Golf Course Project FAQs

GOLF COURSE ENHANCEMENTS

11. Will we get to choose which holes we want to change and which we don’t? What proposed changes are coming from the members vs. the Jackson Kahn team? The designs proposed are from Jackson Kahn Design and are based on what they believe will be best for the membership as a whole. The proposed changes are not coming from members of the club, however, input received during the course tours and our course review with Tom Fazio will be strongly considered in the final designs. 12. Did Jackson/Kahn have some real purpose behind these changes or are they just being made to make the course more “fun”? Golf should be fun, but these changes are not being proposed for fun. Glenwild is a great golf course, but all great courses can become better. The proposed golf course enhancements are intended to make the course more interesting and the experience more enjoyable. They are not to make the course easier or more difficult. The plan proposes to open play space on holes where, if you incorporate the correct strategy and execute the shots properly, you should have birdie putts. If you do not have the correct strategy or hit poor shots, you will find trouble. Another goal of the plan was to make our beautiful course even more aesthetically pleasing by shaping the bunkers to be more natural to the landscape. Currently our bunkers are very rounded on their edges and do not match what you typically see at great Fazio Mountain courses. The new design for the bunkers would look like our practice facility with a more “craggy” shape. The golf course enhancement plan also proposes to expand some of the green surfaces and soften a few areas on select greens to provide more pin placements. When Glenwild was built the typical green speed was around 10 on the stimp-meter, and we now carry speeds of over 12 on a consistent basis. The increase in speed has rendered areas of our greens unpinnable. The greens expansion and softening will help us capture more hole locations on the golf course, which will disperse foot traffic and improve green quality. Hole #18 is a very difficult par 4 that plays like a 4.5, and the club and architects recognize this. We have asked this question directly and the architects believe it should remain a par 4. It is one of the best finishing holes in the State. The enhancements to hole 18 will keep the challenge for all players, but reduce the yardage from the forward tees, increase play space on the hole by removing the second fairway bunker on the right side, re-grading the right side of the fairway in the landing area for lay-ups and approach shots, and creating more blue grass areas closer to the green to allow players to advance the ball as far forward as they can on their second shots. These changes will still allow #18 to be a championship level finishing hole as a par 4, but will also soften slightly in distance and trouble areas allowing players a better opportunity for a lower score. 13. Was consideration given to pushing the tee boxes back to make #18 a par 5? Or if you are not considering that, have you thought about making it a par 5 for higher handicappers?

14. Any thought given to moving tee boxes up on #6? Yes, in the plan the Ivory, Green, and Yellow tee boxes will all be shifted forward.

15. Is there some way to integrate our beautiful waterfall on #17 into the design of the hole? Input from the course tours and member input received by Marty will be strongly considered by Jackson Kahn and, where appropriate, will be incorporated into the final course enhancements. .

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