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We Bought A Golf Course
On February 2, 2021, the Pontiac City Council voted to purchase the Pontiac Elks Club property. In Illinois, golf unofficially begins in mid-March, weather-dependent, which gave us roughly two months to open the facility as a public golf course.
A Lesson Plan For Success
The agronomic side of owning or operating a golf course is as critical as having a dedicated, friendly staff manning the pro shop, carts and starter house. Frankly, if course conditions arenХt top-not
"Fore" Effective Golf Course Maintenance
The modern game of golf evolved from what 15th-century Scots knew as “gowf,” when it was played on the rolling, sandy terrain common on Scotland’s eastern coast, called “links land.”
Do You Need A Safety Net?
Driving on Interstate 85 in Georgia along a route I had to transit quite often for a number of years, I had one enduring image.
It Costs Something To Do Nothing
When John or Jane Q. Citizen tees off at the local public golf course, they usually don't think about how the course was designed; they assume design and maintenance professionals have put all that thought and work into the cou
Golf Amenities
There was a time in golf's early history, back in the 15th century, when the condition of the course was dependent on how well local Scottish farmers took care of their pastures on which the game was played.
Municipal Golf Courses
Over the last decade, many municipalities have left the golf course business; either they sold their courses outright or they turned over day-to-day operations to a management company.