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An Extreme Makeover At The Toro Irrigation Systems Overcome Challenges In Major Renovation T he Broadmoor calls it the Mountain Golf Course, and for good reason. The 7,700yard 18-hole course in Colorado Springs is perched on the side of Cheyenne Mountain with dramatic views in all directions. But, this stunning attribute also has a negative side. Through the years since the course was built in 1975, it has been plagued with problems related to landslides, erosion and generally deteriorating conditions.
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“On some areas of the course, it looked like a mini earthquake situation where the land fractures, ” says Fred Dickman, Director of Golf Course Maintenance at The Broadmoor. “In 1999, we actually had to close the course when we received 17 inches of rain in the month of April. That’s as much as we usually get all year, ” he notes. “It caused so much land movement that we were forced to close nine holes. ” Rebuilding From The Ground Up The decision to renovate the Mountain Course was made in 2003. The Broadmoor needed the course to handle rounds for guests at the 700-room hotel as well as 600 private members. Play had been consolidated onto The Broadmoor’s two traditional venues, the East and West Golf Courses, designed by Donald Ross and Robert Trent Jones Sr. respectively. “With the history of the course’s land stabilization issues, a lot of questions needed to be answered before we were going to build a new one, ” Dickman explains. “But the engineers who studied the property laid out guidelines for the golf course architects, and then it was up to the architects to find a way to lay out the course within those guidelines. ” “The idea was not to restore the original course, but come up with an entirely new plan, ” says Dickman. “We also wanted the new course to have the appearance of having been in place since the creation of the original property in 1918. ” The Broadmoor began working in collaboration with Nicklaus Design. Due to the topography, mountain sites can be challenging pieces of ground to build 18 good holes. “Our architect, Chris Cochran, came up with a great design, ” Dickman relates. Irrigation Selection Offers Flexibility Since the engineers and architects were extremely sensitive to land movement issues, the irrigation selection was paramount. “We needed 10 Broadmoor Nicklaus Design Comes Full Circle In 1959, on the links at The Broadmoor, Jack Nicklaus won his first national title and first major championship, the U.S. Amateur Championship. Now 45 years later, his company, Nicklaus Design brings the legacy full-circle with the redesign of one of its bestloved venues. And Toro continues to be a part of the legacy. Dickman adds. “We’re in a location that gets a lot of lightning.