By Design - Winter 2019

5 nvention Center in Orlando sight and ls Presentations scheduled for the ASGCA Winter Meeting at GIS include: The Future of Golf in America Ignacio Giraldo, TPG Growth Low Hanging Fruit: Management and Renovation Practices of Superintendents at Courses Nationwide Community Links: Examples of How Golf and Community Make one Another Stronger Alice Dye, ASGCA, Retrospective Moderator: Matt Ginella, Golf Channel Collaboration: How and Why Working Together Works Moderator: Ron Whitten, Golf Digest Leveraging Big Data Jon Last, Sports & Leisure Research Group Innovation in Short Game/Practice Areas ASGCA Winter Meeting Jan. 28, 2020 Photo: Nelson & Haworth Renovation Haworth caters for families at The Royal Ottawa N elson & Haworth is overhauling the practice facilities at The Royal Ottawa Golf Club in Quebec, Canada. “The club’s goal was not only to improve the golf course but also provide world class facilities that were more family orientated,” said Neil Haworth, ASGCA. The firm has been working on implementing a renovation plan at the club since 2016. The first phase began in 2017, with the rebuilding of three holes on the 18-hole course. A year later, two new holes were built for the club’s nine-hole layout—the Royal 9—which were ready for play in July 2019. This meant the original second and third holes could be closed to make way for construction of the new driving range. Read more about The Royal Ottawa in the 2018 edition of ASGCA’s Design Excellence Recognition Program . “Our scope of work was to design the two new holes and a new driving range that is world class,” said Haworth. Construction of the new range began in August and grassing started in late September. Once it opens in July 2020, the existing range will be closed, and construction work will begin on a new short game area.