Whitley Bay Golf Club, one of the oldest clubs in the north-east of England, has completed a major course upgrade programme with the assistance of golf architect Jonathan Gaunt. The club was founded in 1890 and moved to its present location, only half a mile from the North Sea, in 1906. The course, which measures…
GGD has been advising Hallowes GC, one of the oldest courses in Yorkshire on bunker remodelling and re-alignment since 2016. It is said to have been designed originally by George Duncan, a Scottish professional golfer, who was also a golf course designer. His much sought-after professional teaching and swing analysis skills lead to him being…
Although it may sound as though this was doing work for the family, it was just an amusing coincidence. The original course at John O Gaunt GC was designed by Fred Hawtree and has continued to be enjoyed by it’s members and visitors alike since it opened for play in the 1970’s. However, in recent…
Fairhaven GC has an excellent reputation as an “inland links” on flattish land, interspersed with pines, gorse and heather. The course is listed by Golf World in ‘The Best 10 Open Championship Qualifying Courses’ and ‘Great Britain & Ireland’s Best 10 Opening Holes’. Fairhaven moved to its current location, in what was then Lytham Hall…
Cleveland GC has the proud boast of being the only true links course in Yorkshire and the oldest, too, having been established in 1887. The first competition was played on 4th June, 1887 and two rounds of the links resulted in a tie between A.C. Tofts and J Bastard. The course was said to be…
We have been advising Dunstanburgh Castle GC since 2016 on design improvements to a number of holes on the classic traditional links course. Our work here has involved working closely with and advising the young greenkeeping team during the highly successful BIGGA Bunker Camp, hosted by Dunstanburgh Castle GC every November. All construction work is…
The York Golf Club is situated on Strensall Common, 5 miles north of the historic city of York. The course is a blend of heathland and parkland, with undulating fairways and few artificial features. With the course measuring 6,290 yards (competition tees) and 5,627 yards (ladies tees) York offers a fair challenge to all levels…
Worplesdon was originally designed in 1907 by John F Abercromby and was later remodelled by Harry Colt. The club made the decision to proceed with a complete bunker restoration programme on the Surrey heathland classic course, over three years and the work, undertaken by Grassform Ltd, was completed in 2004. Using photographic records, Jonathan embarked…
The golf course at West Hill was originally designed in 1909 by Cuthbert Butchart and Willie Park jnr. Jonathan was appointed to undertake a full course audit in 1997, which led to a course improvement masterplan. The club embarked on a 3 year remodelling project which involved the reconstruction of all bunkers to a style…
This Jonathan Gaunt designed course was extended from 9 to 18 holes in 2000. It was built on beautiful sandy heathland in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in a region in North Norfolk known as the “Breck’s”. This area was heavily planted in the mid part of 20th century with coniferous forest, and as…