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hen John Conrad Golf Course that were previously flat now have in Midwest City reopens in gentle mounding and tilt to create more movement, particumid-July, golfers larly close to the greens. will have to learn their way But the big learning around again. The new greens at John Conrad in Midwest City were curve will come on the For one thing, the nines are reimagined completely by architect Conor Cummings. greens. Conor Cummings, transposed so golfers used to Cummings is hopeful golfers will embrace a design associate with Heckenplaying the tough opening hole kemper Golf, let his imagination and have fun with the greens as they learn dead into the prevailing wind soar in creating putting surfaces all the nuances. will now at least get loose before “How do you create an interesting and with a fairly dramatic amount of tackling what is now No. 10. fun golf course experience on a hole that slopes, rises and falls. The next thing apparent will Architect Conor Some have increased consid- has no bunkers?” Cummings said. “You do be considerably wider fairways Cummings has erably in size. Some are framed it with contour. Both internal (on the green) and the absence of hundreds of trees, many of which were added great inter- by mounding that will actually and external.” “The greens will be where your score is severely damaged in the freak est to the greens at assist the golfer if played corJohn Conrad. rectly. But once on the greens, made when we reopen,” said long-time 2021 ice storm and others which needed to be removed to reopen corridors it’s going to be a learning curve to figure head professional Larry Denney. “That’s and provide proper sunlight and air move- out the best landing areas, ways to ap- where all the action is.” The 007 bent grass greens will need to be proach and how all the myriad of putts one ment for healthy turfgrass. kept in the 8-11 range on the stimpmeter as In addition to the width, many fairways could face will break.
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