Golfdom, July 2017

ADVERTORIAL M aketewah Country Club is a short drive from downtown Cincinnati Ohio Built in 1910 Tom Bendelow originally designed the course and then in 1929 it was given an update by Donald Ross Its hard to compete with architectural minds like that and the course has pretty much stayed the same for more than 100 years According to Superintendent Ted White the courses finishing hole stands out among the rest and goes as far as calling it incredible Four bunkers surround the par 3 s green The front right hazard was recently added during a course wide bunker renovation and provides an extra challenge for golfers We normally put the pin in the back right so that really protects that hole now if you come up short says White Previously if you came up short there was no penalty and you just came up short in the rough After nine seasons at Maketewah White says that he has dialed in his spray program and relies on Syngentas fungicides Daconil Action and Secure to keep his turf healthy even when turf stress is high Im applying those products on my fairways and greens pretty much every two weeks says White Im able to push things farther and do more practices like double cutting and rolling Its helped and Im able to push the greens There have been two renovations during Whites tenure and the club has plans to complete one more phase in the near future During those renovations White says that the plant growth regulators Primo and Trimmit really helped him keep his course in peak condition when he had to focus on construction Ive been using Primo and Trimmit in combination on my greens and fairways and they definitely help with the stress says White That combination gave me more flexibility to take care of odds and ends on the back end of the construction process Ted White Superintendent Hole 10 Golfdom July 2017 Golfdom com