"I retired in 1999 from a 20-year communications career," states Barb Mitchell, owner of the course. "For my retirement, I decided to combine my love of golf with my 15 acres of scenic Okanagan south slope."

"With 150-foot tape measure in tow I hiked the property for months, seeing in my mind people having fun on its 9-hole layout. Then I got the professionals involved to determine feasibility and it was a go!"

"Nearly 2 years and red tape later, the opening is planned for June or July, 2001. I'm grateful to my family, friends and colleagues for their encouragement of my dream. I can't think of a better retirement."

Course Information

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	Earth moving work began Sept. 5th, 2000 Before rough shaping can begin, the natural cover of grasses and weeds is scraped off with a John Deere 750 Crawler, exposing natural terrain shapes.
	The site's high-quality topsoil-called "Kalamalka Black"-is scraped and reserved for the Screening plant.
	With topsoil out of the way, shaping of fairways, greens and tee boxes begins.
	September 20th, arrival of the Screening Plant. The Screening Plant's 3/8-inch screen removes all but the smallest pebbles. Various sizes are recovered-shale and gravel will be used for paths, large rocks will line sumps connected to catch basins as receptacles for irrigation and stormwater. After its 5-day stint, the loader stayed another 2 weeks to re-deposit screened soil onto fairways and shale onto paths, following irrigation rough-in.
	"Coring" a green defines the shape of the future green, and provides a collar-like enclosure for its gravel base. Coring greens and constructing teeboxes, and regrading (following irrigation rough-in) continued for almost 4 weeks.
	Herringbone drainage takes about 2-3 days for each green. Pipe is joined and laid into prepared ditches. Gravel is spread inside the "collar" by a 450 Crawler until the core is filled. The greens drainage system is integral to the health of grass roots, and a good system allows water to drain efficiently throughout the root zone. It also benefits "playability", when all greens are consistent in how a ball rolls on the surface.