Golf pavilion dedication scheduled for September 7

Work is nearing completion on the new golf pavilion at the Forest Hills Golf Club, and a ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, September 7, at 4 p.m., to dedicate the facility. Hosted by the Forest Hills Management Committee, the ceremony will combine the dedication with an open house, at which time a drawing will be held for a set of $1,000 Titleist golf clubs.

“This will be a wonderful opportunity for people in the community to see the new pavilion and to meet the new general manager and staff at Forest Hills,” says Don Grantham, chair of the FHMC. “The outdoor pavilion is a great addition to the course, and I expect it to be used quite often,” he adds.

Landscaping and minor construction details are all that remain for the facility’s completion, says Therese Rosier, director of the physical plant. Ms. Rosier explains how the design of the pavilion progressed from a drawing on a napkin to the facility now under construction.

“There was no architect,” she says, “However, the overriding desire for the structure’s design was to maintain the historical connection with the earlier golf house. We have done that, as well as included some historical elements that tie it into ASU’s main campus,” she says.

“The president drew a basic design on a napkin in the general shape that he wanted. Then the builder, Greg Kirby, and I did the design as we went along. The president wanted to incorporate the stacked stone fireplace and brick floor from the original clubhouse into the design. I wanted to save the stone face of a second fireplace, and those stones are being used in the landscaping. I wanted columns to support the structure, and Greg suggested the possibility of using the columns from the old classroom buildings on the Walton Way campus. The bricks that were used to construct the column bases are the original bricks that formed the sidewalk from Butler Hall to the Chateau. ”

The light fixture was salvaged from one that was damaged during the construction of University Hall. With some modification, it was made into an accent piece. The bow and wreath being placed on the front of the pavilion is a duplicate of the one on the Maxwell Alumni House.

To expand the usable space of the pavilion, Ms. Rosier decided to add a large square block and grassed area and she based it on a photo she had seen in an old Southern Living magazine. The space actually doubles the size of the pavilion.

Alumnus David Hargrove worked on the landscaping design, and he suggested the incorporation of a small "A" in the sidewalk to frame out some flower beds. Ms. Rosier changed that to the giant “A” logo of the athletic department.

“So you can see how all this came together,” she says. “It was really a team effort.”

Topping off these historic connections will be the addition of one more link to an earlier time. The large Forest Hills Golf Ball, which identified the course for many years, will be located in a new place of honor near the pavilion. Club Car, which had removed the ball earlier for restoration, will have it ready for installation prior to the ceremony.

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