By David Droschak Kris Spence worked on historic Forsyth Country Club about the same time he was doing the same to fellow Triad area layout Sedgefield Country Club, creating quite a Donald Ross return to form for both private clubs 12 years ago. The restoration project of the Ross design was the main focus back…
By Steve Huffman Stoney Creek Golf Club is closing June 4 for a conversion of its bentgrass greens to Champion ultra-dwarf bermudagrass. The course’s targeted reopening date is Aug. 17. “The members are excited about it,” said John Kolls, Stoney Creek’s director of golf. “When we reopen, we’ll basically be reopening as a whole new…
By BRAD KING When he was contemplating converting the green complexes at historic Pine Needles resort in Southern Pines from bentgrass to an ultra-dwarf strand of bermudagrass, Kelly Miller didn’t have to look far for a good sampling — just across Midland Road, in fact, to the Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club. Miller, the longtime…
By MICHAEL GRAFF Standing in the first fairway on the first hole of the first round played at the newly renovated Bryan Park Golf course, Kevin Smith pulled out a 9-iron. The course’s superintendent has stared at approach shots on this hole countless times during his 10 years at Bryan Park. But this day, August…
By STEVE WILLIAMS Despite a rain-drenched summer, the new greens project at Bryan Park’s Champions Course is right on target for a late-August re-opening. “We were so lucky at the very beginning of the process that we managed some way or another to miss the really torrential downpours that would have caused those sprigs to…
By MICHAEL GRAFF And now, they’ll be side-by-side. For the past five years, golf course superintendents in the Triad have faced a difficult decision: Join the movement toward hot-weather bermudagrass greens or stick with the old-favorite, cold-weather bentgrass. Greensboro’s most well-known public golf facility will try both. On June 17, Bryan Park will close its…
By MICHAEL GRAFF You don’t do this without thinking about it. You don’t tear up a golf course that’s been in your family for 45 years without being absolutely certain it’s the right thing to do. Two area courses – Wilshire Golf Course in Winston-Salem and Occoneechee Golf Club in Hillsborough – decided this summer…