Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs has completed Phase 1 golf course remodeling improvements at historic Schenectady Municipal Golf Course in Schenectady, N.Y.
“I am proud to report that our team has completed Phase 1 of the remodeling improvements at Schenectady Municipal Golf Course this fall,” said Raymond Hearn, president and founder of Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs and member of the ASGCA.
The course was one of the first courses built after the Great Depression in 1935 by Jim Thompson and A.F. Knight with funds from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Works Progress Administration. Union College in Schenectady supplied dozens of historic photos. Unemployed men savaged by the Great Depression were thrilled to work on the golf course when there was little work to be found any in the United States. There are some remarkable photos of the original construction. In one photo, men using pick axes in 20-degree below zero weather are shown creating a trench for the herringbone drainage pipe and gravel.
“My company’s goal was to restore lost features and remodel other features necessary to improve strategy and shot value considering advancements in ball and club technology that have rendered certain ‘risk-reward’ scenarios obsolete,” Hearn said. “Functional items such as improved tee size, drainage, irrigation, cart paths and tree removal were also addressed. The site is a wonderful 'lay of the land' routing that uses all the hills, kettles and kames created by the glacier. This is municipal golf at its finest. It has been on honor for all the consultants involved to work with the great City of Schenectady on this project.”
Brian Vinchesi of Irrigation Consulting, Inc. handled the irrigation design and Daniel Shrearer of Saratoga Associates headed the permitting and engineering. XGD Systems assisted with the construction and the golf course superintendent Mike Scesny executed the grow in.
No more results found. “I am proud to report that our team has completed Phase 1 of the remodeling improvements at Schenectady Municipal Golf Course this fall,” said Raymond Hearn, president and founder of Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs and member of the ASGCA.
The course was one of the first courses built after the Great Depression in 1935 by Jim Thompson and A.F. Knight with funds from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Works Progress Administration. Union College in Schenectady supplied dozens of historic photos. Unemployed men savaged by the Great Depression were thrilled to work on the golf course when there was little work to be found any in the United States. There are some remarkable photos of the original construction. In one photo, men using pick axes in 20-degree below zero weather are shown creating a trench for the herringbone drainage pipe and gravel.
“My company’s goal was to restore lost features and remodel other features necessary to improve strategy and shot value considering advancements in ball and club technology that have rendered certain ‘risk-reward’ scenarios obsolete,” Hearn said. “Functional items such as improved tee size, drainage, irrigation, cart paths and tree removal were also addressed. The site is a wonderful 'lay of the land' routing that uses all the hills, kettles and kames created by the glacier. This is municipal golf at its finest. It has been on honor for all the consultants involved to work with the great City of Schenectady on this project.”
Brian Vinchesi of Irrigation Consulting, Inc. handled the irrigation design and Daniel Shrearer of Saratoga Associates headed the permitting and engineering. XGD Systems assisted with the construction and the golf course superintendent Mike Scesny executed the grow in.