Hickory shahs, gutta percha balls UMich course Designers angle for Traverse City job the new rule at Oakhurst Links TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — courses. Eventually a com- closed 'til 1996 WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, hickory-shafted clubs and gutta- , Mark McCumber pletely new 18-hole course ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The W. Va. — Lewis Keller of New percha golf balls. They'll also and possibly will be designed. Ken hometown of the University of York has reopened a historic golf have to aim shots around sheep are considered the leading Hornyak, the resort's direc- Michigan is down to one public club 91 years after it closed — that will double as a fairway main- contenders to design the new- tor of golf and golf develop- for the summer of with an unusual twist. tenance team. est project at the Grand ment, said a decision will be 1995. Leslie Park Golf Course, The Oakhurst Links, which So far, Oakhurst has nine Traverse Resort. Northern announced in June. an 18-hole public course built in opened in May as a nine-hole members who have paid an ini- Michigan resident Tom Doak Grand Traverse Resort's 1963 and site of the annual city course, was founded in 1884, not tiation fee of $2,000 plus an an- is also reportedly in the run- master plan calls ultimately golf championships, is closed for too far from The Greenbrier re- nual fee of $325. The course will ning and could align himself for 72 holes. Right now it has the year for $2.2 million in reno- sort, as a six-hole course by also be open to the public, with with a PGA Tour member. 36 — 18-hole - vations and new construction. Russell Montague for him and $45 greens fees that include the The project will integrate designed The Bear and 18- Huron Hills, the other city- four friends to play. The layout use of a set of hickory-shafted 18 new holes with an existing hole Spruce Run. A new cen- owned course, will remain open closed in 1904. clubs. Golfers must also buy the course to create two new tral clubhouse is also planned. for the summer. Leslie Park is Keller bought the golf course gutta-percha balls at $2 apiece. scheduled to reopen in 1996. land and clubhouse in 1959 as a retreat and later as a place to raise thoroughbred horses. Three years ago, at the urging of Ladies Professional Golf Asso- ciation official Phil Patton of Ju- piter, Fla., golf writer Dick Tay- lor of Pinehurst, N.C., and Atlanta golf course designer Robert Cupp, Keller and his son, Lewis Keller, Jr., began the res- EVERY MORNING, THERE ARE toration. But that's just part of the story. Instead of using cavity-backed TWO THINGS YOU CAN COUNT ON: irons, graphite-shafted clubs and long-distance, high-trajectory THE SUN WILL COME UP. YOUR CARRYALL balls, players at The Oakhurst Links will be required to use WILL GO TO WORK. THAT'S RELIABILITY CALIFORNIA REPORT [ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY OF GOLF COURSE La Quinta contracts SUPERINTENDENTS, THE CARRYALL BY CLUB CAR" IS THE with Tom Weiskopf LA QUINTA, Calif. — Tom MOST RELIABLE LIGHTWEIGHT TURF UTILITY VEHICLE ON Weiskopf will join Jack Nicklaus, and Pete Dye as course designers at PGA West the MARKET*] AND NOW THAT OUR CARRYALL near Palm Springs. The Weis- kopf course, set to open in 1996, is the first developed at PGA II PLUS HAS A NEW, MORE POWERFUL West since KSL Recreation bought the property in 1993. Weiskopf said his new PGA West 11-HP, 4-CYCLE ENGINE, IT CAN ONLY GET course will be traditional, hark- ening back to courses in the BETTER. FOR PERFORMANCE,SERVICE, Eastern U.S. and Scotland. Weiskopf s nod to tradition will include a unique design touch AND SUPPORT, RELY ON CALL — a short "bye" hole after the CARRYALL. 18th where tied matches can be decided. The bye hole will be 1-800-643-1010 AND DRIVE IT TO WORK. 125 yards from the back tees and feature a lake and a bunker near the green and a bunker in the middle of the •puttin • • g surface.

SAN BERNADINO, Calif. — Reversing an earlier Planning Commission decision, the county's Board of Supervisors recently cleared the way for a 36-hole golf course to be built near the Nevada border close to several major casino resorts. The project was proposed by Redlands builders and former two-term County Supervisor Dennis Hansberger, along with Primadonna Resorts Inc., which owns Whiskey Pete's and Buf- falo Bill's casinos in Stateline. Construction is scheduled to start this summer. The project was op- posed by some local residents and representatives of the Sierra Club and National Park Service. GOLF COURSE NEWS