Posts Tagged ‘Course Profile’
Course Profile: Oceanic Athletic Club / Promenade Golf Club
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…
Read MoreCourse Profile: Royal Lytham & St. Annes
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…
Read MoreCourse Profile: Kipahulu Reserve
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…
Read MoreCourse Profile: Congressional CC
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…
Read MoreCourse Profile: Tye Dunes
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…
Read MoreCourse Profile: Muirfield 2013 Open
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…
Read MoreCourse Profile: The Timberwolf
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…
Read MoreCourse Profile: Pebble Beach Golf Links (blacks)
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…
Read MoreCourse Profile: Bison Run
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…
Read MoreCourse Profile: Old Beaver Creek
Old Beaver Creek – Championship Designers: Bill Rader and Brian Jeffords Theme: Boreal Firm / Speed: Med / Med Top 100 Ranking: 5th (November 2015) Designers’ Notes: Old Beaver Creek is a course that I kind of picture in the mountain/hills of northwest South Carolina or thereabouts. Lots of foliage, a lovely lake with…
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