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A week on since @EssexGolfUnion  won the Men’s County Finals, recap all the action and the best bits from @whgc1886 View the post “England Golf. Men’s County Finals Highlights. Whittington Heath Golf Club.

I’ve been building new facilities and features on golf courses using the soil importation method since 1988. This method of golf course construction has become increasingly  popular over the years – but what’s 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…

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 club’s 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. “Their 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. 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.  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 world’s great short courses. Now the product of MacKenzie’s handiwork – opened several years before he teamed up with Bobby Jones to transform a former nursery in Georgia – is being given a new lease of life through a multi-year masterplan produced…

Perhaps the best-known golf course architect past or present is 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…

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 flood embankment on the golf course at Handsworth GC to prevent long term flooding 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 year’s  2018 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. To get insights on what makes the event and course so fascinating — interviews were conducted with architects from different parts of…

Plans to extend the Leeds Golf Centre in Yorkshire, UK, are gathering pace. The centre’s owners Parklane Group have began formal discussions with Leeds City Council around the former’s intention to extend 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…