Eagle Valley Golf set for new season

Staff Reports

With rates reduced from last year's, Eagle Valley Golf is gearing up for its best season ever.

Currently, winter rates are $15 to walk the East Course and $25, cart included, on either the East or the West Course. Golfers, though, will never pay more than $35, including cart, all summer long. Local golfers will notice a few more changes since last year as well.

The Pro Shop, now managed by Carson City native Josh Fitzgerald, has undergone a complete remodeling as part of the new roof construction. The check-in counter has been moved, a dressing room added, and new merchandise is arriving daily. The Eagle's Landing Bar and Grill, again under the management of Juanita Perry, will reopen for the season Thursday, March 4, serving breakfast and lunch with a full-service bar and snacks available in the afternoons and evenings.

Course Superintendent Jim Walter has overseen a weed abatement program on the West Course, which has cleared out the undergrowth among the sagebrush and the tall whitetop surrounding the natural springs on the course.

"Golfers will now have an easier time finding a ball hit into the rough and have a chance at making a second shot," interim general manager Mark Sattler said. "It should speed up play, make a round more enjoyable, and reduce the number of balls lost on that course."

On the East Course, 34 trees were planted through the donation-and grant-funded tree replacement program last year. Tentative plans for replacement of the driving range net destroyed earlier this year include using a lower fence and planting more trees to shield the range from the East Course.

New General Manager Tom Evart, who was hired by the non-profit Carson City Municipal Golf Corporation to manage the city-owned facility, will arrive this month. He will start work in mid-March, with a public forum held at the Eagle Valley Clubhouse on Thursday, March 25 from 5-7 p.m. For more information, call (775) 887-2380. (In the attached photo, by Jean Bondiett, a red rose

lies in the snow atop the wall in front of the Pro Shop, with plaques

commemorating trees planted in memory of loved ones)