While native areas on golf courses can help properties save costs and decrease their environmental footprints, that is no call for superintendents to get complacent. The areas require patience and TLC to take root—and once established, they are still not maintenance-free.
Kansas Course Gets Goats to Help Revive Property
The former Highlands GC in Hutchinson, Kan., is being reborn as the Crazy Horse Sport Club and Golf Course, and three new members of the grounds “staff” are tackling weed management on the property with gusto. “They love the weeds, especially the poison ivy,” says General Manager Matt Seitz. “It’s like candy to them.”
USGA, ASGCA to Provide Pro-Bono Site Evaluations
Six public golf facilities, including Carolina Springs Golf Club, Fountain Inn, S.C.; Connecticut National Golf Club, Putnam, Conn.; Carey Park Golf Course, Hutchinson, Kan.; EdgeBrook Golf Course, Brookings, S.D.; Point University Golf Club, Lanett, Ala.; and Simsbury Farms Golf Course, West Simsbury, Conn., have been selected to receive free site evaluations this year from United States Golf Association agronomists and American Society of Golf Course Architects architects. The organizations will accept more applications later this year.
Redeveloped Cottonwood Hills GC Plans May Opening
After three years and a $16 million investment, the Hutchinson, Kan., property’s Nick Faldo-designed golf course will open to the public. Construction on the permanent clubhouse will begin this summer.