Restoration Golf Hole Profile of the Week- Hole #2

This week our team will place blue flags/paint and signs outlining some of the changes that will occur on the 2nd Hole. The updated rendering is located on the Pro Shop porch and a sign will be located at teeing locations. 

Some of the highlights of the 2nd hole include:

Ross: 478

Blue: 430

Green: 414

Silver: 397

Gold: 333

Pull back first layer of trees to open up tee shot
and allow for tees to shift left. Replant under
story and areas where there are gaps to better
screen houses from view.

Create dual championship and forward tee
between Holes #2 and #18. Gold tees can play
from here or the Silver tee for variety in length.

Restore Ross fairway bunker scheme on the
right side of the fairway. Challenging these
bunkers off the tee will provide the best angle
into the green, especially if the hole is back left.
Widen fairway down the entire left side.

Bring back Ross’ raised mounds with sandy
faces as a layup hazard for forward tee golfers
playing the hole as a Par 5. Golfers playing the
hole as a long Par 4 will need to land their long
iron or wood near these sandy mounds to run
the ball onto the green if they cannot reach via
an aerial approach.

Recapture lost front corners of the green for
unique hole locations.

Shift cart path further away from the green to
allow for small misses to remain in the rough.

Other Design Elements in the Restoration

With the Restoration of the golf course less then a year away there will be a few design elements that will be incorporated. Click on the link below!

What is a Hummock?

Golf Course Update

The Grounds team has been very busy across the the golf course including preparations for the the Restoration in July of 2025. 

With the drier weather our team has been able to work on tree and brush removal left of 13. These removals will enhance the view from the 4th green back to the Clubhouse, allow for increased air circulation and assist with increased sunlight to the new forward tee on 7. The mature healthy trees will remain and post restoration this area will be restored with Fine leaf fescues and select plantings. 

New Forward Tee- Above Existing Tee

View from the 4th

Our team has been working across the golf course to reduce the amount of standing water in low-lying areas on the fairways. The added ~ 33,000 lineal feet of fairway drainage during the restoration project along with the raising many of low-pockets in the fairways will reduce the chances of winter injury and allow carts off of the path sooner. The Zoysiagrass nursery will be shifted to right of 13, from #4 to make room for a new teeing area on the hill on #5. 

Added Tee Location #5 

The 13th fairway shifts to the West leaving an expansive area to grow both Zoysia and Bentgrass while being surrounded by Fescue.

New Turf Nursery Location #13

13 Fairway Shifts to the West 

In the coming weeks we will continue to delineate locations of proposed bunkers, tees and other features. We will place an excerpt of the proposed rendering at the teeing areas and mark the new features with paint and flags.

Proposed Bunker Complex #5/6

Rendering #5/6

Thanks again for the feedback and questions!

Pat O'Brien 

Grounds Superintendent.

Horticulture Update-July Update

What has the Horticulture Team been up to?  After a successful spring season with the tulip blooms Bryan Miller and Aubrey Ketchie (Horticulture Intern) and the Horticulture team have been very busy with the Summer Annual plantings. They are starting to shine!!!

Wines By The Vines:

In Mid-August (Date TBD) come and explore the Club's plantings with Bryan Miller and Aubrey Ketchie. Members can learn about flowers and designs right from the sources. The walk aournd the Clubhouse, pool and rackets area will take about an hour or so. 

Thank-you,

Pat O'Brien,

Grounds Superintendent 

Turfgrass Intern Spotlight- Fraser Curran at the Rocket Mortgage Classic

Hello, my name is Fraser Curran I am from Glasgow, Scotland and a Turfgrass Intern from the Ohio International Intern Program. Recently, I had the opportunity to volunteer at the Rocket Mortgage Classic PGA tournament which was held at Detroit Golf Club (Donald Ross, Design) and was a fantastic experience!

Fraser Curran

During the tournament I was one of 20 volunteers that were part of the grounds team. Each morning, we were assigned our tasks, and my job was to rake the bunkers on the front 9 of course and for the evening my jobs varied between cleaning and collecting debris around the course, blowing greens and tees and divoting fairways. I really enjoyed raking the bunkers for such a great event and it was exciting to watch the golfers play their shot out of a bunker that I raked.

On Saturday morning thunderstorms were in the forecast and we had heavy rain all morning which meant the tee times were delayed because most bunkers were filled with water and fairways had large puddles on them which meant we had to split up into teams with one team on bunkers with a pump clearing the water and raking the bunkers once cleared of water and a second team using squeegees to clear fairways, thankfully we managed to clear all the water and make the course playable again so the tournament could continue.

 I enjoyed every minute of my time volunteering at the tournament and really enjoyed meeting new people from around the world.

I would finally like to thank the Grounds team and Hyde Park members for this amazing opportunity and allowing me to attend the Rocket Mortgage Classic, it was a great learning experience for myself and showed me the preparation that takes place and the standards of a golf course to hold a PGA tournament.

 

Thank you, 

Fraser Curran, Turfgrass Intern-The Ohio International Intern Program