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GLASSER OPENS ACE CONSULTANTS Joe Glasser, former director of 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. — 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 -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 finalizedt o 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 A carriage for 4 on Mackinac Isle Horses, golf mix in mountains of Colorado MACKINAC ISLAND, Continued from page 27 property line to property line, "It's always scary and risky to front nine should be seeded this Mich. — When the new nine Golf course architect Richard then go through a tunnel under run trails through a golf course," year and could open for limited holes at Grand Hotel's Jewel Phelps designed the Arvada Quaker Street to connect with Phelps said. "We tried to run play next summer. The back nine course is complete here in mid- course, working in concert with existing city horse trails. The them along the greenbelt with a will probably be seeded next 1993, golfers will be trans- parks planner Harry Johnson, tunnel will have unique sky- lot of foliage for protection." spring and open a year later. ported from the front to the who laid out the parallel eques- lights so the horses won't scare, Phelps said the region has a lot "This will be an excellent back nine in horse-drawn car- trian and bike trails. Wilkins said. of pedestrian-type trails on municipal golf course," Phelps riages. They will have golfbag Wilkins will add Westwoods to Ralston Creek comes through courses, but horse trails are rare. said. "We have a mixture of racks and refreshments. Mo- his overview. Park and Recre- the center of the course, and And Westwoods has the only woods, we're building ponds, and torized vehicles are notallowed ation Department crews will care both the bike and equestrian trails he knows of that are there are high points with on Mackinac Island. for the ash-surfaced equestrian trails will run along the creek so specifically dedicated to and built beautiful views of the foothills and Jerry Matthews, who rede- trails and concrete biking and horsemen are separated by old- for horses. Denver." signed the Jewel in 1987, is hiking paths. growth trees and protected from Earthwork was started on the Wilkins said: 'We're looking designing the new layout. The trails will travel from errant golf shots. course in March. Phelps said the forward to having this golf course open... There is quite a bit of wildlife: mountain lions, deer, foxes, coyotes, cranes."

AN IDEA FOR THE FUTURE Will this idea of mixing You Expect More equestrian trails and golf courses catch on? Zenith's Ranney said these are From The Next "some of the amenities people are looking for." Ranney's 480-acre Hawk Ridge Generation... development will include an 18- hole Scottish links-type course designed by Byron Coker. Crushed, compacted granite- surfaced trails will run parallel to all roads. You'll Get It "There has been interest in an equestrian center with a stable," he said. But the homes will be on sites as large as five acres, so From These many homeowners will house horses on their own land. Since the development is Next-Generation surrounded by Pike National Forest, equestrians can literally ride along the golf course and off Ryegrasses into the sunset. Irwin signs From these four improved varieties you can count on: to design • darker color N.C. layout • a slower growth habit for neater, Golf Services, Inc. has cleaner cuts and less clippings been commissioned to design the golf course planned for The Mead- • finer leaf texture owlands golf community. The Meadowlands is located in • dense, carpet-like turf Davidson County between Winston- Salem and High Point, N.C. The • high levels of endophyte for Meadowlands is a 600-acre master natural insect resistance planned golf community near Bushy Fork Creek. The course plans to be • and increased disease resistance an 18-hole par-72 semi-private coun- try club. Hie developer is W&W Proper- Make sure your expectations are met! ties, Inc. The site has extensive old- growth oak and pine forests inter- Use Palmer II, Prelude II, Repell II or spersed with gently rolling meadows. William G. Daniel & As- Yorktown III - alone or in a blend. sociates of Cary, N.C., has been retained as engineers for the com- munity. John Runyan, development coordinator with W&W Properties, said, "Golf course construction is scheduled to begin in the fall of Lofts Seed Inc. 1993, with an opening planned for World's largest marketer of turfgrass seed the summer of 1995."

Bound Brook, NJ 08805 Architect Richard M. Phelps will (908) 356-8700 • (800) 526-3890 provide the architectural planning for earthmoving, drainage, features Lofts/New Lofts/Maryland Lofts/Great Western Sunbelt Seeds, Inc. Lofts/Ohio construction and other technical Arlington, MA Beltsville, MD Albany,OR Norcross, GA Wilmington, OH aspects of the course, and produce (617) 648-7550 (301) 937-9292 (503) 928-3100 (404) 448-9932 (513) 382-1127 the architectural plans used in (800) 732-3332 (800) 547-4063 (800) 522-7333 (800) 328-1127 (800) 648-7333 course development. GOLF COURSE NEWS