The golf course at the University Place, Wash. property was closed in October 2018 so its fine-fescue greens could be replaced with poa annua, after complaints about the “dirt-and-sandpaper” greens that were seen throughout the world when the course was the site of the 2015 U.S. Open.
Audubon CC Completes Course Renovation
The project at the Naples, Fla. property involved a six-month closure, during which all 18 greens were completely rebuilt and recontoured with Tif-Eagle Bermudagrass, and new greens surrounds were installed. Other improvements include an enlarged and enhanced short-game practice area, a new brick paver golf cart staging area, and additional native landscaping. Audubon Country Club…
The Country Club of Florida to Upgrade Practice Facilities
The project at the property in Village of Golf, Fla. will include an expanded driving range, short-game practice facility and teaching facility. A climate-controlled building will be created for swing analysis. “Thankfully, we have something to work with that a lot of clubs don’t have, which is land,” said Director of Golf Chris Kushner. The Country…
Tuscarora CC Setting Trend with New Green
The club decided it was time to make the switch to bermuda grass greens because of the region’s increasing heat and humidity.
Gates Four G&CC Set for Greens Renovation
Gates Four Golf and Country Club, Fayetteville, N.C., recently announced an extensive greens renovation project that will begin this month. All of the greens will undergo an entire transformation to include rebuilding the greens back to USGA specifications. Each green will be reshaped to its original size; new contours will be added, along…
Tournament Tested
Golf is largely an individual game, but staging a successful tournament calls for a full team effort.
Belvedere CC Begins Greens Renovation
Over the past year, Belvedere Country Club in Hampstead, N.C., has brought in a new fleet of electric golf carts, added new bridges, put new sand in all of the bunkers, added a deck to the clubhouse and renovated the swimming pool and pool house. Looking to continue its newfound commitment to improving the golf…
Westmoor CC Completes Greens Renovation
A comprehensive greens renovation at Westmoor Country Club in Brookfield, Wis. has been completed. In a project led by Westmoor Superintendent Jerry Kershasky, the club worked with Lohman Golf Designs, a Marengo, Ill.-based firm, to regrass all 18 putting surfaces with a turf variety, A1 bentgrass, that is relatively new to a climate this far…