The design philosophy of the new course revolves around creating holes that foster the match-play style of golf design while harnessing a player’s emotion of attempting heroic shots on each.
The next year, Shaffer entered the annual budget meeting to find a smile across the face of the board president.
There was no more important stretch on the calendar for Shaffer than the five days every year when he would defend his budget to the board. No matter how smart, how focused, how accurate, how lucky he and his crew were the other 360 days out of the year, if he failed during those budget battles, the season could become a lost cause.
Eisenhower enjoys longstanding designation as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary by Audubon International. For more than a decade, it has maintained sound practices in environmental planning, wildlife and habitat management, outreach and education, chemical use reduction, water conservation and water quality management. The redesign will also increase wetlands by 13 acres.
The Eisenhower Golf Course, located about a mile outside of Annapolis, near Crownsville, is named after President Dwight D. Eisenhower who was an [avid] golfer. The course has undergone a $5 million renovation and changed its name to The Preserve at Eisenhower Golf Course.
Over the last year, many of the local golf courses in Anne Arundel County were packed because golf was an outdoor activity that could easily accommodate social distancing and the threat of spreading the virus was significantly reduced .
In fact, data from the National Golf Foundation shows that the number of rounds played in 2020 were 15% to 20% higher than 2019. This year looks like another big year for golf and the demand for tee times will be high. But there is some good news as a very popular golf course is coming back to life after several years of renovations.