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There was a time when little courses, from pitch and putt to executive-type, meandered through rows of retirement homes at Ocean County golf communities. Nothing too intimidating, which was just fine for developers because they required less land and cost less money than championship courses. With increasing affluence continuing to catch the eye of the developers, things have drastically changed. Westlake features a golf course designed by the award winning architect Arthur Hills & Associates. The 18-hole, par 71 Westlake Golf Course is approximately 6,500 yards. Our Pro, Kevin Maciorowski lives in Neptune City and is married to the former Erin Ward. Kevin graduated from Colonia High School in 1985 abd got a B.A. in Communications from William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ in 1990. Kevin turned professional in 1991 and became a PGA member in 1998. He worked as an assistant at Suburban GC, Navesink CC and Spring Lake GC before coming to Westlake in 2005.
Our new assistant Pro, Tom McColgan, comes
from Middletown New Jersey. Tom
graduated from Middletown High School North in 1999 and received an A.A. in
Psychology from Brookdale Community College.
Prior to joining the golf shop staff at Westlake, Tom was the assistant
Caddy Master at Navesink Country club and an assistant Pro at the International
Junior Golf Academy located on Hilton Head Island. Arthur
Hills, a past president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects,
has designed more than 120 golf courses over a distinguished thirty-three
year career. Educated at Michigan State University and the University
of Michigan with degrees in horticulture and landscape architecture,
Hills takes a traditional approach to golf course architecture. His
reputation rests on the overriding sense of environmental responsibility
that he brings to his playable yet challenging course designs. "We try
to build a course that relates very carefully to the land," Hills says.
"We also keep in mind the strategy of golf and relate the requirements
of the game to the elements that provide beauty on a golf course - textures
and colors, shadowing and framing." In
keeping with his devotion to the traditions of golf course architecture,
Arthur Hills has been retained as a consultant on many of America's
classic courses: Oakland Hills, Inverness, Oakmont, Crystal Downs, Chevy
Chase and Siwanoy. Other
Hills' courses with national reputations include: The Hyatt Hill Country
Resort in San Antonio; The Champions in Lexington, Kentucky; and the
two Arthur Hills' signature courses on Hilton Head, The Arthur Hills
Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort, The Arthur Hills Course at Palmetto
Hall Plantation. More recently, Bay Harbor in Michigan, and the new
Ocean Course at Half Moon Bay Links in California. "We
always strive to design as good a golf course as we can," Hills concludes,
"every time we have the opportunity." |
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