Copper Hills placed 11th in the 1998 survey of Golf Digest's rating of America's Best New Upscale Public Courses. Considering the number of new courses that open each year, that is really something. By Art McCafferty Jack Angott, the new owner of Maple River, formerly Pine Hill in Brutus, has made some massive changes already at the property. He has built a new clubhouse, put in a new restaurant, the Maple River Club and opened up the place year around. On the outside he had Carter Construction come in and move some dirt around as he built new tees and shaped some of the other holes.
Maple River is right next door to one of the North's great new courses, Hidden River.
Maple River is the first course you will see as you head north out of Brutus. It has both a regulation 18 and an executive 18. According to Kelly Angott, Director of Marketing, there is much they will be doing this year. They will be bringing on a staff of teaching professionals and offer a variety of instructional packages, they will be offering family memberships, a full pro shop, provide catering to events in the area and just about anything that their clients will need. Maple River has a new name and a new attitude.