Golf Courses

Nowhere in horticulture do trees hold more value than on a golf course.

Assumed during construction or planted throughout the life of the club, trees on the golf course provide beauty and benefits just as they do in other landscapes. Trees on a golf course produce one additional benefit as well: they are “working” features—trees control play.

Trees differ from all other play control features: water, sand, mounds, and rough. Trees control shot path, as well as limiting the landing zone; large trees dominate play philosophy in course design and management, in club selection, and in shot implementation by each player. Often, a historical tree is signature for the hole!

The dynamic, ever-changing nature of trees is guaranteed. They will change over time.

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The “turf–tree” interface is combative.

Obviously, successful management of a golf course first accounts for the balance of the tree-turf interface and its ever-changing paradigm: the trees’ needs, contributions, and character verses the turf (which golf requires and demands). It also recognizes that intensive turf management is anti-tree, and making accommodations for it while creating playing surfaces, is key.

Golf course management.

In a native woodland, over time, nature always picks the right plant for the right site. Site managers often choose trees based on price and they plant without consideration of soils and the tree’s generational character. This results in trees with many problems—and shortened lives. Critical to the course’s “forest” is plant diversity, species and cultivar selection, site preparation, and action plans for on-going arbor-care.

We have more experience in working with golf course urban forestry situations than any other firm.

As arborists, we understand the interplay of tree physiology, pathology and the site dynamics. As Urban Foresters, we calculate the site’s needs, the desires and goals of management to have trees located throughout the course, and the risks of growing trees in artificial sites.

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We take our personal connection with clients seriously. We are proud when our assistance results in their satisfaction—each client’s success is our own as well. We would be happy to discuss with you the requirements of your site. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.