The renovation at the Los Angeles property consisted of rebuilding and shaping four greens, slight adjustments on all other greens capturing additional hole locations, rebuilding green surrounds, reconfiguring approach areas, and repositioning bunkers while reducing overall water usage.
Brentwood Country Club in Los Angeles has completed its newly-refurbished course, enhancing the overall golf experience for club members and their guests while also reducing water usage.
The renovation included the rebuilding and shaping of four greens, plus slight adjustments on all other greens capturing additional hole locations, rebuilding green surrounds and reconfiguring approach areas, with a return to the original strategy, which is more receptive to “run-up” approach shots and the ground game. Bunkers now reflect a more classic styling and placement, most repositioned strategically throughout the course. In the process, the course has been lengthened to 6,948 yards.
The course now offers increased visual and ecological enhancements trailing into a rustic canyon setting, achieved through the removal of non-native trees and shrubs replaced with native specimens (California Sycamores and Oaks) highlighted by the natural character of fescue. The canyon (which prior to the renovation was a golf ball-eating nightmare plus a significant maintenance challenge) is now a natural and aesthetically attractive feature that creates a common thread throughout the golf course.
According to General Manager Daniel Enzler, the membership at Brentwood Country Club loves the “new” course evidenced by the positive feedback he continues to receive. “Members are enjoying a wider variety of pin positions as well as a series of newly refurbished bunkers.”
Brentwood Country Club is embracing its environmental stewardship and the economic benefits of reduced water usage and the improved maintainability of the course in general. The renovation is expected to attract new members.
“Through collaboration with the club and its green committee we were able to develop a compelling yet ecologically efficient design plan which included everything from converting green surfaces from Poa to Bentgrass to incorporating a well thought-out tree removal program,” said golf course architect Todd Eckenrode, ASGCA Associate and principal with Origins Golf Design.
“We were able to reduce formal turf areas, replacing them with a variety of effective solutions for reducing water use, such as drought- tolerant landscaping, pine straw or mulch under mature tree groves,” Eckenrode said. “There were also large sections of the course that were converted from manicured turf to drought-tolerant hardy fescues. The members are excited about the new playing experience, which is gratifying to our design team.”
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