As mentioned in the previous post, Kyle Phillips was hired as the architect for the renovation/restoration. In April 2007 he and the 'Cal Club' started a daring project. The total project scope was like: creating five 'retro' holes, relocate the driving range, eradicate three lakes, adding some 500 yards, restore original bunkers, fairways and green complexes. Besides this, at about 600 trees on the heavily overgrown golf course needed to be taken down and planting some 900 trees in replace. All playing surfaces were heavily drained and sand capped with 4-6' of sand and then rotor-tilled. A topnotch irrigation system was also installed (which I will post more details on in coming posts).
The whole project was aimed at making a classic and natural golf course, with the use of modern techniques. The site is 186 acres in size and could not be restored to the original design due to the construction of the road to the North side of the property in the 1960's. For this reason, the members choose (on suggestion of Kyle Phillips) to 'restore in spirit, but not in fact'. The biggest impact during the restoration/renovation was reclaiming some 20 acres of non used land in the middle of the property. This site on top of a hill was being used as a dumpster for golf course maintenance rubbish. The current seventh hole now beautifully overlooks most parts of the golf course.
The pictures show the sequence of how hole 10 has looked like over the years from the original design, just before the renovation and immediately after.
The whole project was aimed at making a classic and natural golf course, with the use of modern techniques. The site is 186 acres in size and could not be restored to the original design due to the construction of the road to the North side of the property in the 1960's. For this reason, the members choose (on suggestion of Kyle Phillips) to 'restore in spirit, but not in fact'. The biggest impact during the restoration/renovation was reclaiming some 20 acres of non used land in the middle of the property. This site on top of a hill was being used as a dumpster for golf course maintenance rubbish. The current seventh hole now beautifully overlooks most parts of the golf course.
The pictures show the sequence of how hole 10 has looked like over the years from the original design, just before the renovation and immediately after.
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