Kokopelli Golf Club, in one of several ongoing moves to upgrade the facility, has named Bradley H. Schenck as its new head superintendent.
Schenck, 29, who has been assistant superintendent at Forest Hills Country Club (CC) in Clarkson Valley, Mo., outside St. Louis since 1999, has replaced Glen MacDonald. MacDonald returned home to Delaware last November, taking a position at Cripple Creek CC.
A 1995 graduate of Lafayette High School in St. Louis, Schenck received a two-year turfgrass-maintenance certificate from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., in 1999 and is one class shy of earning an associate’s degree in horticulture from Meramec Community College in St. Louis.
Rated among the top 10 golf courses in Illinois and named one of America’s Best Courses for $100 or Less by Travel & Leisure magazine in 2002, Kokopelli GC is one step away from “going to the next level,” according to general manager Glenn Watts. And, citing Schenck’s diligence and dedication, he expects his new superintendent to help take it there. “Brad will continue an aggressive campaign of reconditioning the course,” he said.
Schenck said the Steve Smyers-designed Kokopelli is “a great layout with all the key features to be one of the top courses in the region. It just needs a few improvements here and there and that’s what I’m here to accomplish.”
Schenck will rebuild many of the 90-odd bunkers on the course, installing new drains and sand, and placing erosion matting in some to prevent contaminations and minimize washouts.
The semiprivate Kokopelli Golf Club is located at 1401 Champions Drive in Marion. For more information or a tee time, call 888/746-0887, or visit
www.kokopelligolf.com.
