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Golf 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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Course Professors

	Jarrod Barakett, T.Ag., CCEP is the Owner / Operator of J.Barakett & Associates, a golf and fine turf grass consulting firm that specializes in helping golf courses and superintendents overcome their own unique challenges. Through his a 17 years of experience, Jarrod has developed wide-ranging knowledge of the golf industry, its partners and organizations. This knowledge has served him well in the development of a broad understanding of corporate governance, course design and maintenance and overall club operations. Jarrod has served as the Ontario Director of the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association, the Government Relations Director of the Ontario Golf Superintendents Association, and a Board member of the IPM Council of Canada. Jarrod is a graduate of the University of Guelph, Cornell University, and the Golf Management Institute of Canada.
	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 golf magazines.
	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.
	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 (GCSAA)
	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.