That will be sumpin'. According to Mr. Grogan, the golf course at VOLB will be watered with seawater. Is this real. Can it be done? Doesn't he mean
salt resistant?
Never heeeeard tell!backninedan - 4-12-2006 at 06:11 PM
I will end up with a rusty putter, and corroded spikes.
Personally, I will never give a hoot about golfing in Baja.
eetdrt88 - 4-12-2006 at 06:36 PM
Phil C - 4-12-2006 at 07:18 PM
Hey! Golf's OK, why not? And I've already got a rusty putter. Whats to lose?Maybe there will be cabrilla in the water hazards.Sharksbaja - 4-12-2006 at 07:21 PM
Darn, if my wife sees this, I'll have a yard to mow in Loreto.....Don Alley - 4-12-2006 at 07:44 PM
Perhaps with this new grass LB would use a combination of water from their sewage plant, and the local brackish well water. I don't know if they have
active wells at Nopolo, but there is one at the LB nursery across the highway.
But as for watering with plain salt water, I think you would, in the long run, poison the soil. This would not be compatible with LB's stated goal of
increased diversity, I would guess.
If it were watered with saltwater, would it need to be mowed, or could they still use goats?
But anyway, golf shmolf. bancoduo - 4-12-2006 at 07:44 PM
It can not be done with out a fresh water flush or it will look like the salt works at G-NEGRO. This guy is full of chit. Where do I send my
check?:moon:capn.sharky - 4-12-2006 at 09:08 PM
I have it on very good authority that the golf course is being watered with blackwater from the septic tank at Loreto Bay. Don't ask for my source as
I will not tell you who it is---but he would know for sure. I would think you golfers would be well off to keep your balls in your bag lest you get
them crappy.tippytoestrish - 4-12-2006 at 09:26 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Pompano
Personally, I will never give a hoot about golfing in Baja.
my husband agrees with you about this comment, and your tagline...he says his fishing poles call to him all the time. he's also wanting to know WHAT
the tackle box is saying about fishing in Baja this summer, hmmmm????Osprey - 4-13-2006 at 06:45 AM
There must be some mixup here, some miscommunication. When LB plants all the trees around Loreto to "make water happen" the new rain forest effect
will flood the golf courses and the whole town. It's so simple. One of those "why didn't I think of that" sort of thing. I'm gonna ask em to plant
the same trees here cause it only rains about 4 or 5 days a year in our little village. A rain forest here would be great change. Maybe one over in
Los Barriles I could visit -- like going to the redwoods when I used to live in Las Vegas. Life is good.bonanza bucko - 4-13-2006 at 06:54 AM
At Alfonsina's every Memorial Day we have the annual Gonzaga Bay Open Golf
Tournament. People have been known t o show up in King Airs and Cessna Citations with $5000 golf tools.
But the "course" is laid out along the beach and across the runway and around the back bay. The "tournament" is always held on a day of high tide so
you have to swim between "holes." "Golf balls" are tennis balls so they will float and you can hit them with anything that works...an old broom with
no bristles works best for me. Each "hole" is laid out with a circle of white painted rocks and a "pin" which is a Occotillo stick with a rag held on
by one of the thorns. "Golf carts" are dune buggies with an umbrella and each one has at least two ice chests full of Pacifico. After nine "holes"
and at least 18 beers a good time is always had by all.
The guys with the fancy golf bags usually have a good time too but some have been known to fly off in a huff.
The "pins" usually get washed out by the tide but there seems to be a natural and permanent source for tennis balls washing up on the beach...lasts
all year.
GC irrigation
tehag - 4-13-2006 at 07:23 AM
All irrigation on the Nopol? golf course is from the 4 artifcial lakes on the course. These are fed from the "treatment plant" where most of Loreto's
sewage is "treated". I do not lick my balls on the course, nor do I recommend it. LB's sewage is supposedly handled by the same system.backninedan - 4-13-2006 at 07:37 AM
"Lick your balls" LOL LOLjerry - 4-13-2006 at 07:48 AM
hate to inform you but most gulf courses in the states are watered by effluent from sewage systems its the only way that some could exist
and it allso aireats the efflunet so the % of effluent running into streams and rivers is ok esspecally in the summer when rain is scarce
they scratch each otheres backs so to speak
dont ya just love my spelling?? jerryoladulce - 4-13-2006 at 08:51 AM
It's easy to breeze through your spelling Jerry.
I like the way you're separating each sentence on a separate line.
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itwilderone - 4-13-2006 at 10:40 AM
Some courses use the turf as a filter for the effluent where it will collect into ponds, then later, the water from the ponds is used. It's is a
sensitive balance of (1) the amount of water needed; (2) the irrigation practices(evaporation); (3) soil composition; (4) chemical buildup; (5)
control of fungi, insects, bacteria.
A much better course of action would be to use the natural topography and ecology for the design. Plant native grasses and plants (cacti, coastal
plants) for no-play zones; use boulders, rocks, gravels, other hard scape materials, for fairways; and sand for greens. Sand pits could be replaced
with ponds, with walking paths throughout. Why do you need expanses of green requiring watering at all? It's logical in areas where you can fertilize
and water a garden of turfgrass - but adjacent to a marine preserve in the middle of a desert? Why not design something really unique that is
integrated with its immediate locale? I'm not a golfer, but why wouldn't that work? Seems like a no-brainer to me.
At Alfonsina's every Memorial Day we have the annual Gonzaga Bay Open Golf
Tournament. People have been known t o show up in King Airs and Cessna Citations with $5000 golf tools.
