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Course Design & Construction - Turf Management
This
course addresses golf course design principles
and turf management practices. In golf course
design, students will learn how the golf
course architect designs the golf course
throughout all phases of the development.
In addition to designing a new facility,
students will learn how to renovate and/or
expand an existing facility. The processes
of obtaining permits, and dealing with local
authorities about environmental issues associated
in golf course development will also be
discussed. In turf management, the fundamentals
of golf course maintenance are addressed.
Grass and soil identification, drainage
systems, equipment use in maintenance procedures
as well as establishing and successfully
implementing a turf management program are
topics covered in this course. An introduction
to pesticides and fertilizers will also
be included.
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Jarrod
Barakett, AGS
an
Accredited Golf Superintendent. He has been employed
solely by golf clubs for more than 16 years during
which time has worked with such golf clubs as
Hillsdale G&CC, St. George’s G&CC, Credit Valley
G&CC, Granite GC, and Deer Ridge GC. Jarrod Barakett
is the Ontario Director of the Canadian Golf
Superintendents Association, the Government
Relations Director of the Ontario Golf
Superintendents Association, and a member of the
Board of the IPM Council of Canada. Through his
experiences, Jarrod has been able to develop
wide-ranging knowledge of the golf industry, its
partners and organizations which has served him well
in the development of a broad understanding of
corporate governance, course design and maintenance
and overall club operations. Jarrod is a graduate of
the University of Guelph, Cornell University, and
the Golf Management Institute of Canada. |
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Vito
Cirone, M.A.
is an environmental planner and the Executive Director
of Burnside Golf Services. Burnside Golf Services
is a multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental
consulting group specializing in golf course planning
and development. Mr. Cirone obtained an undergraduate
degree in Urban and Regional Planning and Development
and a Masters Degree in Environmental Management
and Planning from York University (Toronto, Ontario).
Since then he has worked extensively in the areas
of environmental planning and assessment for both
public and private sector development projects.
For the past five years Mr. Cirone has focused his
efforts on managing golf course development projects
and in securing permits and approvals for over 70
clients. Mr. Cirone is an accomplished writer, having
written numerous articles on golf course development
and environmental planning for several Canadian
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Kevin Holmes,
B. Landscape Architecture is a Senior Golf Course Architect with MBTW Golf Design in Toronto. He has fifteen years
experience designing and renovating golf courses
throughout Ontario. His most notable project to date
is the Crimson Ridge Golf Course in Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario. Other designs include the Watson’s
Glen GC in Pickering, the Carruther’s Creek GC in
Ajax, Black Horse G & CC in Kincardine and the
Island Springs Golf Resort on St. Joseph Island.
Currently, he is working on a new high-end public
course at the Cardinal GC in Newmarket, renovations
to the Huron Oaks GC in Sarnia and golf course
expansions at King’s Bay G. & CC and the Tillsonburg
G & CC. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Landscape
Architecture (Hon.) from the University of Guelph. |
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Chris
Dew
has served as the superintendent of the National
Golf Club in Woodbridge, Ontario for the past seven
years. Before joining the National, Mr. Dew served
for seven years as the superintendent at the Royal
Woodbine Golf Club in Toronto. Prior to that, Mr.
Dew was the assistant superintendent at the Weston
Golf and Country Club. Mr. Dew has attended turfgrass
management programs at the University of Guelph,
Ohio State University, and Cornell University. Mr.
Dew serves as a Director for the Ontario Turfgrass
Research Foundation and is a member of the Canadian
Golf Superintendents Association (CGSA) and the
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
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John
Taylor, C.G.S.A
is a graduate of the first class of the Golf Course
Technician program at Seneca College. After graduation,
Mr. Taylor accepted the superintendent position
at the Twenty Valley Golf and Country Club in Vineland,
Ontario where he served for 18 years. In 2000, Mr.
Taylor moved to Welland, Ontario to assume the superintendent
position at the newly constructed, Graham Cooke-designed,
Hunters Pointe Golf Course. In addition to serving
as the course superintendent, Mr. Taylor was involved
in all phases of the design and construction of
the golf course. Mr. Taylor has been active in various
golf associations and served as the President of
the Ontario Golf Course Superintendents Association
in 1995. He currently serves as the President of
the Western Ontario Golf Superintendents Association. |
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