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…
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…
Five years of careful planning and hard work resulted in the completion of an 18-hole high quality “pay-and-play” golf course project at Burstwick Country Golf in 2007. The first nine holes opened for play in 2004, followed by the second nine three years later. There are some really challenging holes, where water comes into play…
Breinholtgård is considered one of the best courses in Denmark, with 27 holes made up of 3 individual 9-hole courses, and a challenging 9-hole par 3 course. It was Jonathan’s first golf course design in Denmark, which he worked on with local building architect, Michael Møller. This beautiful site, sandy and free-draining with heather in…
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 golf course has been created on a stunning parkland site surrounding the Wokefield Park 18th Century mansion house. The golf course, designed by Jonathan Gaunt in 1996, formed part of a £7 million redevelopment of an already successful 200-bed conference facility where DeVere Venues now has its headquarters. The site is undulating with many…
Jonathan Gaunt’s first golf course, designed in 1989 when he was 25 years old, is operated by Crown Golf – Europe’s largest golf operator. The course was built by Golf Landscapes Limited and Jonathan was not only the architect but also site construction manager. There are 18 holes on the main course (6646 yards, par…
This 18-hole golf course is atmospherically set in Kent, “The Garden of England”, on undulating chalk downland and within mature oak woodland in view of Canary Wharf and the Queen Elizabeth Bridge crossing the River Thames. It is a private member’s course, designed by Jonathan Gaunt in 1994, set in over 150 acres of parkland…
Castleknock was built between April and September 2004 and opened for play in July 2005. The championship standard 18-hole golf course and practice facilities were built for Monarch Properties Ltd and Tower Hotel Group on land that was previously part of the Somerton House demesne, overlooking wooded backdrop of the River Liffey valley – now…
Ramside Hall was the largest golf development in the North-East of England when it opened in April 1995. The Prince Bishops’ course is named after the warrior clergymen who ruled over the lawless North from Durham Castle after the Norman Conquest in the 11th Century. The Prince Bishop’s course was one of Jonathan’s first major…
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…
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…
Twin Chapels Golf Resort Praha, is in the northeast suburbs of Prague (Vinor), capital of Czechia. It is the closest large-scale golf resort to the city centre and is being developed by Golf Vinor, a.s., a private company based in central Prague and the 27-holes course has been designed by Gaunt Golf Design. The site…
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…
This is one of the more unusual projects to be involved in. The Stejarii Country Club was already established and was developed by Ion Tiriac, Romanian ex-professional tennis player/coach and property developer. The Country Club was designed to attract people interested in high quality tennis, fitness, wellness, spa and swimming facilities, including those who could…
This 6-hole academy course is unusual in that it is located at the DNRC – the national rehabilitation centre for wounded services personnel. Previously, they have been treated at Headley Court in Surrey, however, a decision was made to replace this facility to move to ma more central location. The project is being developed by…
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…
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.…
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…
