Pleasanton's Callippe Golf Course Management Recognized for Superior Environmental Stewardship

CourseCo, the San Francisco Bay Area based golf management and development company which oversees Callippe Preserve Golf Course in Pleasanton has been awarded an Environmental Leader in Golf Award (ELGA) for superior environmental stewardship at two Bay Area golf courses, including Callippe.

CourseCo was among 15 ELGA chapter award winners, and also took the national award for Metropolitan Golf Links in Oakland. The award was announced in Golf Digest Magazine and the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. It recognizes overall course management and environmental excellence in several areas including water and resource conservation, water quality management, integrated pest-management, wildlife/habitat management and education/outreach.

Callippe Preserve Golf Course was developed as part of a cooperative effort to create an 18-hole golf course, hiking and equestrian trails, endangered species habitat, wetland establishment, and dedicated grazing land. The golf course has also been a certified Audubon Sanctuary golf course since it opened in 2005. The course site is a protected habitat for the federally endangered Callippe Silverspot Butterfly and the California Tiger Salamander, and the federally threatened California Red Legged Frog.

About Callippe Preserve Golf Course

Located in Pleasanton, near the junction of highways 580 and 680, Callippe Preserve was designed by Brian Costello of JMP Golf Design Group to cater to a wide spectrum of players. There are five sets of tees on this par 72, with the black tees playing at 6,748. The blue tees measure at 6,409, then the white tees at 6,024 yards, the gold tees at 5,560, and the red at 4,788 yards. Players on this course will get a preview of the demanding approach to the 10th hole when making their way to the number one green. Varieties of terrain are spread throughout the course as the front nine is routed through the valley and the back nine sits on a higher elevation with the Happy Valley Creek winding throughout. Superior views of Mount Diablo fill the sky line to the north and incredible sanctuaries dedicated to the Callippe butterfly are displayed on holes 11 through 14.

Information submitted by City of Pleasanton

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