TPC Summerlin to get major renovation

TPC Summerlin volition acquisition a large renovation successful 2022, shutting down for astir of the outpouring and summertime with enactment planned to beryllium implicit successful clip for adjacent year’s Shriners Children’s Open.

The people volition get wholly caller fairways and greens, upgrading the writer successful some areas. The people volition unopen down April 15 to statesman the enactment and volition reopen erstwhile PGA Tour players get for the tourney Oct. 3-9.

“We genuinely judge this long-awaited renovation volition not lone amended the on-site acquisition locally, but volition boost the entreaty for our metropolis erstwhile millions tune successful for the Shriners Children’s Open adjacent fall,” said Brian Hawthorne, wide manager astatine TPC Summerlin.

The fairways are presently utilizing a 419 hybrid Bermuda grass. They volition beryllium upgraded to a newer Bermuda called Bandera. The Bentgrass greens volition beryllium changed to Dominator, a blend of 2 high-quality Bentgrasses.

In layman’s terms, Hawthorne said the grasses are amended suited for the Las Vegas clime and person the payment of a much robust colour palate. They besides heal much rapidly from divots.

“As clip goes connected and much probe is done, we person ID’ed a benignant of writer that is much resilient,” Hawthorne said.

Patrick Lindsey, enforcement manager of the Shriners tournament, is enthusiastic astir the changes to the course.

“I’m definite the PGA Tour players volition much than invited the renovation of some the fairways and greens,” Lindsey said. “They person been asking successful caller years if determination is simply a people renovation program for the future, truthful it is bully to pass this.”

Hawthorne said they person already gotten a thumbs up from respective players astir the changes. Both a signifier putting greenish and the signifier country astatine the installation utilized by circuit players regularly person had the caller grasses successful spot for a while.

“The feedback has been wonderful,” helium said.

As for the timeline, neither Hawthorne nor Lindsey is acrophobic that enactment won’t beryllium afloat implicit by tourney week adjacent fall. Both pointed to the PGA Tour’s agronomy professionals arsenic being the champion successful the business.

“We cognize determination volition beryllium obstacles on the way, but the teams astatine TPC Summerlin and PGA Tour Agronomy are afloat of professionals that person enactment unneurotic a large program and are much than susceptible of completing the enactment wrong the timeframe they person set,” Lindsey said.

Although the changes volition not adjacent beryllium noticeable to astir fans, Lindsey said tourney officials and players volition beryllium blessed with the changes.

“We are excited that the PGA Tour and TPC Properties are reinvesting successful this large play people that Shriners Children’s calls their home,” helium said.

Hawthorne said the caller greens volition not interaction the champion players successful the world, who trust truthful overmuch connected representation and people knowledge.

“The contours of the greens volition beryllium the same,” helium said.

Farewell to Royal Links

Southern Nevada golfers volition person 1 little enactment aft this week arsenic Royal Links Golf Club is acceptable to adjacent for bully aft play concludes connected Friday.

New owners person improvement plans for the property, and it doesn’t see golf.

Royal Links was not your emblematic godforsaken play course. It was designed by Dye International and inspired by the courses that marque up the British Open rotation. It includes a castle-style clubhouse, and holes modeled aft the Road Hole and Hell Bunker from the Old Course astatine St. Andrews, the Postage Stamp from Royal Troon and 9 different British and Scottish links courses.

Greg Robertson covers play for the Review-Journal. He tin beryllium reached astatine grobertson@reviewjournal.com.