The Milwaukee city club will add new bunkers, tee boxes, wider fairways, an irrigation system and practice facilities through the multi-phase project at the former Brynwood CC course that it obtained through a merger.
BizTimes Milwaukee reported that the Board of Directors of The Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee has approved a multi-year, $3.5 million golf course renovation for the former Brynwood Country Club property, also in Milwaukee, that it acquired through a merger completed in 2011 (http://clubandresortbusiness.com/2011/09/16/wisconsin-club-completes-purchase-of-brynwood-cc-facilities/)
“Since purchasing the course, we’ve invested a significant amount of resources,” John Constantine, The Wisconsin Club’s General Manager, told BizTimes Milwaukee. “While the course is considered to be one of the finer courses in the area, our goal is to make it the best.”
The first phase of the renovation project will start September 16 and involve adding new bunkers, tee boxes and widening many of the course’s fairways, BizTimes Milwaukee reported. The second phase will focus on a new irrigation system, and phase three will be devoted to the practice facilities.
“The golf course renovations will be paid for out of operating revenue,” Constantine said. “There will be no special member assessment or bank financing.
“No final completion date has been set,” Constantine added. “However, the course will be open throughout the renovations.”
The club has hired golf course architect Bruce Hepner of Hepner Golf Design in Traverse City, Mich., for the project, BizTimes Milwaukee reported.
“After talking with a number of architects, we selected Bruce and his firm for a number of reasons,” Constantine said. “First, Bruce has extensive experience working with Tom Doak as his Vice President [at Renaissance Golf Design] for over 17 years, before starting his own firm in 2010. Bruce is credited with working on and or consulting with 25 of the top golf courses in the world, according to golf industry sources.
“Secondly, Bruce takes a hands-on approach,” Constantine noted. “He prefers to actually work on the equipment used to reshape and renovate courses.”
“Hepner’s goal is to create more interest, greater variety and additional character to our course,” Constantine told BizTimes Milwaukee.
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