The World Golf Village Resort has hired Pace Anderson as its new director of agronomy, replacing Steve LaFrance.
Anderson, who started in July, oversees agronomy operations at the resort’s King & Bear and Slammer & Squire golf courses. Agronomy, according to the PGA Tour, is the scientific management of turf and soil.
Anderson most recently served nearly 10 years as senior golf course superintendent at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club in Savannah, Georgia, where he managed 36 holes and prepared the course annually for the Korn Ferry Tour’s Club Car Championship.
He also spent nearly five years at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, working on renovations of the Stadium Course and Dye’s Valley Course. Anderson has supported more than 25 PGA Tour-sanctioned events nationwide.
The King & Bear was co-designed by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. The Slammer & Squire was designed by Bobby Weed with input from Sam Snead and Gene Sarazen.
The courses are privately owned and managed by Troon Golf of Scottsdale, Arizona.
St. Johns County owns the Hall of Fame, the IMAX building on the property and the land under it at World Golf Village. World Golf Foundation Inc. owns 36.7 acres around the Hall of Fame, including the former PGA Tour Productions building, walkways, the central lake and parking lots.
It hopes to sell or transfer those assets if certain use restrictions are lifted by the master developer.