Golf Course Project FAQs

INFRASTRUCTURE

7. Will the bunkers have “eyebrows”? We are experimenting with the eyebrow look option on the practice area bunkers. The practice bunkers have both the mountain aesthetic in the bunker shapes and “eyebrows”. The grass used on the bunker edges is bluegrass, which is the same grass in the rough areas on the golf course. By using bluegrass on the surrounds of the bunkers we have the ability to grow it out to create the eyebrow look or mow it down. This will not require us to re-sod grass surrounds if we elect to have or not have eyebrows. Our intent is to flatten out the entry point to the bunkers and have fairway grass up to the bunkers to have the balls naturally roll further into the bunkers. Whether the bunkers would have “eyebrows” or not would not affect the cost, time, or design of the project. At any time, the grass can be grown to add eyebrows or mown down to remove them.

8. ill the contractors be bonded? Yes.

9. When making the determination of useful life, do they account for the fact our golf course is only open 4 months a year versus a club that is open 12 months per year?

The useful life is based on the 17,000 courses across the U.S. You can attribute the fact that many of our systems have lasted well past the useful life to our short playing season. Even though our irrigation, cart paths, bunkers, and other aspects of the course are not used for play 12 months a year, this does not mean they do not deteriorate when not being used for golf. The mountain desert environment of our location is harsh. The irrigation system needs to be blown out in the fall and recharged every spring to handle the freeze of the winter. Both actions are tough on the system and cause the system to deteriorate as much as normal usage. Our bunkers are exposed to wind and animal damage in the late fall and early spring when they are not covered with snow, and the bunker edges are attacked by voles under the snow all winter. The cart paths experience heaving over the winter months when the ground freezes and thaws. All these issues cause our infrastructure to deteriorate on a normal schedule.

10. Were the firms selected to work on these projects chosen through an RFP process? Yes.

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