GOLF COURSE MASTER PLAN MEETING

The Golf Course Master Plan Committee has scheduled a one hour meeting on July 8 at 11:00 AM in the clubhouse to discuss the committee's work to date and get your input into where we are and what we want to accomplish in the next 6 months.

The golf course master plan is one of the top three action items that was determined in our last member survey. As a result, the Long Range Planning Committee formed a sub-committee to determine the goals for the master plan and a process to select and recommend a golf course architect to the Board. This committee was formed earlier this year and has met twice to gather committee and member input.

The overall goals so far are :

1. Identify what we need to do to maintain our beautiful golf course AS IS.
2. Identify low-hanging fruit for incremental improvements.
3. Identify potential high-cost replacement projects (irrigation system, greens...).
4. Identify potential high-value projects to enhance our beautiful golf course.
5. Integrate the golf course master plan with the tree master plan.
6. Identify sources of funding (annual capital budget, special assessments...).

Additional ideas are listed below that we'll discuss with you at our meeting.

1. Keep the natural feel and elements of the golf course.
2. Keep the good bones and natural beauty of the golf course.
3. Keep the trees.
4. Develop a repair & replacement plan for the key elements of the golf course (bunkers, greens, tee boxes, drainage, rough, ponds...)
5. Make small incremental enhancements annually.
6. Modernize the golf course and keep up with the times.
7. Affordable master plan and don’t shut down course for 8 +/- months to make improvements.
8. Reduce par for women.
9. Increase the size of current tee boxes to handle the increased play.
10. Add new tee boxes to offer different yardages.
11. Review the location of existing cart paths and resurface ($190k of funding is in the CRF for this)
12. Consider changing the starting hole so the 8th & 9th holes are not par 3s.
13. Continue to make the course playable and fun.
14. Continue beautification efforts to ensure the course looks and shows well.
15. Put yardage on the irrigation heads.
16. Make the driving range more usable and less to maintain.
17. Consider aesthetic elements to separate holes (i.e., mounds in the rough between #5 and #7 fairways)
18. Keep up-to-date on new irrigation systems, new hardscape materials, cultural practices, agronomic information and horticultural techniques.
19. Add benches in teeing areas and add a drinking fountain on the course.

Thanks to the GCMP Committee members for their input into this project to date. The committee members are :

Bill Giesler, Rich Graeter, Sally Badarak, Julie Kammerer, John Davis, Mark Dillon, Randy Christenson, Sarah Andrews, Quinn Wickman, David Kahn, Steve Fischer, Christa Kreinest

We're looking forward to seeing you on July 8th to get your input on what the master plan for one of our important RLCC assets will include.

Bill Giesler
GCMP Committee Chair

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