The renovation of the Lewis and Clark golf course is underway and scheduled to be complete by spring 2015. The invitation-only club’s pool and clubhouse will also see improvements.
The invitation-only Country Club of St. Albans (Mo.) announced a major $3 million golf course and country club renovation.
Tom Weiskopf and his company have been commissioned to renovate the award-winning Lewis and Clark golf course. The Lewis and Clark renovation project is already underway and is scheduled to be completed by spring of 2015.
Among the many course upgrades that will be applied: an improved drainage system, each bunker will have new state-of-the-art lining technology and Bunker White Sand from California. The sand is only featured on a few courses around the country, including the TPC of Scottsdale – Stadium Course.
“When I first saw the property I felt this was one of the most visually stunning sites that I have ever had the opportunity to work on,” said Weiskopf. “If you look at the course and the site as a whole, it is a true gift from nature. With this renovation, our overall goal was to make the course more playable and enjoyable for the membership and improve it aesthetically with the scheduled changes and upgrades to the existing design and new bunkers.”
Weiskopf and partner Jay Morrish created the Lewis and Clark course in 1991. Mr. Weiskopf believes the improvements and upgrades, will allow for The Country Club of St. Albans to be “a great venue, to host a professional golf championships.” The Lewis and Clark course was the chosen venue for the USGA National State Team Championship in 2009, and has also hosted the St Louis Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association’s Open Championship each year since 2006.
“We are ecstatic about the project, and greatly appreciate the membership’s commitment to improve these already spectacular championship courses,” said Bill Maynard, the director of Golf Course Maintenance at The Country Club of St. Albans and a National Director with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. “When this renovation is complete, The Country Club of St. Albans will have the best 36-hole facility in the Midwest.”
In addition to the renovations on Lewis and Clark, The Country Club of St. Albans will be renovating the award-winning Tavern Creek golf course, and there will also be major improvements to the pool and clubhouse.
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