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ISSUE 52 // SPRING 2021 ALSO: // Nicklaus at Qiddaya // Golf Market Trends // Cleaning Como Lake LESS IS MORE Ways to Deliver M ISSUE 52 // SPRING 2021 BY DESIGN Excellence in Golf Design from the American Society of Golf Course Architects CUTTING EDGE LESS IS MORE ALSO: Six golf projects highlighted by the Ways to deliver maximum value // Nicklaus at Qiddaya latest ASGCA Design Excellence and enjoyment on golf projects // Golf market trends Recognition Program with a small footprint // Cleaning Como Lake Your New Go-To Grass Developed by the turfgrass experts at Oklahoma State University, Tahoma 31 Bermudagrass pushes the geographic boundaries of bermudagrass into the northernmost reaches of the Transition Zone. Highly cold tolerant, the name “Tahoma” comes from the Native American word that means “frozen water.” Use Tahoma 31 to design golf courses that are beautiful, sustainable, easier to maintain and play great. All claims based on research results from COLD PLAYABILITY DROUGHT National Turfgrass Plant Tahoma 31 Thick, dense turf. ¼ to Use less water. Takes further north for a ½-inch mowing height 18% less water than Evaluation Program strong base in the for tees, fairways. TifTuf. (NTEP) trials & Oklahoma winter that fights wilt State University. Visit our in the sumner. website for full reports. See Tahoma 31 in the Transition Zone for yourself at: Brook Hollow Golf Club, Dallas, TX COLOR QUALITY SHADE (fairways, tees, roughs) Blue-green most of Rated #1 for beauty Got trees? Handles the year. Golden in and resilience. up to 63% shade. Chillicothe Country Club, Ohio dormancy. Earliest Heals fast from (fairways) green-up for divots & wear. Liberty National Golf Club, New Jersey spring color. (driving range tee) Naval Academy Golf Club, Maryland (fairways, tees) Congressional Country Club, Maryland (8-acre driving range) WANT TO LEARN MORE? Find a Licensed Tahoma 31 Southern Hills Country Club, Oklahoma Grower for Your Next Project: (collars) Join the Conversation: Visit us Online: @Tahoma31Bermudagrass Tahoma31Bermudagrass.com 757.345.1120 [email protected] FOREWORD Both out and in the box he challenges we face are sometimes solved by thinking outside the box; Teschewing our usual methods and searching for an innovative approach to the task in hand. It’s a helpful mindset to adopt in all aspects of life, as well as in golf course design. I like to think inside the box too. By that I mean creating a great solution with the resources at my disposal, rather than always seeking more. I try to leave a lighter footprint and, in some cases, no footprint at all. While we Forrest Richardson embrace this concept, we can still go back out of the box for an innovative ASGCA President solution. The result, for golf, could be more flexible layouts that can be played in different ways, with fewer or shorter holes, and that don’t necessarily conform to our existing perceptions of what a golf course is. These are the ideas we need to have on our drawing boards. I always love reading the annual ‘Design Excellence’ issue of By Design, which showcases examples of innovative thinking by ASGCA members. And this year, it is encouraging to see how many of these projects are focused on maximizing the value of small spaces, or making existing golf courses less resource-intensive. Read about all six projects highlighted by the ninth annual ASGCA Design Excellence Recognition Program in our main feature on page 14, and more examples of doing more with less from Agustín Pizá, ASGCA, on page 28. Data from the latest Golf Facility Market Trend Watch report (see page 30) shows that practice area renovations are among the most common projects for golf course architects. This gives us plenty of opportunities to step in and out of the box. I hope you enjoy the read. By Design is sponsored by: 3 24 months shows nearly half of golf What have golf course architects observed in 2020? course architects reporting a year- Strong agreement that making land available for a range is a on-year improvement, up from 36 worthwhile investment percent reporting an increase last Allocating 10-12 acres of land for a range is a worthwhile investment 70% year. Course renovations continue to generate the strongest interest among Private clubs will need to evolve over time to continue to be relevant 69% potential facility enhancements, with the next most desirable Golf facilities have made concerted efforts to attract younger 52% areas being expanded junior golf members in the past few years programs and an enhanced food 51% and beverage experience. Over the past five years, resource availability (eg. water usage) has become a more important factor in the courses that I've designed This desire for renovation work has or renovated been stable at private clubs, but it is notable that it is increasing among Golf facilities have been putting more emphasis on junior golf 46% public facilities, from 39 percent in programs recently 2019 to 46 percent in 2021. 43% Golf course architects and I have a good understanding of the impact of ADA laws on golf facilities CONTENTS superintendents are aligned on prioritizing ranges, with 70 percent of golf course architects and 64 percent of superintendents including How important are different amenities? ‘allocating 10-12 acres of land for Superintendents, golf course architects and general managers all place short game areas close to the top a range is a worthwhile investment’ among the top three statements they A redesign of one or more holes on the golf course agree most strongly with, from an 69% extensive list. 59% Practice area improvements have 43% become the most prevalent type of project for golf course architects A dedicated short game practice/learning area 6 Digest and 92 percent consider a dedicated This issue includes news of a 68% short game area to be a top five new Nicklaus course to be built amenity for today’s golfers. 92% in Saudi Arabia, plus reports As well as a 13 percent spike in 77% on the San Vicente Golf Resort practice area projects, there have also in California, and a project to been increases in bunker projects, An enhanced practice range reduce lake pollution at Como greens renovations, tee box redesigns 68% golf course in Minnesota. and projects to add forward tees.• 90% 82% To read the 2021 Golf Facility Market Trend Watch report, visit: https://asgca. org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021- Superintendents Architects General managers Market-Trend-Watch.pdf 31 14 Cutting edge We profile the golf club projects recognized by the ASGCA’s annual Design Excellence Recognition Program, each of which sees golf course architects developing innovative solutions to address unique design challenges for clubs across the United States. 4 What have golf course architects observed in 2020? 24 months shows nearly half of golf Strong agreement that making land available for a range is a 70% course architects reporting a year- worthwhile investment 69% on-year improvement, up from 36 Allocating 10-12 acres of land for a range is a worthwhile investment percent reporting an increase last 52% year. Course renovations continue to Private clubs will need to evolve over time to continue to be relevant generate the strongest interest among Golf facilities have made concerted efforts to attract younger potential facility enhancements, 51% members in the past few years with the next most desirable areas being expanded junior golf Over the past five years, resource availability (eg. water usage) has programs and an enhanced food become a more important factor in the courses that I've designed 46% and beverage experience. or renovated This desire for renovation work has Golf facilities have been putting more emphasis on junior golf been stable at private clubs, but it is 43% notable that it is increasing among programs recently public facilities, from 39 percent in I have a good understanding of the impact of ADA laws on 2019 to 46 percent in 2021. golf facilities Golf course architects and superintendents are aligned on prioritizing ranges, with 70 percent How important are different amenities? of golf course architects and 64 Superintendents, golf course architects and general managers percent of superintendents including all place short game30 areas Golf close industry to the remains top resilient ‘allocating 10-12 acres of land for Jon Last of Sports & Leisure Research69% a range is a worthwhile investment’ A redesign of one orGroup more discussesholes on the the golf factors course that are 59% among the top three statements they driving decision-making at golf facilities. agree most strongly with, from an 43% extensive list. On the cover Practice area improvements have 68% become the most prevalent type of A dedicated short game practice/learning area 92% project for golf course architects and 92 percent consider a dedicated 77% short game area to be a top five amenity for today’s golfers. 28 Less resource, more fun As well as a 13 percent spike in 68% Agustin Pizá, ASGCA, provides An enhanced practice range 90% practice area projects, there have also an insight into his approach to 82% been increases in bunker projects, projects with a small footprint. greens renovations, tee box redesigns• and projects to add forward tees. General managers Architects To read the 2021 Golf Facility Market Superintendents Trend Watch report, visit: https://asgca. 31 org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021- Market-Trend-Watch.pdf Schaumburg Golf Club in Illinois, where Todd Quitno, ASGCA, has renovated all 27 holes. Photography courtesy of Schaumburg Park District. ISSUE 50 // FALL 2020 Editor and Publisher Toby Ingleton Editorial contributors Richard Humphreys, Jon Last, Agustin Pizá, ASGCA 32 Sketchbook Design Troy Vincent, ASGCA, Bruce Graham, Libby Sidebotham shares a sketch from ASGCA Staff his recent project at The Chad Ritterbusch, Mike Shefky, Aileen Smith, Marc Whitney Reserve at Lake Keowee.
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