Tulsa Golf Course Renovations
Tulsa Golf Course Renovations
Tulsa golf course, Woodbine at Mohawk Park as well as Old Page at Page Belcher will be closing on Friday - at least long enough to get the renovations they have needed for some time. Both have bent grass greens that will be replaced. A Bermuda grass that has been cultivated and is smaller than the typical Bermuda grass will be used. Another Tulsa golf course, Tulsa Country Club has closed nine of their courses and will close nine more on Monday to undergo a course renovation.
The course was originally designed by A.W. Tillinghast and will be restored by architect, Rees Jones reinstating the original design. This will not be the first course designed by Tillinghast that Jones has restored. Baltusrol and Bethpage Black have both been restored by Jones. Baltusrol, in particular is one that has many of the same features as the Tulsa Country Club course.
The bunkers, fairway grasses, the irrigation, the enlargement of some ponds and some tree removal will be the focus of the renovation for Tulsa Country Club. A few of the holes will be lengthened while some are shortened. Planning on the greens being sprigged in the spring, the Tulsa Country Club will not open before July 1st. If they are sodded the opening may be in June.
The courses at Woodbine and Old Page will not take as long. They will be sprigged within ten days and opening is hoped for in October barring any problems. Tulsa has not had Bermuda greens on their courses recently although they have been used in the past. These changes have the capability of saving as much as $100,000 per year.
The general manager of both of these courses, Tom Wolff hopes that the summer months will increase revenue even more with the number of people enjoying the warm weather. Extensive renovations performed at Stone Creek and Old Page in 2005 and 2007 respectively were expected to help and they did until this summer’s intensive heat.
Early in July due to the application of potassium at the wrong time, the greens turned brown. The intensive heat has made the problem worse. Stone Creek and Page Belcher greens have also had some problems this summer, however Stone Creek will remain open through the winter months and workers will try to save the bent grass greens.
Depending on the outcome, the officials will then decide whether the need and the funding is available to change the greens at Pecan Valley and Stone Creek to Bermuda greens. The beginning cost of changing the greens is approximately $100,000. The funds for this will come from golf course operations money and not the city.
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