Golf Course Project FAQs

INFRASTRUCTURE

1. What work is absolutely necessary versus what is optional for the golf course? For instance, do we have to do the entire irrigation system or can we continue to repair it? Do we have options to do the absolute necessary projects but delay others? T he irrigation system, bunkers and cart paths are at or beyond their useful life and therefore it is the opinion of the experts (Brent Harvey, Jackson Kahn) that they need to be replaced. We could continue to repair the irrigation system but it would be at an increasing cost that cannot be recouped when it ultimately fails. In the not-too-distant future we will need to replace the heads, controllers, wiring, and station control with a cost of $2MM. Those replacement costs would be lost at the point in time that we replace the system as the parts are not compatible. We will also need to replace the bunker sand at a cost of $466k and repair the cart paths at a cost of $900k. 2. What is the driving force behind making changes to the golf course? The need to fix our failing infrastructure is the driving force of the project. The irrigation system, bunkers and cart paths are at or beyond their useful life. If we want to make changes to the golf course, consistent with courses of our caliber, now is the time. Once we replace the irrigation and cart paths our ability to make changes would result in higher costs and member disruption. 3. What causes contamination of the sand in the bunker? There are drain pipes under the sand in each bunker, which are now 25 years old and have become clogged, resulting in some very wet bunkers and an uneven bunker experience from hole to-hole. Also, the bunker liners have deteriorated and are not able to prevent the dirt below them from mixing with the sand. Our maintenance team has done an excellent job caring for our greens and we don’t expect that we’ll need to replace them in the foreseeable future. We have recently conducted an ISTRC (International Sports Turf Research Center) test on our greens which was returned with great results. The ISTRC test confirmed that the subsurface of our greens are in great condition. Because the membership at Glenwild provides our maintenance team with the budget and time to take care of the greens we have been able to prolong their life expectancy and do not anticipate the need to rebuild them any time in the near future. 5. Why have the other clubs in the PC area not completed projects like what is being proposed? Park Meadows, which opened in 1983, installed a new irrigation system and drainage, refurbished bunkers & greens, expanded the practice facility and added visual enhancements to the course beginning in the fall of 2007, reopening for play for the summer of 2009. In 2022/23 Park Meadows completed another bunker renovation. Victory Ranch opened in 2009 and completed a bunker refurbishment in 2019/20. 6. Can the maintenance team complete the restoration of the tee boxes in house? Our team is capable of restoring tee boxes, but they are not in the construction field and the time/quality of restoration would be slightly different than what you receive from professionals in this area who specialize in golf course construction. Any additional tee boxes at this time would require new irrigation to the areas where the new tees would be located, therefore it makes sense to have them folded into the broader project being completed by the professional golf course architects. 4. What is the expected life of our greens? Do we need to be concerned that we will need to redo our greens in the near term based on the useful life?

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