This is the latest installment of a weekly Tee To Green feature in which we check in via email with Central Oregon golf facilities for an offseason update. This week we contacted Josh Willis, the club manager at Crosswater Club who also oversees all of Sunriver Resort’s golf operations.

Willis, a native of Georgia, has worked for Sunriver Resort since he first served as an intern at Crosswater in 2001. This is what he had to say about the current business of golf and about Sunriver Resort:

Q: How was business in 2013?

A: The golf and membership operations at Sunriver Resort had a successful year and we continue to see signs of increased business levels, including a 5 percent annual year-over-year increase in the number of golf rounds played.

Q: Were any changes of note made to the facility during the last year?

A: The most notable change was the reconstruction of four more of the Woodlands greens (holes 5 through 8) with T-1 bentgrass, making this a total of 14 new T-1 bentgrass greens at Woodlands (holes 5 through 17) over the past few years.

Q: Are any changes and/or improvements to the facility scheduled for 2014?

A: The most notable will be the reconstruction of the final five Woodlands greens (holes 1 through 4 and 18) with T-1 bentgrass, finalizing the transition of all 18 greens at Woodlands. The reconstruction of the remaining five Woodlands greens will allow us to have two courses completely transitioned with pure T-1 bentgrass (Crosswater & Woodlands).

Q: After a recession that began in 2007, how have your golf operations changed in recent years?

A: Identical to all golf course owners, golf course management companies, golf professionals and club managers, we have placed great emphasis on managing the market dynamics during the past six years to help accomplish the strategic goals of our golf and membership operations.

Q: Are the local golf facilities doing enough to attract and foster local play? If not, what more can be done?

A: Most of the Central Oregon golf courses offer programs for locals to encourage continued support of golf in the region. Local programs include special membership offers and golf rates. Sunriver Resort offers a Deschutes County rate which we are excited to once again offer in 2014. Locals are eligible to book the Deschutes County rate at Sunriver Resort by contacting our golf shops, and rates are confirmed simply by a driver’s license or other form of identification upon checking in.

— Reporter: 541-617-7868, zhall@bendbulletin.com.