Following Alabama's Example/ Mississippi Courts Development
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NEWS Following Alabama's example/ Another goose dilemma solved by four-legged strategy T. CLOUD, Minn. — Members of St. a magazine article. About 45 members voluntar- Mississippi courts development Cloud Country Club raised $2,600 to pay ily contributed money that would be used to buy JACKSON, Miss. — Big-name Choctaw Trails Golf Club as part Sfor the newest member of the golf course Fran. No dogs were available in Minnesota, but golf course designers are set- of a $100 million project that in- maintenance crew. Sullivan found a farm in Virginia that trained ting up shop these days in the cludes an addition to the casino And Fran, an 18-month-old, smooth-coated bor- dogs for such work. Barb Ligon, who trained Magnolia State. and its adjoining hotel. The der collie, has been a minor hero in the club's Fran at Seclusival Farms in Shipman, Va., said From the marshlands of Bay Choctaw course was co-designed fight against invading flocks of geese that were she has sold 100 dogs to golf courses — mostly St. Louis to the hills shading by Tom Fazio and Jerry Pate. leaving piles of surprises all over the course and in the Northeast — to battle the geese. Sardis Lake in north Mississippi, Jeff Morton, executive direc- munching on greens aprons. St. Cloud course Fran takes several trips around the course some of the world's top course tor of the Mississippi Golf Asso- superintendent Rob Barr estimates that there each morning alongside Barr in a cart. Fran architects are currently working ciation, said the new courses are were 700 geese on the course last season. Chemi- quietly runs around the course looking for geese. on signature projects around the needed because of increased cal treatment was too costly. The birds couldn't be Using her instinctual herding ability, she'll chase state. At least five big-name de- play in the state and will boost shot. A snow fence had been tried but didn't work the geese into the water until called off by Barr or signers have courses under con- the state's reputation as a golf- very well once the birds were old enough to fly. Sullivan, who also works with Fran. They gener- struction, two funded by tax dol- ing locale, which will hopefully St. Cloud club member Paul Sullivan first heard ally don't allow Fran to go into the Mississippi lars and three by casinos. lure more golfing tourists. about the idea of using a dog to combat geese in River, where the current is strong. In 1994, the Mississippi Legis- lature designated $10 million to build public courses at John Kyle State Park in Sardis and Percy Quin State Park in McComb. The state hired architects Bob Cupp in Sardis and Arthur Hills in McComb. Both courses are ex- pected to open in October. Meanwhile, in Bay St. Louis. Arnold Palmer's company de- signed the Bridges Golf Resort at Casino Magic [see photos page 47]. An Arnold Palmer Golf Academy is already open and the $9 million course is scheduled to open in October. PGA Senior Tour star Hale Irwin has designed a public course at the Grand Casino in Tunica. And, in Philadelphia, the Mississippi band of Choctaw In- dians, which owns Silver Star Resort and Casino, is building OVERSEEDING. Watson develops KC youth facility KANSAS CITY—Tom Watson and the Kansas City Golf Foun- dation are providing a model for cities and towns looking to pro- mote junior golf. Watson, a vocal supporter of golf as a character-building game for children, is designing the sec- ond small-scale junior golf facility in the city at the Blue River Golf Course. Watson's design — bud- geted at $316,000—calls for three, par-3 holes and a total of five greens. There will also be a pitch- and-chip area and a practice put- ting green. 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