New App Feature: Post Directly to GHIN

Available for golfers with valid GHIN Handicap Membership (USGA)

Taking advantage of our digital scorecard to keep your score? Well now you can take it a step further and POST that score directly to GHIN. All you need is a valid GHIN Handicap Membership (USGA) and you’ll be able to:

Login with your GHIN credentials to Post a score directly from the scorecard feature when you have completed a round in the app.
This will post the Hole-by-Hole scores to your GHIN account, which is something GHIN and the USGA are emphasizing (this is assuming you’ve recorded hole-by-hole scores in the app).
You can view a history of recently posted scores via the app.
You can also see what their current Handicap Index is, which can change daily based on posted scores.
After your initial login to post a score, the app will persist access making future posting even easier!

Mobile App – Post Score to GHIN

2024 Season End Blog

From GM Craig Smith,

With the course closing for the season and the maintenance team continuing winter course prep, it’s time to look back on another year here at Enger Park. What a year it’s been!

Since the Fall of 2023, the course has been positively impacted by the planning and creation of a new irrigation pond, installation of a state-of-the-art Irrigation system and a cold-water trout stream restoration project.

Buckingham Creek Stream Restoration Benefits Native Brook Trout Population

The projects are part of a 3-year plan partnering with a collaboration of private and public agencies; the City of Duluth, Irrigation Contractors, and the MN DNR. I’m confident you have seen vast improvements to course conditions by having the course irrigation system fully operational.

Course conditions will continue to improve with another growing season and our ability to fully maintain all in-play turf areas. The only construction remaining are installation of irrigation on the practice facility and completion of the stream restoration project.

During this season, the promise of 18 holes of play throughout the season was fulfilled. Despite a few temporary tees and the stream restoration forcing changes on a few holes, we ensured every League and Outing continued without interruption, while still having plenty of tee times for the public and annual passholders.

I would like to thank our Superintendent Josh Krause and his team, who performed heroic work maintaining the course during the absence of irrigation, while being actively involved with the planning and construction processes.

As the off-season is upon us, planning is already underway for 2025. A new cart fleet and maintenance vehicles are ordered and other exciting announcements will be coming soon.

Lastly, I would like to thank everyone for showing us your grace, patience and understanding while we navigated and juggled the tee sheet to make things work. We strived for transparency and hope the impact on your experiences was minimal.

As the calendar turns to the holiday season, we wish everyone the best and look forward to seeing you in 2025!

Craig Smith, GM

FROM THE GM

As we prepare for another golf season, I wanted to provide an update at Enger Park Golf Course.

This has been an unprecedented spring with record-low snow totals and we understand golfers want to get out as soon as possible. However, we must ensure we are good stewards of the golf course while making sound business and operating decisions.

To satisfy the demand for golf during this early season, we have the driving range open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily – with the understanding that hours will be adjusted based on the weather conditions. We have implemented a 40-degree rule for both ambient temperature and wind chill. We will open and/or close the driving range if either of those temperatures dip below 40 degrees.

The course will remain closed until we are comfortable it can sustain play without incurring turf damage.

Clubhouse hours are currently 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., and hours may vary based on current operating conditions and weekends. We will expand hours as conditions improve.

Irrigation renovation progress

The irrigation replacement project has been underway since last fall. The main retention pond has been reconfigured and #18 on the Middle nine has been re-shaped. The contractor’s plan is to begin work on or around April 1 and to install new infrastructure on the Middle, Back, and Front nines in that order. Each nine’s completion is projected to take 8-10 weeks.

Additionally, the Department of Natural Resources will be performing creek restoration work this season and will coordinate their work with the contractor to minimize golf course conflicts.

Superintendent Josh Krause does not expect any significant winter turf damage on the greens and is looking forward to warming weather and soil temps rising. His team removed dead trees throughout the course and repaired the cart path culvert bumps on #4.

We appreciate your patience as we work through the construction this season. There will be 18 holes available for golfers throughout the season and we aim to have construction completed this year.

Stop by the clubhouse to get your 2024 Annual or Skyline Pass. We look forward to a fun and exciting 2024 season and hope to see you soon.

Craig Smith, GM

Enger Park Golf