{"id":13105,"date":"2023-09-13T14:55:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T14:55:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T18:55:25","slug":"farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When we visited Scott Ramsay at CC of Farmington recently, he gave his colleagues from the Connecticut GCSA a peek at his new baby: a giant putting course styled after the famed Himalayas at St. Andrews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio mb-5\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Aquatrols on the Road: Country Club of Farmington\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sBgpKd5-mpk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe think it\u2019s a great way to give our members a new thing to enjoy, and it helps us offer one of the best practice facilities in our area,\u201d said Ramsay. \u201cThe membership worked with our golf course architect, Matt Dusenberry, to finalize the design, and then we did the construction over the past year. We planted some of the latest and greatest bentgrasses \u2013 including the Piper and Oakley varieties from Mountain View Seeds \u2013 and it\u2019s beginning to mature nicely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He doesn\u2019t treat the Himalayas course with his regular greens spray program because of its proximity to the river and his commitment to environmental quality across the property. \u201cWe keep the environment in mind in every aspect of managing the golf club.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The putting course opened in June, and the membership is beginning to love it. \u201cOur halfway house is one of the best in golf, and now more people are dining down here, hitting balls, and having fun on the Himalayas course. The kids love putting while mom and dad enjoy beverages at the halfway house. We\u2019re thrilled with how it turned out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6795 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas-768x384.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/512;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we visited Scott Ramsay at CC of Farmington recently, he gave his colleagues from the Connecticut GCSA a peek at his new baby: a giant putting course styled after the famed Himalayas at St. Andrews. \u201cWe think it\u2019s a great way to give our members a new thing to enjoy, and it helps us [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[289],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability - Aquatrols<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability - Aquatrols\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When we visited Scott Ramsay at CC of Farmington recently, he gave his colleagues from the Connecticut GCSA a peek at his new baby: a giant putting course styled after the famed Himalayas at St. Andrews. \u201cWe think it\u2019s a great way to give our members a new thing to enjoy, and it helps us [...]Read More... from Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aquatrols\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-13T19:55:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"aquatrols\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"aquatrols\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"aquatrols\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/968b6b6a55d4f6b571a247852ff1c55a\"},\"headline\":\"Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-13T19:55:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/\"},\"wordCount\":240,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Success Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/\",\"name\":\"Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability - Aquatrols\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-13T19:55:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/968b6b6a55d4f6b571a247852ff1c55a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/\",\"name\":\"Aquatrols\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/968b6b6a55d4f6b571a247852ff1c55a\",\"name\":\"aquatrols\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a17356dfef4715ff8642e606f357cb00ac51cecdc7a5e47cd47afdc6abaf923?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a17356dfef4715ff8642e606f357cb00ac51cecdc7a5e47cd47afdc6abaf923?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"aquatrols\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/author\/aquatrols\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability - Aquatrols","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability - Aquatrols","og_description":"When we visited Scott Ramsay at CC of Farmington recently, he gave his colleagues from the Connecticut GCSA a peek at his new baby: a giant putting course styled after the famed Himalayas at St. Andrews. \u201cWe think it\u2019s a great way to give our members a new thing to enjoy, and it helps us [...]Read More... from Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability","og_url":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/","og_site_name":"Aquatrols","article_published_time":"2023-09-13T19:55:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"aquatrols","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"aquatrols","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/"},"author":{"name":"aquatrols","@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/968b6b6a55d4f6b571a247852ff1c55a"},"headline":"Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability","datePublished":"2023-09-13T19:55:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/"},"wordCount":240,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg","articleSection":["Success Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/","url":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/","name":"Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability - Aquatrols","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg","datePublished":"2023-09-13T19:55:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/968b6b6a55d4f6b571a247852ff1c55a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Farmington-Himalayas.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/farmingtons-new-himalayas-course-balances-fun-and-sustainability\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Farmington\u2019s New Himalayas Course Balances Fun and Sustainability"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/","name":"Aquatrols","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/968b6b6a55d4f6b571a247852ff1c55a","name":"aquatrols","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a17356dfef4715ff8642e606f357cb00ac51cecdc7a5e47cd47afdc6abaf923?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a17356dfef4715ff8642e606f357cb00ac51cecdc7a5e47cd47afdc6abaf923?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"aquatrols"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com"],"url":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/author\/aquatrols\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquatrolscompany.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}