

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