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City highlights golf course anniversaries, renovations and youth engagement
Summary
Parks staff reviewed operations at Wood Creek and Diamond Oaks golf courses, recent bunker and turf projects, youth and high-school usage, and upcoming anniversary events.
City recreation staff presented a spotlight on Roseville’s two municipal golf courses—Wood Creek and Diamond Oaks—at the May 5 Parks and Recreation Commission meeting, highlighting recent capital work, youth participation and anniversary programming.
Rob Nakamura, recreation superintendent overseeing sports and golf, said Diamond Oaks opened in 1963 and marked its 60th anniversary this year, while Wood Creek opened in 1995 and is celebrating its 30th year. Nakamura described recent investments at Wood Creek including a turf conversion to Bermuda grass to improve summer playability and a phase-one bunker-renovation project completed in September (reduced bunker square footage, relocated and reshaped bunkers, liners and porous drainage material). Staff said the bunker remodel reduced overall sand volume and eliminated 17 bunkers (down from 52 to 34) for maintenance and playability improvements; the project also included about 20,000 square feet of new sod and replacement of roughly 770 irrigation heads.
Diamond Oaks projects cited include driving-range net replacement, ADA ramp improvements, parking-lot resurfacing and irrigation upgrades. Staff said both courses together generate more than 100,000 rounds annually in recent years and that Wood Creek has nearly recovered to pre-2015 rounds while Diamond Oaks has remained steady at about 55,000 rounds per year.
Staff described expanding youth participation—clinics, summer camps and First Tee programming—and rising high-school use, with high-school rounds increasing substantially between 2021 and 2024. Nakamura said course operators stage events (the Mayor’s Cup and anniversary weekends) and that proceeds from some tournaments support PRL scholarships; staff reported more than $40,000 in scholarships awarded last year from ticket and sponsorship proceeds.
The presentation was informational; commissioners asked about bringing back community programming (movie nights, holiday events) and staff said operators hope to reintroduce some events as staffing allows. No formal action was requested or taken.
