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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - RFP - P782 CITY PARK NINE GOLF PROFESSIONAL CONCESSION (10)Sev...n golf pros apoly for By SEAN DUFF The Coloradoan Seven golf professionals, including two from Fort Collins, have applied to be- come the next head pro at City Park Nine Golf Course. A five -person committee is scheduled to interview the finalists Feb. 15. Jim O'Neill, the city's director of purchasing and risk man- agement who heads the committee, said Tuesday that he expects three pros to be named finalists and go through the interview process. "We'll try to get them narrowed down by Friday," O'Neill said. "We'd like to get down to three, but it de- pends on the point break If it's not a clear break, then we'll interview more." The candidates are Dan Bruntz, a former South - Ridge GC assistant pro and current concessionaire there; Jim Dargis, head pro 14, Recreation at Cattail Creek GC in Loveland; Greg Dillon, head pro at Shadow Hills GC in Canon City; Harold Garrison, a former City Park Nine assistant and for- mer head pro at Mountain Vista Greens GC; Mike Goff, a teaching pro at Mar- iana Butte GC in Loveland; Bob Haney Jr. from Suisun City, Calif.; and John Nor - opening at City Park Mir man Miles, director of op- erations at Quail Run and VanBerg Park golf courses in Columbus, Neb. Each applicant submit- ted a bid for the job prior to the Feb. 2 deadline. Each search committee member will use a point evaluation system for grading each proposal. "I think we have a good group of (applicants)," O'Neill said. Others on the search committee are Jerry P. Brown, the city's manager of golf; golf advisory board members Frank Blanco and Bill Rutledge; and a fifth person from a Front Range city whom O'Neill would not identify. This is the first time that a non -Fort Collins resident has been on the committee. The successful candidate also will be responsible for concessions at City Park Nine, the city's oldest course and one in opera- tion since the 1940s. Last year, there were 44,130 rounds played, the fourth - highest total on record. The golf pro chosen will replace Dale Smigelsky, City Park Nine's pro during 1997-2000. Smigelsky took over Jan. 1 as SouthRidge GC's head pro, although he continues to oversee the City Park Nine operation until the new pro takes over. 7 �o� see SPRING/Page D5 Texas Ranger- 35?3Gc. Iz, in Arlington, Texas. ,d `City Park Nine narrows pro field By SEAN DUFF The Coloradoan If all goes well, City Park Nine Golf Course will have a new head professional by the end of the week. Dan Bruntz, Harold Gar- rison and Mike Goff were the three of seven appli- cants asked to interview for the position with a five -per- son search committee. They will interview for 45 minutes to an hour apiece Thursday afternoon. "Subject to checking ref- erences, we should know something Friday morn- ing," said Jim O'Neill, the city's director of purchas- ing and risk management and head of the search committee. Bruntz has been through the interview process be- fore. The former SouthRidge GC assistant pro was a finalist for the head pro's job there in De- cember. That job went to Dale Smigelsky, creating the opening at City Park Nine. Garrison is a former CPN assistant and former head pro at Mountain Vista Greens GC. Goff, a teaching pro at Mariana Butte GC in Loveland, also applied for the SouthRidge job but did not interview for it. Jim Dargis, head pro at Cattail Creek GC in Love- land; Greg Dillon, head pro at Shadow Hills GC in Canon City; Bob Haney Jr. of Suisun City, Calif.; and John Norman Miles, direc- tor of golf at at Quail Run and VanBerg Park golf courses in Columbus, Neb., were the other applicants. The five -person search committee used a point system to evaluate the ap- plicants. O'Neill said there was a clear break between the finalists and the other applicants. "The consensus of the committee was that (the fi- nalists) all had pretty strong proposals and pretty strong backgrounds," O'Neill said. The professional chosen also will be responsible for concessions at City Park Nine, which has been in op- eration since the 1940s. There were 44,130 rounds played there in 2000, the fourth -highest total on record. The new pro will get a one-year contract that is re- newable annually for four years. Mickelson wins Buick in playoff/D4 thing to closed," he declared. 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The has yet to play a road game. that's the next step in the 'SU 70-69 while Nevertheless, Layer is pleased to be 2-1 in league evolution of our team" The downside to the rena, -67 Jan. 8 at play after being picked to Rams' early success is that The other finish sixth in a preseason the rest of the league has tak- played this coaches' poll. en notice. �n won by "You just try to keep working hard and try to "I think they're an out- standing team," acting Utah win on the ue, I think keep some perspective about what you've done," coach Dick Hunsaker said. "Dale Layer's done a really Mountain High School's Amy Mohr, right, vay from Thompson Valley's Erica Nielson basketball game Tuesday night at Rocky -obos beat the Eagles 49-33. good job with them" The key, Layer said, is that the Rams continue to improve with every game, even during a three -game losing streak Dec. 20-28, when CSU lost to Austin Peay State, the University of Colorado and Valparaiso to fall to 6-4. Those losses, Lay- er said, exposed some weak- nesses that ultimately made the team better. "When you improve, that's the goal, and then you take the results as they come," Layer said. City taking applications for City Park Mine pro By SEAN DUFF The Coloradoan Recreation The city has begun its search for a new head pro- fessional at City Park Nine Golf Course, and qualified pros have until 2 p.m. Feb. 2 to apply. Interviews of finalists ten- tatively have been set for Feb.15. The city hopes to an- nounce the winning candi- date shortly after that date. The successful candidate also will be responsible for concessions at City Park Nine, which was built in the 1940s and became a munici- pal course in 1970. An aver- age of 44,300 nine- or 18-hole rounds was played in each of the past two years. Dale Smigelsky, City Park Nine's head pro since 1997, left Jan. 1 to become head pro at SouthRidge Golf Course. "We mailed packages to everyone we had interest from in the last (opening at SouthRidge)," Jim O'Neill, the city's director of purchas- ing and risk management, said Tuesday. "We had four people at a prebid meeting Monday, and we mailed packets to 57 people." O'Neill heads the five -per- son search committee, which will select the new pro. Also on the committee are Jerry P. Brown, the city's golf manag- er, and Bill Rutledge and Frank Blanco, representing the city's golf advisory board. O'Neill would not identify the fifth committee member, saying only he or she was "from one of the Front Range communities that deals with god„ This is the first time that a non -Fort Collins resident has been included on the com- mittee. "We're just trying to make sure we're giving everyone a fair shake," O'Neill said. "We're trying to dispel the perception that anyone has the job locked up, which they haven't in the past." The two previous City Park Nine pros have taken other jobs at city courses. Smigelsky went to SouthRidge, and Jim Greer, City Park Nine's head pro from 1978-96, has been Collindale's head pro since 1997. 6(>LL)vZ�0AA)