{"id":211800,"date":"2015-10-06T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=211800"},"modified":"2015-10-06T06:00:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T20:00:19","slug":"mcc-back-to-normal-expects-large-korean-group-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcc-back-to-normal-expects-large-korean-group-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"MCC back to normal, expects large Korean group next week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mariana Country Club operations manager Palik Thomson said that the Marpi golf course is ready to host a large group of Korean tourists after being closed for a month due to Typhoon Soudelor.<\/p>\n

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Two of the three flagpoles near the Mariana Country Club\u2019s pro shop are still bent more than two months after Typhoon Soudelor hit Saipan. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re back in business. Fully operational and we\u2019re expecting a large group of Korean tourists that will play here at MCC next week,\u201d said Thomson in an interview with Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people who we are expecting to play and made reservations in September are back. They rescheduled for October and we\u2019re ready to host them. We\u2019re going to be busy,\u201d added Thomson.<\/p>\n

Even individual golfers and local golf associations also returned to play at MCC.<\/p>\n

MCC was one of the four golf courses\u2014Coral Ocean Point Golf Resort, Kingfisher Golf Links, and Laolao Bay Golf & Resort\u2014on Saipan that sustained heavy damage when Soudelor hit the island last August.<\/p>\n

\u201cMCC was closed for two weeks after the typhoon. We needed to clear the fallen trees and other debris that littered the golf course,\u201d said Thomson.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter two weeks, we only opened nine holes and the next nine a week after. The entire golf course was fully operational after one month,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Thomson said they found out that MCC suffered minimal damage when they made the assessment a few days after the typhoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pro shop\u2019s building and some of the golf carts got damaged. Debris can be seen all over the golf course. Other than that, there\u2019s not that much damage,\u201d said Thomson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big trees, which were planted as part of the golf design were uprooted. These are big, old trees and were there since MCC opened. Maybe the fallen trees can be part of the hazards on the course,\u201d Thomson said with a laugh.<\/p>\n

MCC, a Toshio Suzuki-designed layout located in Saipan\u2019s northern side in Marpi, lost an estimated revenue of about $50,000 in the one month it was closed.<\/p>\n

Construction of MCC began in the late 1970s and the first nine holes opened in 1980 and the entire 18-hole course, which has water hazards around the green at holes No. 5 and 6, was fully operational two years later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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