Stunning Vistas, Great Golf at Newly Renovated Abbey Springs

tion in 2021 by Bob Lohmann and Todd Quitno, whose projects over the years have included Merit Club in Libertyville and Blackstone Golf Club in Marengo. Some of their work at Abbey Springs addressed lowland fairways that retained moisture following storms, while the project also involved expanded greens, adjusted bunker placements, and enlarged ponds to update the look, feel, and playability of the championship layout.

“Our golf course was always beautiful,” said long-time Abbey Springs pro Jack Shoger. “But after 50 years of the status quo, our membership wanted the course to compare in beauty, challenge, and conditioning to the best courses across Wisconsin.”

One huge advantage Abbey Springs has over most Wisconsin and Illinois courses is rugged topography that takes players up massive hills and down vast dales. While most of the front nine rolls gently from one hole to the next, the back nine dishes out extreme transitions from each tee to each fairway to each green. “The course is located on a really interesting property,” said architect Lohmann. “The dramatic landscape also meant that there were areas where water has historically collected. That issue needed to be addressed. On the 9th fairway, alone, we added four feet of soil to lift it above the wetlands.”

The end result of the renovation work is a course that maintained the character of the original design but has expanded tee shot landing areas as well as larger green sites and improved quality of the putting surfaces.

“Today, Abbey Springs is a shining star in Wisconsin’s prolific golfers paradise in the Lake Geneva area,” grinned Shoger. “Set among the rolling slopes of Geneva Lake’s south shore, rich in beauty, it rises to spectacular views of the lake and its surrounding hillsides. An outstanding 18-hole course with exceptional service, carefully manicured greens, lush fairways, beautifully tended trees, and wooded hillsides, it is a course of true championship caliber.”

“As the new and improved Abbey Springs reopened in Spring of 2022,” added Shoger. “Golfers throughout the Midwest are finding a golf course that retained its personality and playability, but with an array of new features—rebuilt bunkers and redesigned green complexes featuring state of the art “007” bentgrass.”

Membership packages include weekday, twilight, and 9-hole options.

To book a tee time or for more information on Abbey Springs, visit www. abbeysprings.org.