PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (June 21, 2017) – Bobby Weed Golf Design (www.bobbyweed.com) has completed a redesign of the practice facility at Interlachen Country Club, a private invitation-only club in Winter Park, Fla.
“Players will welcome this new complex for its low-profile short-game greens, allowing for precisely-calibrated practice,” said Bobby Weed.
The new facility features a 10,000 square-foot putting green with subtle contours, a chipping green with generous surrounds to allow for a variety of shots and a bunker green with four bunkers of varying sizes.
“Effective practice should focus on developing confidence and repetition,” Weed added. “We have created a facility that allows golfers to develop these attributes.”
The project also includes an enlarged main tee area on the range, with a two-bay academy building planned for the future.
Said Chris Monti, Weed’s design partner: “The entire facility is intended to mimic what we hope will be a course-wide renovation in the near term. We’ve utilized new, updated turfgrass varieties, a new bunker aesthetic and more short cut surrounds.”
LandIrr Golf Construction, a local golf course contractor, is performing all aspects of the facility upgrades.
About Bobby Weed Golf Design
Acclaimed golf course designer Bobby Weed specializes in design, renovation and repurposing. His work features a balance of visual appeal, sustainability and playability, all informed by an environmentally-sensitive aesthetic and an exceptional hands-on, holistic approach. Bobby Weed Golf Design is a leader in golf course repurposing – a means to update layouts through redesign and reallocation of partial acreage for higher value land uses. Repurposing helps clubs and communities preserve golf while surmounting economic and other challenges. Weed’s skill, vision and business acumen coalesce to result in successful, refined and durable golf course design.
Weed began his professional career with an extended apprenticeship with Pete Dye, launching a collaboration of over 35 years’ duration and a lifelong friendship. Hired in 1983 by the PGA Tour, Weed was the Tour’s in-house designer from 1987-1996. He was responsible for the design of many of today’s best-known TPC venues, which continue as host sites for prominent Tour events.
Weed also was able to collaborate with many of golf’s most familiar names, including Sam Snead, Gene Sarazen, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd, Jerry Pate and Chi Chi Rodriguez – a rare cross section of experience.
In 1994, Weed’s career reached an apex with the formation of his own design firm, where he continues to “handcraft” golf courses. Today, Bobby Weed Golf Design has amassed an impressive list of new and renovated courses that consistently are ranked at the top of their respective categories, including The Olde Farm Golf Club, Spanish Oaks Golf Club, The Golf Course at Glen Mills, Medalist Golf Club and Timuquana Country Club.
Bobby Weed is a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, the Historical Committee of the Donald Ross Society, the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America and the Florida Turfgrass Association.
For more information on Bobby Weed Golf Design, see www.bobbyweed.com.
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