misplaced rakes and ensure that rope lines are perfectly straight. A lot of thought goes into the tee
marker placement. This means that we take into consideration the wind and the ball roll. We start by looking at the par 3s and ensure that all distances are all different e.g. 160 yards, 185 yards, 210 yards. We want the player to use a different club on each of these holes. For the par 5s we make a few short and a few long, changing the playability and the approach each day. It is the same with the par 4s, trying to make the player think when they are standing on the tee, making sure they are using a variety of shots and clubs.
Doing these small adjustments to the set up makes playing the course a bigger challenge and a lot more enjoyable.
Internship
The internship programme we operate here plays a big part in the running of the golf course. We have interns from all around the world, aiming at around six each year. The process starts in the autumn when we evaluate the interns from the summer and try and build on the experience they had with us. This year, we tried something different and developed a page on the club’s website detailing all the past intern info and future plans for
any students applying. This is aimed at getting our information out to as many people as possible.
In the past we have sent out CDs but we felt we weren’t getting the info into the correct channels, or to the students, easyily enough for them. Having been an intern myself on the Ohio State programme I feel that the mid Atlantic region is a great place to learn vast amounts about cool season turf grass. You really see the limits you can put the turf through and still achieve great results.
Last season our intern programme was
full. We had six students with us, three from the USA and three ‘internationals’,
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