Golf Maintenance Solutions has added Musgrove Country Club in Jasper, Ala., to its growing portfolio. Selected as the club’s golf maintenance and agronomy provider, GMS will deliver a broad spectrum of services designed to enhance the quality of the club’s championship golf course while maximizing resources. The announcement was made by GMS founders Bill Nauroth and Dean Wochaski.
“We are excited to partner with Musgrove Country Club to significantly enhance the conditioning, playability and aesthetics of this spectacular Jerry Pate-designed golf course for the benefit of the club’s loyal membership,” Nauroth said. “Our goal is to implement state-of-the-art maintenance and agronomic practices that elevate the caliber of the course, without compromising the integrity of the original design.”
Considered among the best private golf clubs in the region, Musgrove Country Club’s par-71, 6,594-yard championship golf course was originally built in 1924 on the site of a country estate owned by wealthy Wall Street bachelor Colonel L.B. Musgrove. In 1932, after losing his fortune in the stock market crash, Musgrove sold the property to a group of 45 Walker County citizens, who transformed the estate into the private Musgrove Country Club.
In 1992, golf course architect Jerry Pate completely redesigned the golf course, which features rolling emerald Tifway Bermudagrass fairways and Penn A1/A4 bent grass greens framed by majestic oak and pine trees. Adding to the allure and uniqueness of the layout, two wooden swinging bridges cross Blackwater Creek, which traverses the course. Over the years, the course has played host to numerous regional and state championships, including the State Senior Championship, State Women’s Amateur Championship, State Junior Boys’ Championship, State Junior Girls’ Championship, State Mid-Am, and the State Senior Fourball. To maintain the course to championship standards, Nauroth will work with GMS Southeast Regional Agronomist Dave Downing to ensure a seamless transition for the maintenance team and begin implementing innovative practices designed to elevate course conditioning and ensure playing surface consistency.
“When we met with Bill and Dave, we knew we had found the right company to maintain our course. The passion they have for providing quality course conditions is contagious, while their knowledge and proven expertise are unsurpassed,” Musgrove Country Club President Kevin Callahan said. “We look forward to working with GMS to provide our membership with an outstanding experience every time they play.”
“We are excited to partner with Musgrove Country Club to significantly enhance the conditioning, playability and aesthetics of this spectacular Jerry Pate-designed golf course for the benefit of the club’s loyal membership,” Nauroth said. “Our goal is to implement state-of-the-art maintenance and agronomic practices that elevate the caliber of the course, without compromising the integrity of the original design.”
Considered among the best private golf clubs in the region, Musgrove Country Club’s par-71, 6,594-yard championship golf course was originally built in 1924 on the site of a country estate owned by wealthy Wall Street bachelor Colonel L.B. Musgrove. In 1932, after losing his fortune in the stock market crash, Musgrove sold the property to a group of 45 Walker County citizens, who transformed the estate into the private Musgrove Country Club.
In 1992, golf course architect Jerry Pate completely redesigned the golf course, which features rolling emerald Tifway Bermudagrass fairways and Penn A1/A4 bent grass greens framed by majestic oak and pine trees. Adding to the allure and uniqueness of the layout, two wooden swinging bridges cross Blackwater Creek, which traverses the course. Over the years, the course has played host to numerous regional and state championships, including the State Senior Championship, State Women’s Amateur Championship, State Junior Boys’ Championship, State Junior Girls’ Championship, State Mid-Am, and the State Senior Fourball. To maintain the course to championship standards, Nauroth will work with GMS Southeast Regional Agronomist Dave Downing to ensure a seamless transition for the maintenance team and begin implementing innovative practices designed to elevate course conditioning and ensure playing surface consistency.
“When we met with Bill and Dave, we knew we had found the right company to maintain our course. The passion they have for providing quality course conditions is contagious, while their knowledge and proven expertise are unsurpassed,” Musgrove Country Club President Kevin Callahan said. “We look forward to working with GMS to provide our membership with an outstanding experience every time they play.”
