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Greetings – I am Chris Charnas, Vice President/Golf at Canal Shores, and this is our next to last 2023 update on the course renovation. Thanks for the positive feedback on this series! We have completed moving dirt and putting seed in the ground, but the work to get the course grown in and ready to host golfers in 2024 is just starting. In the coming months KemperSports and our staff will be working tirelessly on all things turf, but we also will be developing operational plans for reopening the course and providing a terrific golf experience with an increased focus on our caddy program (Sponsored by the Western Golf Association) and youth golf development. The above photo is #12 looking west toward Ryan Field.
[Read more…] about Canal Shores Construction Update – Volume 10 (December 8, 2023)

Greetings – 124 days after receiving our permits from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation  District, The City of Evanston and Wilmette Park District –  Wadsworth Golf Construction finished their portion of the project this week.  I am Chris Charnas, Vice President/Golf at Canal Shores, after endless rains in October, I am still here – happy to report that  this is your final regular 2023 update on the progress of renovations at Canal Shores. In golf it’s not how you start, but it’s how you finish and we think that the last three (really four) holes are going to keep golfers coming back to Canal Shores again and again. The above photo shows, from bottom right counterclockwise, the finishing holes at Canal Shores (16, 17, 17b and 18). Holes #14 and #15 are on the left side of the canal, top to bottom.
[Read more…] about Canal Shores Construction Update – Volume 9 (November 17, 2023)

Greetings –  I am still Chris Charnas, Vice President/Golf at Canal Shores, and this is your regular update on the progress of renovations at Canal Shores. The above photo is of the three holes located at the north end of the course–holes 6, 7 and 8 (formerly holes 6 and 7). We think that these holes will be some of the most photographed in the Chicago area when we reopen next summer. We can’t wait to introduce golfers to the new Canal Shores!

[Read more…] about Canal Shores Construction Update – Volume 8 (November 3, 2023)

Greetings –  I am Chris Charnas, Vice President/Golf at Canal Shores, and this is your regular update on the progress of renovations at Canal Shores. The above photo is of the 30,000 square foot putting green (at bottom) and hole #1 (at top, just south of the Central St. bridge) The endless rains returned this past week and it slowed us down some. I did learn an important lesson–the Gator can still get stuck in the mud if it rains two inches over just a few days!
[Read more…] about Canal Shores Construction Update – Volume 7 (October 20, 2023)

Canal Shores Construction Update

Volume 6

October 6, 2023

Greetings –  I am Chris Charnas, Vice President/Golf at Canal Shores, and this is your regular update on the progress of renovations at Canal Shores. After what seemed like endless rains, the weather broke last weekend and Wadsworth kicked things back into high gear. The rain is good for growing grass, but bad for moving dirt. So it’s kind of a Catch-22 at this point.
[Read more…] about Canal Shores Construction Update – Volume 6 (October 6, 2023)

Greetings –  I am Chris Charnas, Vice President/Golf at Canal Shores, and this is your regular update on the progress of renovations at Canal Shores. The weather has been good with nice hot spells and some rain to help us grow in the grass on the holes where we have seed in the ground.
[Read more…] about Canal Shores Construction Update – Volume 5 (September 22, 2023)