Grassing Underway at Hoakalei Country Club
Contractors started grassing Ernie Els’ first signature golf course in Hawaii in August. Hoakalei Country Club will be the first Oahu course to feature Seadwarf® Seashore Paspalum turfgrass, an environmentally-friendly grass that requires significantly less water and delivers faster green speeds than other varieties of this type of grass.
“What's really satisfying is this was one of the most challenging sites I've ever seen, and yet in a relatively short period of time things are now shaping up very nicely,” said Els. “We've dropped the ground level by as much as 20 or 30 feet in places, basically right down to the coral, and that means we've had to introduce a whole new vegetative pallet, so to speak. Among other things, we've planted some date palms and some beautiful trees from the Acacia family.
While the grassing continues, contractors continue to shape bunkers and install cart paths under Els’ direction.
Every aspect of this golf course has been designed to strategically fit the natural terrain and the team is doing a superb job of it,” said Els. “I'm looking forward to my next site visit there.
#7 Finish Grading topsoil
Cart paths, topsoil at #7
Contractors at work on the bunkers for #12 of the
Ernie Els-designed golf course at Hoakalei Country Club
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