The 36-hole facility, which is part of the not-for-profit Chautauqua Institution, features the Donald Ross-designed Lake Course, which opened in 1924, and the Xen Hassenplug-designed Hill Course, which opened in 1994. Both golf courses need infrastructure and playability updates. Chautauqua (N.Y.) Golf Club is working with an architect to develop improvement plans for its Lake…
Practicing Cutting-Edge Safety
While mowing is a routine practice for golf course maintenance staffs, superintendents must be diligent about providing proper and consistent training to ensure the safety of their workers when operating equipment.
A Guide to “Going Native”
Giving greater emphasis to native areas is a savvy approach to golf course management.
Jack Voelker Appointed GM of Chautauqua GC
After the announcement last spring of the impending retirement of Stan Marshaus, Director of Golf at Chautauqua (N.Y.) Golf Club for 35 years, a search committee was formed to address the need for a management transition. After a thorough process that involved consultation with the Professional Golf Association of America and others in the golf…