The reconstruction of the Carlson Farm Course was a Donald Steel and Gaunt Golf Design collaboration. Donald was appointed in 2008 to prepare a complete renovation proposal for the Ellis Maples course, originally designed back in the early 1960’s. Greensboro Country Club celebrated it’s centenary in 2009 – having built it’s first course (The Irving…
I was approached by John and Sheila Newton in 1991 to design a new championship 18-hole golf course at Oakfield Farm in Brighouse, West Yorkshire. They already owned a 9-hole course and driving range which John had designed and built himself, along with his greenkeeping team. The Willow Valley Course is in a sweeping valley…
The original 9-hole golf course at Hennerton was built in 1992 but due to intense demand, the owner decided to extend the course to 18-holes in 2003. Securing approval for the planning application was the first of many difficult challenges, as the site is within The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in beautiful chalk…
This was a major redevelopment of the existing Dave Thomas/Seve Ballesteros designed 18-hole golf course, owned by Q Hotels plc. The contract began in 2007 comprising a 5-hole new construction (holes #4 to #7 and new hole #12) on land which had been used as sheep pasture for centuries and dense pine/birch/oak woodland on a…