Friday, December 17, 2010

Argue-Ment Golf Course in New Glarus will be in the 2011 Birdie Book Wisconsin's Golf Discount Book

You have a great deal to read here but please take the time.  If you have not seen or golfed the Argue-Ment golf Course you are missing out.  This is truly a unique course and atmosphere that I personally guarantee you will not get anywhere else.  When you are done taking this all in go to www.mybirdiebook.com and get your 2011 Birdie Book.  Take advantage of what this course and the Birdie Book have to offer.

Open since September 1st, 2000, the Argue-Ment Golf Course is set in some of Wisconsin's prettiest countryside, at the leading edge of the Southwestern Wisconsin glacial "driftless" area, between Belleville and New Glarus, one mile south of St. HWY 69 at N9603 Argue Rd.

Argue-Ment Golf Course is built as a golf only, 9 hole facility, with the intent of providing a high-value golf experience at an affordable price.  Our club house is basic, without bar or grill, but with indoor plumbing!  We maintain a modest inventory of basic golf supplies.  Snack foods are available, as are soft drinks.  Gas carts are available (The course is readily walkable!  We encourage you to do so.) as are rental clubs (Men's and women's full and partial sets, children's partial sets).  A grass tee practice area and a large practice green area adjacent to the #1 teeing area.

While the course topography is typical of the hills and valleys of the New Glarus area, all play areas of the course are designed to be accessible to single rider carts.  We have at least one single rider cart normally available for rental (please call to reserve) and will allow golfers who have specialized adaptive equipment of their own to operate it throughout the course.

You are welcome to bring your own food and beverages.  (Adult beverages require adult behavior).  If you are looking for lunch or dinner after your round, ask us for recommendation to one of the many excellent dining facilities in New Glarus, Belleville, or Monticello.

We have a picnic area with gas and charcoal grills available for your private or group use.  Group outings at a discounted price are possible Monday through Thursday, full price Friday through Sunday.  Shotgun starts are only available to groups Monday through Thursday.

We operate with the philosophy that a golf course should drape on the natural landscape the way a favorite golf sweater drapes on the shoulders. To the best of our ability, we used the lay of the land and its vegetation as the primary challenge.  Our course is not the typical North American park style course.  We follow a more European vision of minimal irrigation, naturalized "waste areas," and small greens with lots of movement...less is more.  The course changes with the seasonal rains, forcing the golfer to adapt.

The course design and construction was undertaken by the owners, extended family and friends, when available.  Bent-grass greens, bluegrass and fescue fairways and tees are used throughout.  It is, and always will be, a work of love (both of the land and the game) in progress.  We minimize all forms of pesticide and herbicide to enable as many people as possible to enjoy the course without fear of risk.  Currently, the course is nine holes, with unused portion s of the property still farmed in a corn/soybean rotation.  There is room for 18.  We are wrestling with the notion of expansion, i.e. can it be done without violating the core simplicity of what we are attempting to accomplish?

Five sets of tees are placed to allow an enjoyable experience for golfers of all skill levels.  The "way back" tees will give your game all it can handle, placing a premium on both distance and accuracy.  Standard, Executive, and Forward tees are available for less demanding rounds.  We do not have "men's" and "ladies" tees.  We call ours "Abili-tees."  Children are always welcome under proper supervision of adults.  They also have a set of tees, placed for their skill level.  WE do not charge for non golfing riders or walkers.  (Sooner or later they will be bitten by the bug and then we have them!)




 

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