A week on sinceย @EssexGolfUnionย won the Men’s County Finals, recap all the action and the best bits fromย @whgc1886 View the post โEngland Golf. Menโs County Finals Highlights. Whittington Heath Golf Club.
Iโve been building new facilities and features on golf courses using the soil importation method since 1988. This method of golf course construction has become increasinglyย popular over the years โ but whatโs the reason for this? It offers golf clubs the opportunity to create new features and new facilities without having to spend any…
Scott was introduced to the game by his father, a talented golfer himself, at the age of ten, before the family moved south where they became members of Wentworth. Scott was off a 2 handicap when he joined Bernard Gallacher (who was Ryder Cup Captain at the time) and became a PGA professional. After becoming…
Prague City Golf Vinoล is in the northeast suburbs of Prague (Vinoล ), capital of Czechia. It is the closest large-scale golf resort to the city centre and is owned by a private company based in central Prague. The 27-hole course and practice facilities have been designed by Gaunt Golf Design. The site is, effectively,…
Selby Golf Club โ bunker remodellingAt Selby GC in North Yorkshire, Gaunt Golf Design worked with John Greasley Ltd on a total bunker remodelling project. The course, on sandy ground and free-draining course, was originally designed in the 1930โs by Fred Hawtree & John H Taylor โ and was later modified by Donald Steel in…
Jonathan Gaunt is under way with a multi-year renovation project at Cavendish Golf Club in Buxton, England, to be completed in time for the clubโs centenary in 2025. The club had been considering improvements to the course since 2011, when Gaunt prepared his first master plan for the greens committee. โTheir brief consisted primarily of…
A CHALLENGING TWO MONTHS Running golf design projects from home.. The past 2 months has been challenging, to say the least.ย On 20th March, while I was undertaking a site visit at Whittington Heath GC (an HS2 project), the clubhouse was closed due to the Covid-19 Virus Pandemic. This was the first direct impact of the…
Many UK courses, be they private, proprietary or municipal, are in need of investment. With the seasonal weather we have now become used to invariably, wet summers and long cold winters; golf courses are less attractive places to play.ย There are so many other outdoor sporting options for active people today and, in relation to…
Cavendish, sitting in the Peak District, has been hailed as one of the worldโs great short courses. Now the product of MacKenzieโs handiwork โ opened several years before he teamed up with Bobby Jones to transform a former nursery in Georgia โ is being given a new lease of life through a multi-year masterplan produced…
Perhaps the best-known golf course architect past or present isย Dr Alister MacKenzie. His work around the world, particularly in the sand-belt of Australia and on the Monterey peninsula, gains constant and growing acclaim. Also, each year his godlike status is further reinforced by the masses who tune in to The Masters held at Augusta National…
Dean Bailey heads to Ramside Hall to play the Prince Bishops Course Project:ย Ramside Hall Hotel & Golf Club
York Golf Club’s five-year plan to improve its Strensall course has attracted widespread approval. Project:ย York Golf Club
Itโs safe to say that the HS2ย railway scheme has beenย somewhat controversial sinceย it was announced more than a decade ago.ย There have… Project:ย Whittington Heath
The PGA EuroPro Tour has announced its tournament schedule for 2019 with five new venues bolstering the line up. Project:ย Linden Hall Golf & Country Club
Jonathan Gaunt MEIGCA was appointed to carry out a full review of the course. Project:ย York Golf Club Read the full article
Few holes split opinion more than the closing hole on Wentworth’s West course. Renowned architect Jonathan Gaunt has some ideas… Read the full article
EIGCA Gold Partner Rain Bird invited Golf Course Managers from the West Midlands region to Whittington Heath Golf Club in… Project:ย Whittington Heath Read the full article
We approached a number of established Golf Course Architects including Hawtree, who had done some minor works in prior years,… Project:ย York Golf Club Read the full article
The Czech Republic is the last of the four Central European nations in the Visegrรกd Group that we’ve visited in… Project:ย Twin Chapels Read the full story
Gaunt begins second phase of work at Blackwell Grange Blackwell Grange Golf Club in Darlington, England, has started construction work on a new short game area designed by Jonathan… Read the full article
Interview with golf course architect, Jonathan Gaunt (gaunt-golf-design.com): Can you detail what the project at Handsworth Golf Club is entailing? The environment Agency has proposed a ๏ฌood embankment on the golf course at Handsworth GC to prevent long term ๏ฌooding problems related to the River Tame at Perry Barr & Witton in Birmingham. This embankment…
Caddington Golf Club in Luton, England, has opened, following an inert landfill project that has extended the facility from 18 to 27 holes. The former Griffin Golf Club, originally owned by Vauxhall Motors as a facility for its employees, was purchased by construction firm McGee Group in 2008 and the project has seen the importation…
After a long 8-month wait since the PGA Championship crowned Justin Thomas the winner, the first major championship for 2018 is set to begin with this yearโsย 2018 Masters atย Augusta National Golf Club. To get insights on what makes the event and course so fascinating โ interviews were conducted with architects from different parts of…
Plans to extend the Leeds Golf Centre in Yorkshire, UK, are gathering pace. The centreโs owners Parklane Group have beganย formal discussions with Leeds City Council around the formerโs intention to extendย the current facility and create a multi-million pound golf complex and expanded driving range. Plans include the creation of a new nine-hole academy course. This…
