Posts Tagged ‘Course Profile’

This week is a special double course profile for designer Adam Benjamin, who has built an impressive and incredibly creative portfolio in The Golf Club. Here are his two highest rated courses in the Top 100 that I have played so far.   Oceanic Athletic Club Theme: Highlands Firm / Speed: Med / Fast Top…

Theme: Highlands Firm / Speed: Firm / Fast Ranking: 10th (March 2016)   Designer Showcase: T. Yeltzman   What was the motivating factor behind choosing Royal Lytham and St Annes to re-create? It All Started with links 2003 on PC and a Design by a Guy called Bill Bunning. I’ve always loved links golf and…

Kipahulu Reserve Theme: Tropical Firm / Speed: Med / Med-Fast (164) Top 100 Ranking: Debuts March 2016 (Expected Top 10)     Designer Feature: Henrik Sundqvist   What was your goal or intention for the course when you started? I wanted to do a jungle course set in a mountainous area, with ravines instead of…

Congressional CC Designer: Rod Simpson Theme: Boreal Firm / Speed: Med/ Fast Top 100 Ranking (February ’16): 5th     Designer Showcase: Rod Simpson   What was the motivating factor behind choosing Congressional to re-create? With the course having hosted US Opens and regular tour stops, it put it high on my list and also…

Tye Dunes Designer: Patrick Yates Theme: Highlands Firm / Speed: Firm / Fast Top 100 Ranking (February ’16): 4th     Designer Feature: Patrick Yates   What was your goal or intention for the course when you started? The course started life in HB’s 3 hole knockout tournament so it started with what I felt…

Muirfield 2013 Open Designer: T. Yeltzman Theme: Highlands Firm / Speed: Firm / Med-Fast Top 100 Ranking (December 15): 9th     Designer’s Notes: Muirfield. Home of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers   Located in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland, overlooking the Firth of Forth, Muirfield is one of the golf courses used in rotation for…

The Timberwolf – Olympia, Washington Designer: Andre Quenneville Theme: Highland Firm / Speed: Med / Med-Fast Top 100 Ranking: 8th (November 2015)     Designer’s Notes: Tucked into a small bay in Puget Sound lies The Timberwolf; an 18 hole, 7045 Yard Par 71 Championship Course and housing development. Featuring a wide array of tight, tree…

Pebble Beach Golf Links (blacks) Designer: Brandon Pugh Theme: Tropical Firm / Speed: Med / Med-Fast Top 100 Ranking: 7th (November 2015)     Designer’s Notes: I have been wanting to remake my Pebble Beach for a long time. After making Firestone, I felt pretty good with taking it on. Used a lot of the same…

Bison Run Designer: Brian Jeffords Theme: Countryside Firm / Speed: Med / Fast Top 100 Ranking: 6th (November 2015)     Designer’s Notes: Welcome to Bison Run! A place where the Buffalo truly did roam in their heyday. You could find Bison Run in states like Nebraska, Kansas, parts of Colorado or even Oklahoma. With wild…