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THE IMPETUS BEHIND GOLF
COURSE RENOVATION IS
OFTEN DIFFERENT, BUT
ALWAYS FOR THE BEST.
&RENEWAL
* BY JOSEPH OBERLE *
A
golf course is a living entity that evolves and changes and
requires attention over time. While the impetus behind course
changes vary-sometimes it's an expansion, a rebuild or simply
an overdue makeover when funds are available-one
thing remains constant: local golfers always benefi t. And this spring is
no different. Golf courses throughout the region have been upgrading
their courses, some of which will debut this season. Here, we examine
a few of those courses with an eye toward what brought those changes
about-and what to expect when you hit the local links this year.
After the Flood
Mother Nature is a prolifi c golf course architect; every course starts out
with her original piece of land. But over time, she makes a few alterations-like
the rains and fl ooding of 2014 that affected two Twin Cities
public courses-so human golf architects have to respond.
Meadowbrook Golf Club received the most fl ooding that year;
water damaged nearly every hole on the course. With FEMA (Federal
Emergency Management Agency) funds available for course restoration,
golf architect Kevin Norby of Herfort-Norby Golf Course
Architects was hired in 2016 to bring the course back.
The course had to be completely regrassed, although a few of the
greens above the fl ood plain were spared. A new irrigation system was
installed (as the old transformers were submerged) and the washedout
cart paths were replaced. But the bunkers became a major focus
of the restoration. FEMA dollars funded replacement of only the
damaged bunkers, so the Minneapolis Park Board kicked in $190,000
to match the remaining bunkers-all of which were rebuilt with new
drainage and sand.
" We went to more of a classic look with relatively fl at sand, not
fl ashed up, and the grass face on back of the bunkers extending down
to the sand, " Norby says. " We gave them a 'golden age of architecture'
look-this kind of shaggy edge or irregular face on the backside. It was
an opportunity to do so something that would differentiate the course
in the market. "
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