He became superintendent of Atunyote in 2006, then senior superintendent in 2008, overseeing all golf courses, including two nine-hole courses, and resort grounds. “So I was here for the grow-in of the other two 18-hole courses, Kaluhyat, designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., which opened in 2003, and Atunyote, a Tom Fazio design that opened in 2004.”įalvo quickly worked his way up the ranks at Turning Stone. “I got my bachelor’s degree in turf management from SUNY Cobleskill and worked in Vermont for a few years before returning to my home base,” says Falvo, who grew up 12 miles from Turning Stone in Rome, N.Y. Fescue on the Turning Stone Resort Casino course treated with Segment. Falvo arrived at the resort a year later, starting as assistant superintendent of Shenendoah. Designer Rick Smith created a wooded Scottish links-style course, incorporating the area’s natural landscape. Though the casino opened its doors in 1993, the first golf course, Shenendoah, wasn’t completed until 2000.

Falvo oversees care and maintenance of all of the grounds, including landscaping along roadways and an indoor garden in the main lobby. Spread across 3,400 acres of rolling terrain, the property encompasses 72 holes of golf, as well as four hotels, a 125,000 square foot casino, a top-rated RV Park, a 1.2-mile walking trail and much more. “Three courses are Certified Bronze Audubon International Signature Sanctuaries, making Turning Stone one of only 74 properties in the world to achieve this status.” “To accomplish this goal, we’ve participated in the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program from Day 1 on four of our golf courses,” says Matt Falvo, director of golf courses and grounds for the resort.

Respect for the land dominates all operations of this central New York state property. Sustaining and preserving the vitality of the land is of cultural importance to the Oneida Indian Nation, owners of Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y.

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