A
s part of an intimate
golf resort blended
into the rolling Ra-
mona hills, San Vicente's golf
course is well known for its
beauty, serenity and immacu-
late conditions. But some of
its most frequent guests
never even pick up a club.
So it goes for the three
dozen wild turkeys, legions
of water fowl and other
birds, deer and even the occa-
sional bobcat that choose to
hang out on the
course for many
of the same rea-
sons that golfers
have migrated
there for years.
"It's just the general habi-
tat of the course," says Super-
intendent Pat Shannon. "We
have hundreds of old coastal
live oak trees and we're in a
flood plain, so it's a corridor
for birds and other wildlife."
Whether the wild turkeys
that congregate on the back
nine, the red-tailed hawks
and owls that nest in hol-
lowed-out oak trees, or the
bobcats that rear their young
along the 17th fairway really
care about course conditions
is doubtful. But they, like so
many golfers over the years,
do have a golf course they
can call home.
STAYING IN SHAPE
AERATION KEEPS
THE COURSE LUSH
O
ther than rustic its beauty,
one reason the Ted Robinson,
Sr.-designed San Vicente Re-
sort golf course has been attracting
guests since opening more than 40
years ago is its superior conditions.
Part of that is due to the overseeding
of the fairways the course initiates
every year in late September.
"This is a resort course,
so golfers like to see
green year-round," says
Superintendent Pat
Shannon.
But another factor is its
annual aeration of the
greens. This year, that process will
close the course on March 31 and
April 1. The result is less impacted
greens with increased irrigation flow.
That will translate into healthy, vital
surfaces and, just as important,
healthy soil beneath them.
What does that mean for golfers?
"True rolling conditions and consis-
tent speeds all around," Shannon says.
ANIMAL ATTRACTION
San Vicente is a natural habitat for an array of wildlife
Wild
turkeys
are
just
some
of
the
wildlife
that
call
San
Vicente
home.
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