Troon announces golf course renovations at Massachusetts club

The Cape Club (Mass.) by Troon, formerly Ballymeade Country Club, is in the midst of a major transformation, including extensive changes to the golf course, clubhouse and club amenities.

A new golf experience is being crafted as the original 18-holes have been transformed to create a totally refreshed golf journey. New tee boxes were added, fairways were widened and reshaped, putting greens and new green complexes were constructed, and each hole was enhanced with silica "Augusta-white" sand bunkers. Greens, green approaches and fairways were seeded with bentgrass. Roughs and tees were hydro-seeded with a rye/bluegrass blend. Outer rough areas were seeded with a drought tolerant fescue. Further golf course renovations include:
-- Dramatic changes made to every hole, including an expanded water feature on holes 9 and 18 that will present a challenging finish to each nine
-- Enhanced view corridors on fairways
-- New regular and forward tees added on select holes, plus new elevated back tees were created
-- Resurfaced and expanded tee boxes
-- All fairways were re-contoured
-- Completely rebuilt green complexes that were all reshaped and re-contoured
-- Addition of all new strategically placed fairway and green-side bunkers
-- Cart paths materials were created using white crushed stone to match the look of the Augusta white-sand bunkers

Changes to the golf course were overseen by Troon’s development department and Troon’s vice president of golf course development Ron Despain. Currently, Troon and the on-site Cape Club team are managing the final grow-in process.

“The new ownership of The Cape Club certainly had a vision to embark upon a complete turnaround of the project,” Despain said. “After three decades the original clubhouse and golf course were certainly in need of a ‘refresh’. The new clubhouse is amazing and the golf course is currently being transformed into one of the best in the region. Our goal is to create a presentation on each and every hole that encourages the golfer to enjoy both the beauty and strategy of the golf hole.”