Video: La Costa Resort and Spa Renovation

From their YouTube Account:

"La Costa Resort and Spa embarks on an all-new golf experience, renovating the legendary golf course of the PGA Championship location with the designers, Pascuzzo and Pate. Environmentally sustainable and player-friendly, we are excited about the new course, debuting in fall 2011."

Nicklaus Bust's a Cap... on Contaminated Land

Here's a short Video discussing the benefits of capping degraded brown fields with clay to help revitalize  community's recreation potential.

Old Works/East Anaconda Development Area, was used as the primary smelting and processing area from 1880 to 1902. The area contained over a million and a half cubic yards of soil, slag, and flue dust and was contaminated with a range of pollutants. EPA worked closely with ARCO (the owner of the property) and the community to develop a cleanup plan that not only protected people and the environment, but also preserved its historical significance and allowed for redevelopment. What this partnership unveiled in 1994 was a plan that included cleaning up the contamination and building a top-notch golf course over a portion of the area. They covered the contaminants with 18 to 20 inches of soil, revegetated the area, and installed a state-of-the-art drainage system.

Montana's first Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course has proven to be a tourist magnet, attracting out-of-towners to the area who enjoy golfing, skiing, fishing, and hunting. This has had an immediate and positive impact on property values around the site. Numerous developers have expressed interest in purchasing land near the course, and more than 50 existing businesses have made improvements to their properties. Ultimately, renewed interest in the area will serve to help Anaconda transform itself into a popular recreational vacation spot. The barren and battered landscape is slowly being restored to its former beauty. Trout once again fill Warm Springs Creek, and the plant and animal life are flourishing.

Out and Back on Pinehurst No. 2

Out and Back is a website covering the "topics of golf and travel through a diverse array of lenses–from business and the media to politics, the arts and beyond". Recently site creator Tom Dunne traveled to North Carolina to see the restoration of Pinehurst No. 2 by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. This video details some of his impressions, as well as provides some insight from C&C shaper Kyle Franz.

There's some really great discussion about the video and project over at Geoff Shackelfords Blog, and we've posted other videos about this transition at Pinehurst here.


The Restoration of Pinehurst No. 2 from outandback on Vimeo.

Pinehurst - Looking Good!

Coore & Crenshaw are restoring Pinehurst #2 to what it was meant to be - waste areas, bunkers without manicured faces and grassy areas. They took the perimeters off of irrigation to get the rough back to what Ross intended, returning Pinehurst #2 back to being a strategic game. Here are two great videos explaining the process and the changes.