At Trentham GC, Gaunt Golf Design worked with Profusion Environmental and their team on a total (56 in total) bunker remodelling project at this high-profile, Harry Colt designed, parkland course. Profusion has done an amazing job of completing the work on budget and on time – the Club is thoroughly delighted with the result. The…
In September 2016, Whittington Heath Golf Club was granted planning permission for a course redevelopment project that will enable the club to continue successful operation after the HS2 (High Speed 2) railway line is built. The HS2 route, which links London with Birmingham and the north of England, will pass straight through the clubhouse and…
In 2013 I was approached by Cornerstone Golf Consultants to discuss the feasibility of building a flood storage embankment on the golf course at Handsworth Golf Club. The Environment Agency was planning the construction of a flood storage reservoir within the flood plain of the River Tame as it flows to the north of the…
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 new 9-hole Eagle course opened for play in May 2001. The course was extended from 18 to 27-holes, to create an 18-hole layout of over 6600 yards, plus a new 9-hole, par-30, academy course which offers challenges to every level of golfer. The project was extremely difficult to get planning consent for due to…
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…
In January 2009, Gaunt Golf Design undertook a complete audit of the existing 18-hole course at Dyrham Park G&CC, which was originally designed by C.K. (Ken) Cotton and opened for play in 1963. A detailed hole-by-hole report was prepared, together with an illustrated masterplan, commenting on all aspects of the course and recommending significant improvements…
The new 17th and 18th holes at Wetherby Golf Club have now opened for play, designed by Gaunt Golf Design and built by NLS Contracts Ltd. This has enabled the course to have a dramatic par-5 finishing hole in close proximity to the clubhouse, with a view from the terrace stretching from green to tee.…
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…
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…
