A 25,000-square foot clubhouse, complete with a full-scale restaurant and banquet facility, opened in December.
Metamora (Ill.) Fields Golf Club is set for a July 11 grand opening, reports the Bloomington Pantagraph. The 18-hole course was designed by D.A. Weibring and his Dallas-based firm, Weibring-Wolfard Golf Design.
A 25,000-square foot clubhouse, complete with a full-scale restaurant and banquet facility, opened in December.
Dan Budzius, President of Golf Resources Group, a management company in partnership with Weibring-Wolfard Golf Design, is serving as Metamora Fields’ General Manager as the company gets the course up and running. Jeff Roche, will serve as Metamora Fields’ Director of Golf.
Work on the course began in 2009. Thanks to plenty of dirt moving, eight man-made lakes and the planting of about 1,000 trees, the result is a gently rolling layout with bentgrass tees, fairways and greens with bluegrass rough. The course has 45 strategically placed bunkers, but none that will have to be carried to get to a green. Collection areas around the greens are prevalent.
There are five sets of tees per hole. The championship tees will measure about 7,100 yards.
The driving range, set to open May 4, will have bunkers on the side and a green to simulate what happens on the course. There also is a practice green and chipping area with bunkers.
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