![]() ![]() On both nines, the course runs among homes built on lots that Haber sold after developing the golf course. The course was in excellent shape and the greens got quicker throughout the round as conditions dried out and clothing layers came off. As Rhonda Mohr, captain of the women’s club and one of our playing partners observed, it’s time to layer up in the best weather of the year. in the October morning chill on a golf course that had been well watered in anticipation of warm days. There’s only elevation change on two holes so it is very walkable. It plays 6,464 from the tips wtih a slope of 128. The fairway bunkers now are rimmed with a wispy fescue that can easily swallow a ball that misses its target-sand is your friend in this case. They were replaced with woodchips and native plants.Įckenrode added many irregularly shaped fairway bunkers as well as some greenside bunkers and eliminated some doglegs. Given the challenging water situation, about 25 percent of the rough and nearby areas that were irrigated were removed. ![]() A key part of the redesign was removing lakes on several holes and giving the remaining lakes a facelift with rock walls. The course was originally designed by Robert Muir Graves in 1964 and was refined two years ago by Todd Eckenrode. It sparkles today with the mixture of the updated design that mixed elements of historic California ranch and Spanish colonial to complement what was done more than 50 years ago The lodge closed from 2009 to 2013 for a $28 million renovation. The golf club is an unusual holding for the firm, which owns luxury hotels in big cities, but it has run this property for 20 years. They owned and operated the golf course and lodge until 1997 when they sold it to Peninsula Hotels, the famed Hong Kong hospitality company. Building it involved a team that included his wife, Terry Haber, a former elementary school teacher, who brought her touch for aesthetics and design throughout the property. It was 10 years later when the owners decided to offer it for sale, he put together the down payment with help of investors. And lots of lakes carved into the flats and natural furrows. Koeppel’s book, “The Legend of Quail Lodge,” he quotes Haber saying, “All I could see was a golf course. He was a skilled amateur golfer and had played all the famous Monterey Peninsula courses including Cypress Point and Pebble Beach. The Carmel River ran right through the 850-acre property. Haber, for whom Edgar’s restaurant in the clubhouse is named, was a resident of the Carmel Valley when he saw the dairy land and envisioned it as a golf course. He bought an old dairy and converted it into a resort property that earned Mobile 5-Star awards 20 years in a row. Quail Lodge and Golf Club in the Carmel Valley has been a fixture on the Monterey Peninsula since avid golfer and businessman Edgar Haber opened it in 1964. ![]()
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