The January 2023 issue of Golf Course Architecture magazine is now available.
THE Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club in New Zealand, photographed by Gary Lisbon, is on the cover of the new issue of Golf course architecture. The club was formed following the merger of neighboring Royal Auckland GC and The Grange GC, each with an 18-hole course. Chris Cochran of Nicklaus Design has now completed a new 27-hole layout, with three contrasting but complementary nines, as well as new practice facilities.
In this issue we also ask: for what level of bad golf can an architect design? We constantly hear that course designers have created a layout to accommodate players of all skill levels, but is there a limit to how high they should go: a point from which to make a course even more playable is no longer practical and/or desirable? Golf course architects including Adrian Stiff, Phil Smith, Ron Forse, Robin Hiseman, Kurt Bowman and Tom Doak give their opinions.
Adam Lawrence Visits The Addington in London, England, which is undergoing a transformation by design firm Clayton, DeVries & Pont. We also profile Old Chatham in North Carolina, a “players club” renovated by Rees Jones and his partner Greg Muirhead.
He may have just turned 90, but Ron Kirby still works. He has just completed overseeing the reconstruction of the Apes Hill course in Barbados and speaks with GCA on his career in the golf design industry.
Elsewhere we hear Mike Clayton’s thoughts on the dark ages of British golf; our Tee Box section includes news of the designed by Gil Hanse Ballyshear Golf Links which opened at the Ban Rakat Club in Thailand; we speak with Tom Marzolf of Fazio Design on the renovation of the Cypress course at the Bonita Bay Club in Florida; and we hear Jeff Howes talking about his new development near Bucharest, Romania.
The January 2023 issue of Golf course architecture also comes with our GCA 2023 Green Pages supplier directory, which includes profiles of potential partners for your next golf design project. There are also project overviews from Art Schaupeter, Blinder Bunker, Laughing Waters, Rain Bird, Turf Irrigation Services, WAC Golf and ZLine Bunker Systems.
We hope you enjoy reading!
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