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cant changes made by renowned golf
course architect Forrest Richardson and
Wadsworth Golf Construction were a 40
percent reduction in turf, which along
with improved irrigation methods will re-
sult in a 35 percent reduction in potable
water usage. The new footprint also in-
cludes 55 acres of protected wetlands and
10.5 acres dedicated to the Baylands Ath-
letic Center for future recreational use.
The par-71 (36-35) course plays 6,680
yards from the tips – three additional sets
of tees range from 6,110 yards to 4,821
yards – with Pure Select bent grass greens
and Platinum TE Paspalum turf in the fair-
ways and rough. Richardson took a course
that was flat as a pancake and inserted
mounding and undulation everywhere to
add challenge and intrigue, as well as im-
prove the visual aesthetics of the land.
Among the characteristics that make
Baylands Golf Links unique are the shared
greens on holes 3 and 15 (a complex that's
nearly 20,000 square feet) and the 14th
hole, a par 4 that has two separate greens –
so you could play the hole to the left green
on one day and then have a completely
different experience playing to the right
green on the next day.
"Those are just really cool features that
you're not going to find on a lot of other
golf courses," Molloy said. "It's such a
great and fun layout, and I think people
are really going to love playing the
course."
Weekday tee times at Baylands are
available for as low as $68 riding with a
Links Card membership (or $30 for super
twilight), and there are also Palo Alto resi-
dent rates and Bay Area resident rates in
addition to the general public rates.
Leading up to Memorial Day, the course
held a handful of private golf outings for
city dignitaries and VIPs, golf industry
representatives and media, and then
opened to the public with a grand-opening
celebration on May 26 that featured music,
food trucks, kids activities and golf demos.
The weeklong celebration represented
the culmination of a lengthy process to re-
make a course that had long fallen short of
living up to its immense potential. But for
local golfers, the wait for this thoughtfully
planned, well-executed total makeover
was well worth it.
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