A Horse and Bogey Show
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DfVfLOPÄfNî BRIEFS A horse and bogey show GLASSER OPENS ACE CONSULTANTS Joe Glasser, former director of golf at The Cloister's Sea Island Golf Club on St. Simons Island, Ga., has established a golf An eager horseman pulls his trailer up Westwoods Golf Club's 18th fairway. consulting business, Ace Consultants, By MARK LESLIE specializing in new facility development In Woodland Park, west of Colorado Wilkins, superintendent of Arvada's other services and existing facility performance olorado is a horseman's Springs, Zenith President Dale Ranney municipal, Lake Arbor Golf Course. City improvement services. paradise. It is also a golfer's plans a golf community with a horse and fathers hope Westwoods makes a perfect Glasser began his career in golf opera- delight. So the city of Arvada, mountain biking trail encircling the match. tions management at Marriott's Camel- Ca Denver suburb, and Zenith course. Whereas horsemen in Lakewood, just back Inn Resort and Golf Club in Development Corp. of Woodland Park have 'The first thing you notice in this region seven miles away, vehemently opposed Scottsdale, Ariz., in 1975. He accepted the made room for both passions in two is the demand for horse property," Ranney construction of Fox Hollow Golf Course, director of golf position at Marriott's Grand otherwise very different projects. said. Arvada's equestrians have supported the Hotel in Point Clear, Ala., in 1981 and left In Arvada, 140 acres of city land will be municipal project and have been attentive for the Sea Island Golf Club position in home to municipal Westwoods Golf Course HORSES, GOLF A PERFECT MARRIAGE onlookers during construction of 1989. and will feature 2-1/2 miles of equestrian Colorado is "avid horse country with Westwoods, according to Wilkins. and biking and hiking trails. spectacular golfing sites," said Jim Continued on page 28 ASGCA MAKES ZIKORUS A FELLOW A1 Zikorus of Canaan, Maine, was elected a fellow of the American Society of Norman brings Golf Course Architects at the society's annual meeting in Southampton on Long Mackenzie look Island, N.Y. Fellow members are regular members to American 18 who have been in good standing for 10 years or more, have reached the age of 70 LONG GROVE, 111. — Greg Norman and and have been approved by the ASGCA the folks at Kemper Sports Management feel board of governors. golf course architect Alister Mackenzie would A golf course architect for more than 35 be happy with their new creation 35 miles years, Zikorus has designed Tunxis Plan- northwest of Chicago — Royal Melbourne. tation Country Club in Farmington, Conn.; "We tried to be true to the traditions of the Twin Hills Country Club in Longmeadow, game," said Kemper Vice President Doug Mass.; Heritage Village Golf Course in Schmidt. 'The Royal Melbourne course in Southbury, Conn.;Timberlin Golf Course Australia is one of Greg's favorite in the in Berlin, Conn.; andTashua Golf Club in world, and we feel we have kept to Trumbull, Conn., among others. Mackenzie's rules of design in our Royal Melbourne." RAVINES FIX-UP UNDER WAY The American version, a MIDDLEBURG, Fla. — The Ravines private course that opens to Golf and Country Club has begun an ex- members Aug. 15 and whose tensive course renovation program which grand opening will be Sept. Greg Norman blasts a shot during his inaugural round at the first includes redesigning and rebuilding all 12, indeed fits the Mackenzie course he has designed in the continental United States — Royal 18 greens. mode in all the key areas. Melbourne. The 17th hole shows the challenge and beauty of the private Mark McCumber and Associates, one Mackenzie said a golf country club which boasts Michael Jordan and Chip Beck as members. of the original designers of the course, is course should: directing the program which began June • Consist of two loops, cre- is out 40 yards from the green, just like Mackenzie would do 1. When completed on Nov. 1, the course ating different wind condi- it") will reopen. tions. ("Done," says Schmidt.) Schmidt said the course combines three natural elements. The Ravines, ranked as one of the top • Mix long par-4s with Six holes are set in a heavily wooded area with mature oak 20 golf courses in Florida for the last 12 shorter, tough par-4s, calling trees. Six are set in a designated preservation prairie-wetland years, is owned by Kondo Sangyo Corp. of for an infinite variety of shots. area. And six holes play around nine manmade lakes. Osaka, Japan. ("Done.") This balance in design came from the team of Norman, who • Have greens and fairways was involved from the pre-planning stages; architect Ted that are very undulating but Robinson, who did the routing plan; and Kemper Director of JOINT VENTURE PLANS FACILITY not severe. ("Ibid.") Golf Bob Spence, who supervised construction. READINGTONTOWNSHIP, N.J.—A • Sportminimalblind shots. The course plays four sets of tees from 5,500 to 6,800 yards. joint venture has been formed and the ("None.") The 325-member club includes such notables as NBA star contacts finalized to develop a residential • Stress natural beauty, not Michael Jordan, PGA Tour pro Chip Beck; Chicago Bears golf community here. contrived by man. ("Put an asterisk on that.") standouts Jim Harbaugh and Ron Rivera; and Western Golf Associa- Stanton Property has begun construc- • Cause absolutely no annoyance by causing the golfer to look for tion President Bob Alsteen, who lives off the 17th hole. tion on the golf course and infrastructure lost balls. ("Only if you want to skin dive in one of the nine lakes.") They already have a challenge — matching Normans inaugural for a 550-acre development. The project • Maintain excellent course conditions. ("We've hiredTimSedgley round feat. Norman reached the 565-yard, par-5 17th, a double includes an 18-hole private, champion- from Oakhurst Country Club in Antioch, Calif.") dogleg, with a 325-yard drive and a 2-iron which cleared the ship golf course designed by Stephen • Flash the sand as opposed to building overpowering bunkering. towering oaks from 235 yards out and stopped 15 feet from the pin. Kay. The golf course is expected to be ("Done.") "We will put out a plate on the fairway to commemorate that shot," ready for play in early summer 1993. • Camouflage (Mackenzie's strength). ("On the 18th the bunker Schmidt said. "People will try to duplicate that shot for years." GOLF COURSE NEWS August 1992 27 .