The plans for Old Sandwich’s Short Game Area call for renovating and improving the practice facilities in a variety of ways. The goals/key points of emphasis are as follows:
• Break-up the 1 large green into 5 smaller greens while retaining a similar overall footprint. (Re-use the approx 18,000sf of green sod.)
• Create more variety and usable areas around the greens to chip/pitch from without adding significantly more area.
• Simulate common recovery shots from the real golf course.
• Design should emphasize better practice habits and give more realistic feedback.
• With multiple other practice areas on property, the Short Game Area should provide greenside recoveries different from Driving Range.
• Develop a flexible routing where the Short Game Area could be used as a chipping or small par-3 course in afternoons or special events.
• Emphasize chipping, bunker shots and other recovery shots, not putting. Greens should run approx 90% standard or the main course or higher if possible.
Other notes:
We will invest significant thought and effort into creating five small greens that faithfully capture the visual, stylistic, and essence of Old Sandwich’s renowned Coore and Crenshaw design in the reimagined short game area. The objective of this redesign is to authentically replicate the intricacies, shot types, and even some nearly identical features from the world-famous golf course to provide a realistic and rewarding experience for practicing short game recovery shots. Agonomcially, the short game area has also been designed to match the course and use materials already available on-site wherever possible.
The area will feature mounds, swales, contours, and tightly mown turf to seamlessly connect the elements, allowing golfers to spread out and practice a variety of shots. Additionally, we will incorporate various bunker types found on the course, ranging from small ones like the example on #5 to the deep grass-faced bunkers that surround #5 green, and even the signature bunker on #7 with islands, each requiring different shot techniques.