A ‘dramatic' overhaul promises to breathe new life into The River Club, a venerable Garden City golf course.

If you’ve always dreamed of building and owning a golf course, here’s a way to finally make it happen: earn a fortune in another field, then pour a portion of those proceeds into your passion project.

The May River Course will soon be joined by another 18-hole layout at Palmetto Bluff — a new 18-hole design from Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. When the U.S. housing bubble burst in 2007, real estate ...