Royal Hague green renovation II

In 2007 Frank spent most of the summer restoring and renovating the second 9 greens of Royal Hague, a classic Colt/Alison design.

The operation was necessay because the greens originally had been built on clay and this had caused an impennerable layer after 70 years. All original green contours had accurately been measured by laser, and with most greens the main task was to rebuild them as acurately as possible. However in the case of greens 13, 15, 16 and 17 complete new Colt/Alision style green complexes were designed to replace earlier less succesfull renovated greens.

Another restoration aspect was bringing back the original Colt/Alison style sand faced bunkers that had been part of the original course but had over the years changed into gras faced bunkers.

The greens opened for play in summer 2008 and received critical acclaim.

Click here to see pictures of the greens before and after the renovation.