Wycombe Heights Golf Centre, operated by Burhill Golf & Leisure, is well known for its outstanding 18 hole Main Course, which was designed by former Ryder Cup captain and golf legend John Jacobs. Beautifully laid out on chalk downs and hills, the golfing challenge of this high quality golf course is every bit as enjoyable…
GGD was appointed in 2011 by The Parklane Group, a Leeds-based property developer of apartments and hotels in Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle, to undertake a full review of the 18-hole Wike Ridge course (originally designed by Donald Steel) and to put together a masterplan to upgrade all of the facilities. Leeds is the city where…
The design of this expansive golf course features three main characteristics: woodland, wetland and grassland (including some “desert-like” features). The result is a varied and memorable course for golfers of varying abilities, all within view from the golf villas, apartments and 5 hotels. In order to keep the golf course in play throughout the year…
Set in a secluded corner of Buckinghamshire, on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this short but demanding 18-hole course was designed and built by Jonathan Gaunt in 1993/4 on land which had previously been farmed as cattle pasture and orchards. The course, which opened for play in 1996, has well-protected, undulating…
The second course at La Zagaleta, is a 6,000-metre length 18-hole private members course, called Los Barrancos, loosely translated as ‘a rugged, mountainous landscape’. When first presented with this site in 2003 it was certainly one of the most challenging golf course sites in Europe we’d worked on, with a difference in elevation of almost…
The owners of Linden Hall Hotel provided Jonathan with the opportunity to create something really unique. Set in historic parkland surrounding the 18th century mansion house, now a 50-bed hotel and spa owned and operated by Macdonald Hotels Group. The golf course plays through a dramatic undulating landscape, home to a wealth of wildlife including…
The 18-hole course was designed in the early 1990’s by golf pro’ Patrick Tallack and is set within the magnificent grounds of the 320 acre Kenwick Park Estate, near Louth in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Best Western Kenwick Park Hotel is located adjacent to the course and offers accommodation…
This Jonathan Gaunt designed resort golf course in Brno, Moravia, is a first for the region. Challenging in its nature, the course features gently undulating greens, multiple teeing positions, numerous lakes and strategically placed bunkers – all surrounded by mature oak forest. The golf resort was built to provide sports and leisure facilities of the…
The new 9 hole course extension at Caddington GC, within the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is now open for play. This has incorporated the re-routing of the existing 18-hole course to create a new 27-hole golf course layout, designed by Gaunt Golf Design. It has been built by McGee Construction Group, based in…
Gaunt Golf Design were appointed to redesign the greens on holes #1, #2, #3, #4, #15 and #16, all of which had experienced long term maintenance and drainage problems. Following an in-depth site visit, we advised the club that a 3D topographical survey should be undertaken (to our brief), enabling the design work and measurements…