prospective club member and there is a long waiting list to join. “It took about a year to do the Cypress renovation, but we needed three years of planning,’’ said Paul Fissel, Bonita Bay’s greens committee chairman. “Both of our courses there needed refurbishing to bring them up to a more modern era. Tom Marzolf and his team delivered exactly what he said he would — a golf course that plays firm and fast in conditions now that normally are soft and wet.’’ Tom Marzolf, a senior associate of the Tom Fazio team since 1983, directed the effort. Marzolf was well qualified, having done work on such nationally known Perforated pipe was laid underground to steer water away from playable areas and the tee placements were increased from five to seven per hole. One tee was added in front of the previous front set and another was added behind what had been the tips. “We wanted the course to play shorter (to accommodate older players), plus the (Florida) section pros play a lot of their courses as Oakmont, Merion, Winged Foot, Firestone, Oak Hill and Riviera. At Cypress the entire course was raised by 12-18 inches to improve drainage. Six new lakes were created and four more expanded, resulting in 200,000 cubic yards of earth being spread over the property. The fairways were widened, and new catch basins added.
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