(Above) Integrity Golf using a John Deere 210 to level the tees.
(Left) A Bobcat mini-excavator digging holes for landscaping.

Integrity Golf worked with Cook & Solis on the construction of the course’s water features. This state-of-the-art golf course will now boast seven lakes with a stream running through it as well. Integrity Golf installed the entire irrigation system on the course, which includes nearly 3,000 sprinkler heads and over twenty miles of piping.

Integrity Golf has a number of projects they are working on out of the state. The company has recently completed a remodel at the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas that includes a new practice course, driving range and a modified first hole on the main course.

In addition to the projects Integrity Golf has going in Las Vegas the company is constructing an 18-hole, Casey O’Callaghan designed course in Eagle, Colorado which is located near Vail. Work began on Saddle Ridge Golf Course in fall of 2006. Construction is currently on hiatus during the winter months. Integrity Golf will remobilize their crews and continue construction in the spring. Completion of construction on the course is slated to be done in the fall of this year.

Integrity Golf also is currently at work constructing the first of what will eventually be 3 courses in Redmond, Oregon. The first course is a Tom Doaks design and is set in a 2,300-acre development

Integrity Golf has a long history constructing and remodeling world-class courses. Last year the company completed a restoration project on El Niguel, a private country club in Mission Viejo. The project included the removal of several thousand cubic yards of material, importing 3,000 tons of new sand and installing over 100,000 square feet of new sod. The entire project had to be completed in 30 days. The company also remodeled the driving range at La Costa Spa. Remodel projects can often be more complicated than constructing a brand new course in a new development. Frequently while construction is being carried out for the remodeling the course must be kept open for use. It is easy to see how this would put in place a whole set of complications that just don’t come into play when developing a new site.

Whether it is a remodel or a new course construction Integrity Golf must employ a wide variety of machinery. The company brought in a 623 scrapper and D-6 bulldozers on the La Costa Spa project. A CAT 430D backhoe was used to dig drain lines at the El Niguel course. The company also used a CAT 287 skid steer to shape the bunkers at the course and a John Deere 210 LE to install a drain line on the renovation project. To be able to accomplish this type of work day in and day out Integrity Golf has 230 employees who are all highly trained technicians and operators.  

A big reason Integrity Golf is a leader in the golf course construction industry is the company’s ability to consistently deliver time and again. While a Jack Nicklaus or Tom Fazio design may be the blue print for construction, while work is being completed the course is in every sense of the word a work in progress. The contour and layout of the land plays a major role in how the course will be sculpted. A key concept in construction that Integrity Golf always employs is that the course must appear as if it was always there. The design may be the blue print, but the surroundings and terrain will always take precedence over the design. To be able to do this consistently it takes a company like Integrity Golf who has the know-how, experience and skills to perform a top of the line restoration or take an undeveloped area and transform it into a thing of beauty. Cc

(Top Left) Landscape irrigation valves. (Top Middle) Drip emitter tubing in the golf course landscaping. (Top Right) A hole for tree placement. (Above, L-R) Mario Hernandez, Superintendent; Bob Slocum, Superintendent; Elvis Daza, Landscape Irrigation Superintendent.