The man behind the re-opening of St George’s Golf Course believes the facility will give new life to the East End of the Island and allow players to experience the game ‘as it should be played’.Project manager John Kyle, a man brought up on Scottish golf courses, said the stunning views and walking-only rule gave the course a ‘back to the roots’ feel.And while he admits that the greens ‘are badly in need of water’, he said some rain would soon get the grass growing again.“We’ve done all the work to get the course open,” said Kyle. “The greens are badly in need of water, and we have put some water on them, but obviously water is a precious commodity in Bermuda. If we get some rain, I reckon in about three weeks we’ll get the grass growing again.”The course will be run in the manner of old municipal courses in Scotland, with no professional, and a small maintenance staff keeping the 18-holes in shape.“Very rarely do municipal courses have professionals,” said Kyle. “We’re doing this as a service for the community, and to try and stimulate some more business and activity down in St George’s.,“We won’t be having a professional, although there a couple of professionals that have approached us, and obviously if someone comes to us and says ‘I want a lesson’, then we will pass them on and they can deal with that privately.“This is golf back to the roots and also I think there is a definite green-tinge to it, if you want to look at that, on the basis that it’s good for you to walk.“The (Bermuda) Chamber (of Commerce) have found someone that we can outsource the maintenance to, so we’ve outsourced it completely. Obviously as the project manager I’ll be overseeing how things go on, but they know what they’re doing. But we’re trying to keep the costs as low as possible so we make it reasonable for everyone to play.”Although people have been using the course for sometime without playing, they will now be charged $60 a round. However, Kyle didn’t think it would be hard to persuade people that it was worth it.“I think every course you go to (in Bermuda) is different,” he said. “I think St George’s is a lovely small course, I’d suggest it’s perhaps hillier than most of them. I think the views are stunning, and that side of the Island is like going back in time, it’s one of the charms of St George’s.“I think everyone understands that to get a course maintained you need to pay for it. I don’t think we’re going to be inundated with thousands and thousands of people coming to play. That would be a problem I would like to have.“It’s quite a tricky little course. I’ve played golf for a long time, and I would say it’s probably one of my favourite courses because it is different. Every hole, literally, has a lovely view.”Kyle’s maIn aim in re-opening the course is to push the message that St George’s is open for business and worth visiting. He’s hoping the Island’s corporate sector will get behind the drive by taking up one of the $1000 corporate memberships.Bacardi have already got involved by supplying pins, flags and tee-markers for the course which was officially re-opened on Monday.