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Asheville Municipal Golf Course front 9 restoration hits milestone with design contract approval 🙂 At their July 29 meeting, City Council approved a contract with Biohabitats of North Carolina to design the restoration of the Municipal Golf Course front nine holes. That portion of the City-owned regional amenity was heavily damaged by Tropical Storm Helene (in September of 2024). As a unique and historic public asset, the Municipal Golf Course will largely be restored to its pre-storm state. However, this project will go a step further, integrating the City's commitment to a coordinated and resilient rebuilding strategy. In keeping with the historic significance of the course, Biohabitats will partner with golf design specialists Forse Golf Design and Cutlip Golf Design. Forse Golf Design, headed by Ron Forse, is a nationally recognized leader in the restoration of Donald Ross courses. “Forse Design is indeed honored to be a team member commissioned to rebuild and restore the historic 1927 Asheville Municipal Golf Course”, said Ron Forse. “We look forward to collaborating with a fine group of professional consultants and the City of Asheville to recapture the course design genius of the master architect Donald Ross for the Asheville and golf tourism community.” To support this effort and provide local insight, Cutlip Golf Design, based in Boone, NC, will collaborate closely with Forse and other team members on design implementation, and coordination throughout the life of the project. The project will honor the course's historic architecture and enhance its resilience by integrating ecological and engineering strategies. “The Asheville Municipal Golf Course is more than a cherished community greenspace—it’s a living piece of American golf history, designed by Donald Ross and deeply intertwined with Asheville’s Black heritage,” said Keith Bowers, founder, advocate, and practice leader of Biohabitats. “In the aftermath of the devastating floods, we’re honored to partner with the City of Asheville on a restoration effort that not only preserves the course’s historic design and cultural significance but also integrates flood resilience and ecological vitality throughout the landscape. By embracing nature-based strategies to manage stormwater and rising river flows, the city is helping to ensure Asheville Muni remains a beloved public space for the next century, while also restoring the Swannanoa River floodplain as a dynamic, living system.” Funding The City anticipates funding for the Municipal Golf Course Front 9 Restoration project to come from the FEMA Public Assistance program. As the City secures funding for overall storm recovery, it’s important to begin rebuilding where possible. Moving forward with this project will help prevent the further loss of taxpayer dollars, as the City currently bears the burden of net operational losses. Those costs average nearly $30,000 for each month that the 18-hole course is not fully open.

Oh good, davep knows his stuff . . . I missed it. (Red Sox on MLB this evening.) That's not one some Rulies memorize . . . we'd hate to get in wrong on the course. Most are not afraid to say, "Give me a minute, I'd like to look it up."

epoxy back in place just a small dab will do

Take a look at 2.2c. https://www.usga.org/rules/rules-and-clarifications/rules-and-clarifications.html#section=rules&itemNum=5&subItemNum=2

I had Tom Slighter build a center-shaft 500g low loft head for me about ten years ago. I built a long putter and putted side saddle for a time, then drifted to an unanchored conventional stroke, The Slighter didn't work for me, so a Yes Natalie servrd me well for the next few years. I began to miss left and couldn't cure it, so back to the Slighter and side saddle. 😉

Memorize this folks, it works: iacas said: "I think of it as the ball is always “in” something: in bounds, in the PA, in the bunker, in the teeing area … or in the green."

WHOBUD & BGURD it once was. 😉

That's it. Player's choice . . . replace the ball for one penalty stroke or don't replace it for two.

The R&A and USGA don't share your La-Z-Boy opinion.

I've been hitting out of divot holes from time-to-time for more than 60 years. And, I've been a referee for 15 years. You'll never hear me whining about divot holes. Man (or perhaps, lady) up!

I find them elegant and graceful. 😉

I fear for the future. ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — There are big plans ahead for the Asheville Municipal Golf Course. The golf course is set to debut a new disc golf course designed in collaboration with Chris Dickerson, a professional disc golf player and the 2020 U.S. Disc Golf Champion, the City of Asheville announced via a press release. The championship-length, 18-hole disc golf course will take over the front nine area of the Asheville Municipal Golf Course, featuring a par 61 layout with two tee pad placements per hole, the release said. https://wlos.com/news/local/new-disc-golf-course-designed-professional-player-open-asheville-municipal-golf-course-wnc-hurricane-helene-august-2025-front-nine

Mea culpa. It was hot and I was tired (and thirsty). 😉

I'll confess to late one afternoon in Georgia when the temp was about 95* and the dew point was about 75*, that faced with a ping-pong, I once said to the player, "Drop it over there." "Thank you, sir," she replied. (Her parents, who were following, seemed okay, too,) Go ahead, throw me out of the forum. 😉

One of the tough things about posting questions here is the difficulty, unless you've been around for awhile, is assessing the quality of the responses. There are some here who know their stuff and some who just guess. Good luck. 😉