If one could look beneath the bucolic settings, one would see the cancer-causing chemicals that lie beneath these golf courses.
If one could look beneath the bucolic settings, one would see the cancer-causing chemicals that lie beneath these golf courses.
Harborside International Chicago.
Original Chicago landfill reclaimed. I was there for the construction. Shaped the 36 holes on the landfill, dammed and drained a section of Lake Calumet. Hauled clay from the lake bottom and placed a 4' cap, added "new earth" from the Chicago waste water reclamation dept. and blended with sand from Indiana, traded for clay. Turned a three year project into two by a force of 40 plus heavy equipment operators working 14 hours a day seven days a week!
Lake dredge turned to new marina. Recycled onsite concrete to gravel for paths.
Nearly 500,000 dump truck loads of new earth and sand, not including the clay haul.
Impressive views to the city.
Settlers Hill in Geneva,IL (40 miles west of Chicago) is on a former landfill and has become an area favorite. It is an interesting combination of links and parkland.
The Home Course in Dupont is built on the old munitions depot from WWII and the site of the old fort. Fantastic views and there are bunkers and rail line from the old fort and factory on the grounds. It has also hosted the US men's amateur and US womens publinks championships. Aside from being the home of Washington's golf organizations such as the WSGA and USGA.
City of Industry near LA has the Eisenhower and Babe courses on site of old landfill. Both interesting tracks.
I was just looking to comment on these very tough courses where my family used to dump our trash. I've played both courses in the early eighties and they kicked my butt. Both are beautiful and well maintained courses. The whole facility is powered by the fermentation of the garbage below the fairways.
Thanks Dale; made that change.
Skyway Golf Course was designed by Roy Case and associate Jeff Grossman.
The Golf Club at Newcastle in the Bellevue area of WA was built on a landfill which had been a coal mine before that. The two courses are beautiful and challenging, but it is the amazing views of Bellevue, Lake Washington, Seattle, and the Olympic Mountains that sell the course for me. And if you are with the family and they don't want to play golf, the clubhouse is spectacular. The 44,000 square foot building has an elegant restaurant and banquet facilities and also takes advantage of the views.
I will second Iron Valley in Lebanon, PA one of my favorite courses anywhere with awesome views of the valley below, huge elevation changes, and some pretty tricky greens. One of the water hazards on the front 9 is actually an old mine shaft filled with water and they have a depth gauge that usually reads well over 800 feet. Great course and thought it might make this list.
Three Crowns in Casper WY an old Standard Oil refinery site.
