It had so many leaks in the roof and so much rotted wood that a trailer was being used for the pro shop. More than that, it needed a facelift. In stepped Ault, Clark and Associates and Curtis Strange. The one-time ugly duckling of Southeastern Virginia golf has been transformed into a course sharp enough and ultimately challenging enough for the prestigious Eastern Amateur to move there this summer while its own course, Elizabeth Manor, undergoes a restructuring. Take Victory Blvd.
Course is on the right.
But Strange can t help but rave about the finished product that he, Tom Clark and Kevin Atkinson have carved out. Clark is so proud that he intends to nominate the course for a number of national design awards for best new moderately priced municipal course. The first thing Clark and Strange had done was to timber 8,000 trees from the property. Next, they added six lakes and enlarged the two existing ponds on the property. But the trees overgrew it.