Golf Course improvements in Marbella


Golf Course improvements in Marbella

Arqueros Golf 9

Good playing conditions at Los Arqueros Golf
A golf course, is like a house or other facility, gets old, and facilities needs to be upgraded when the course elements that do not work as irrigation, pipes, drains or any items in disrepair, or as the sand of the bunkers, or the need to improve the appearance or improve its quality of play.

But when a golf club is faced with the need to implement a reform or improvement of the course, probably the first thing that arises is that the problem will involve interference with the game, tournament dates and bookings already closed, problems with members and visiting players.

Los Arqueros in order to minimize those concerns, we work out a flexible and minimal invasive format. We developed a work plan taking into account the days and peak hours on the Course, tournament dates and any other needs.

Our main target with these extra maintenance works is to achieve the following:
General improvement of the course.
Increase the value and competitiveness of the club
Improve the overall aesthetics of the course
Adjust the course to the  majority of players, to make it more comfortable
Improve the safety of the course

Of Los Arqueros Golf is said to be a difficult course to play. And it probably is. One could say it is the opposite of a boring “parkland course”. But a course with the Arqueros design combined with a well-kept course conditions, offers the players an exceptional round of golf. Precisely for this reason, we take great care in maintaining the conditions of our Golf Course, and the proof of this are our steadiness in course improvements achieved in the last years:

Improvements made in 2012:
– Fairway and Rough overseeding with 12.000, kg of seeds “Raygrass”
– Spiking (aeration) fairways and rough with 474 tons of sand
– Overseeding of Greenes with 172 kg of seeds “Agrostis stolonifera L93”
– Spiking (aeration)  in Greenes with  “Silicea 30.60.J” sand: 78 tons
– Reforms (surface leveling and new turf) of Tees in the following holes: 2, 5, 10,14 and 15.
– Replacement of new bunker sand (total 667 tons) in the following Bunkers holes: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.

Improvements made in 2011:
– Fairway and Rough overseeding with 12.254, kg of seeds “Raygrass”
– Spiking (aeration)  fairways and rough with 728 tons of sand
– Overseeding of Greenes with 172 kg of seeds “Agrostis stolonifera L93”
– Spiking (aeration)  in Greenes with  “Silicea 30.60.J” sand: 78 tons
– Reforms (surface leveling and new turf) of Tees in the following holes: 9, 12 and 17.
– Renewal of bunker sand (total 667 tons) in the following Bunkers holes: 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9.

Improvements made in 2010:
– Fairway and Rough overseeding with 6.000, kg of seeds “Raygrass Fiesta 4”
– Fairway and Rough overseeding with 6.000, kg of seeds “Raygrass Amazing”
– Spiking (aeration)  fairways and rough with 466 tons of sand
– Overseeding of Greenes with 172 kg of seeds “Agrostis stolonifera L93”
– Spiking (aeration)  in Greenes with  “Silicea 30.60.J” sand: 78 tons
– Reforms (surface leveling and new turf) of Tees in the following holes: 9, 12 and 17.
– Renewal of bunker sand (total 667 tons) in the following Bunkers holes: 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9.
– Construction of Tees Oranges bar on holes 3, 6, 10, 11, 13 and 17
– Reform of the irrigation system on holes 1, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17 and 18.
– Reform (leveling and new turf) of Tees in the following holes: 1, 5, 6, 8, 13, 17 and 18.

– Improved design:
• 1st hole fairway bunker
• New orange tee hole 3
• New 6th hole tee yellow
• New white tee hole 7
• New 10th hole tee orange
• Reform green 11
• New 13th hole tee orange
• New 17th hole tee orange

Seve Ballesteros designed us a challenging golf course. We provide a good level of maintenance. RESULT: an interesting mix.

I wish the fairways were narrower. So everyone would have to play from the rough, not just me. – Severiano Ballesteros

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