EDITOR'S CORNER

RANDY NELSON

I am not sure if all of you

s u p e r i n t e n d e n t s are glad that May is o v e r ,

but I for one sure a m . My crew and I have

been w o r k i n g in w a t e r o r wet grass for so

long that I n o t i c e d a few of them

d e v e l o p i n g webbed f e e t . We were also

d e v e l o p i n g a great rain t a n . You know the

kind o f tan where the m o r e w r i n k l e s you

have the b e t t e r you look. I also feel o u r

equipment m a n u f a c t u r e r s should develop

reel m o w e r s that are c a p a b l e o f floating

on a c u s h i o n o f air for j u s t such soggy

spring c o n d i t i o n s . S e r i o u s l y , this spring

w as so cloudy and rainy for so long that

when we did see the sun we thought we had

done something e v i l .

T h e only day I can remember in May that

was really warm and dry was our MGCSA

m e e t i n g at H a s t i n g s C o u n t r y C l u b . W a r m

y e s , but w i n d y . Even windy d o e s n ' t

d e s c r i b e it p r o p e r l y . It was so windy

that Brad K l e i n , s u p e r i n t e n d e n t at D e t r o i t

L a k e s , started out for work that day but

the wind started b u f f e t i n g his pickup so

bad that by the time he got it u n d e r

control he was in H a s t i n g s . T h e fifty

m e m b e r s who attended the m e e t i n g and

played golf were fiercely c h a l l e n g e d by

the wind and Steve S c h u m a c h e r ' s great g o l f

c o u r s e . Steve and his crew did an

o u t s t a n d i n g job preparing for o u r a r r i v a l .

Jerry C o m m e r s and C o . , (Cushman M o t o r s )

had t h e i r reliable line of C u s h m a n s ,

s p r a y e r s , and walk b e h i n d m o w e r s on

display until m i d a f t e r n o o n . The s u p p e r

b u f f e t which was excellent was topped o f f

by an interesting p r e s e n t a t i o n by Larry

V e t t e r from the N o r t h r u p King C o . ,

c o n c e r n i n g seed a v a i l a b i l i t y . Larry

informed us that b e c a u s e of poor w e a t h e r

c o n d i t i o n s seed g r o w e r s i n v e n t o r i e s o f

certain b l u e g r a s s e s and b e n t g r a s s e s will

be extremely short a g a i n . In a d d i t i o n ,

a n o t h e r w r i n k l e has been added to the

P e n n c r o s s b e n t g r a s s shortage as w e l l .

S o u t h e r n c o u r s e s have started to add

P e n n c r o s s b e n t g r a s s in with t h e i r ryegrass

o v e r s e e d i n g to develop b e t t e r putting

s u r f a c e s . I guess we can't b l a m e o u r

fellow s u p e r i n t e n d e n t s from trying to

improve the quality of t h e i r g r e e n s .

H o w e v e r , it j u s t m e a n s we as m a n a g e r s m u s t

plan well in advance for o u r seed n e e d s .

Looking ahead this m o n t h , we have the

o p p o r t u n i t y again to rub elbows with o u r

c o n s t i t u e n t s in the allied a s s o c i a t i o n s .

What I am referring to is the annual

M i n n e s o t a Green I n d u s t r i e s Expo at A n o k a ' s

V T I c a m p u s . I feel this event is a good

one to invite a few of my key crew

m e m b e r s to a t t e n d . They enjoy

s c r u t i n i z i n g the e q u i p m e n t and s a l e s m e n ,

and to j u s t get away from the routine to

r e l a x .

R e m e m b e r also o u r M G C S A m e e t i n g on June 16

at D e t r o i t Lakes Country C l u b . T u r f

Supply C o m p a n y will be sponsoring D r .

C l i n t o n H o d g e s as o u r guest s p e a k e r for

the m e e t i n g . If you haven't spent any

time around a resort c o m m u n i t y b e f o r e ,

give it a t r y . Call Brad and he will try

to a r r a n g e lodging for y o u . If you can't

spend the w e e k e n d at least come for o u r

m e e t i n g and a c h a n c e to play at the home

o f the annual P i n e - t o - P a l m T o u r n a m e n t .

See you t h e r e .

MINNESOTA'S GOLFING HERITAGE

SHATTUCK GOLF COURSE

by Rick C h r i s t i a n s o n

S u p e r i n t e n d e n t S h a t t u c k G o l f C o u r s e

S h a t t u c k G o l f C o u r s e is located in

F a r i b a u l t , M i n n e s o t a which is located

about fifty m i l e s south of M i n n e a p o l i s on

I n t e r s t a t e 3 5 . T h e golf c o u r s e is owned

and o p e r a t e d by S h a t t u c k - S t . M a r y ' s School

which is a t r a d i t i o n a l , c o l l e g e

p r e p a r a t o r y b o a r d i n g and day school for

g i r l s and b o y s , g r a d e s seven t h r o u g h

t w e l v e . T h e school was founded in 1858 as

an Episcopal m i s s i o n s c h o o l , and the

school g r o u n d s today c o v e r s 250 acres o f

land situated above the S t r a i g h t R i v e r , in

the n o r t h e a s t section of the c i t y . T h e

n i n e - h o l e golf c o u r s e totals 44 a c r e s and

is j u s t east of S h a t t u c k - S t . M a r y ' s m a i n

campus.

The construction of the Shattuck Golf Course began in the summer of 1927 and was ready for play the following year. The land on which the golf course was built was originally farmland, of which half was owned by the state (Minnesota School the Deaf). Most of the 44 acres were crops, except for a small section marshland located about in the middle the acreage. The land is rolling somewhat hilly in nature. The plot almost completely void of trees except a line of black sugar maples along west boundary, some willows in the middle section, an elm just southwest

for in of of

and was for the wet of

the willows, and an oak and hickory tree on the northwest edge of the farmland.

Shattuck was the golf cou course was direction of Class of greenskeeper MinneapoIi s at the White and assisted construction

a military school at the time rse was being constructed. The designed and built under the

C . W . NewhaI I, Jr., Shattuck 1923. Charles Erickson,

at the Minikahda Club, and Tom Vardon, professional Bear Club, St. Paul advised Mr. Newhall in the layout and of the course« Mr. NewhaI I 1s

father, Dr. C. W. Newhall, was the school fs headmaster when the course was being developed. The Newhalls were very instrumental in bringing about the construction of Shattuck's golf course.

Albert Turek was in charge of the actual construction of the golf course and became Shattuck's first greenskeeper. After building the greens, they were seeded with a mixture of Colonial and Washington creeping bent grass. The fairways were seeded with selected bluegrass after they were carefully prepared by frequent plowing and dragging. The contours of the land were not altered much and it remains an area of rolling topography. Some of the sand traps were built at this time. The course, when it was built, consisted of nine-holes, 3100 yard! 1n l e n g t h , § Par 3 6 . There isn't any water hazards on the course but because of the rolling nature of the course, strategically placed quite chalIenging.

small greens, and bunkers it can be

When the course was first opened, it was strictly a private course. Only the Shattuck cadets, parents of the cadets, faculty, and alumni were allowed to use

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the f a c i l i t y . A yearly fee of $20.00 was

charged to those playing g o l f . The

Shattuck varsity golf teams have been

competing with other schools since 1 9 3 2 .

Around 1936 the course was opened to the

public because of the rising cost in

operating and maintaining the golf c o u r s e .

Today the layout o f the course is

virtually the same as it was back in 1 9 2 8 .

Some of the fairway yardages are shorter

than they were because of the widening of

some of the surrounding city s t r e e t s .

Also a practice green was built around

1955 and that shortened one f a i r w a y , by

moving the tee closer to the g r e e n ,

because the practice green was built where

the old #8 tee used to b e . Some of the

greens have been enlarged but in general

they are the original g r e e n s . The course

still doesn't have very many mature trees

but in the last few years there have been

quite a few saplings p l a n t e d . Shattuck

Golf Course remains open to the public and

the golfers are charged a daily f e e .

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