This championship standard 18-hole private members course, set in over 200 acres of rolling Buckinghamshire countryside, was designed by Jonathan Gaunt and opened for play in September 1999. With thoughtful design of the golf course featuring and fairway shaping, together with an intensive drainage system the course is playable to a very high standard year-round.…
GGD undertook a course audit of the Harry Colt/Alister MacKenzie (and later Hawtree) designed course at Headingley Golf Club, which was established in 1907 and is set on a beautiful undulating heathland/moorland site to the north of Leeds. There are some stunning examples of Colt and Mackenzie’s finest work on bunkers and greens, however, some…
The golf course at Doncaster Golf Club has been in play since 1909 and it has . The golf course at Doncaster GC has a fascinating history. The course has been modified over the years by, in particular, two illustrious golf course architects – Alister MacKenzie and Fred Hawtree (with advice also offered by James…
This 18-hole course was designed and built by Jonathan Gaunt in 1992/3 on a compact site in undulating Surrey/Sussex “Weald” land on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The site presented numerous difficult drainage problems – running sand, heavy clay and limited topsoil, but the result is a stunning, strategically-designed course which…
Jonathan has been a playing member at Cavendish Golf Club since 2010. Since 2011 he has been on the Greens Committee and has been advising the club on course improvements, including drainage works, bunker remodelling and tee reconstruction. A course masterplan was prepared in 2016 with a view to continuing these improvements, aiming for completion…