The impressive transformation of the PGA Tour course this week – Golf Planète

The Colonial Country Club is getting a makeover! The host of the Charles Schwab Challenge, event of the week on the PGA Tour, has undertaken immense changes between its 2023 and 2024 editions, causing gargantuan work and a transformation no less impressive.

When Emiliano Grillo travels to Forth Worth, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, to defend his title at the Charles Schwab Challenge, it could be a big shock. His tee will be planted on the same land. Even though the geographical coordinates are the same, you will still have to convince yourself to believe you are on the scene of your exploits.

A year ago, barely the playoff against Adam Schenk completed, the team in charge of the course redesign began this gigantic project with an ambitious directive: to completely renovate one of the most historic courses in America in time for the return of the PGA TOUR the following May.

Exorbitant price, convincing result

A project of this scale normally takes at least 18 months to complete. THE Colonial had a little less than a year to remain host of the Charles Schwab Challenge in 2024, and this since 1946. The renovation of 20 million dollars, originally designed to reinvigorate the old design (1936) of the course, aimed to maintain the reputation of the Colonial. That is to say that of one of the best routes in the country, as short as it is selective.

The teams laid 48 hectares of grass, the equivalent of more than 89 football fields. According to Mr. McIntosh, in charge of the huge project, it also took between 600 and 650 trucks to transport each patch of turf, with crews only able to install around 10 truckloads of turf per day. That's about two months, just for the installation of the lawn.

If the course was finally renovated just in time for the tournament this year, the work is still far from finished, with a brand new clubhouse also planned for the 2025 edition.

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