The July 2024 issue of Golf Course Architecture magazine is now available.
Our latest issue features the model designed by Kyle Phillips Stone Hill The course on the cover. The architect transformed a desolate piece of land north of Bangkok into one of Thailand’s best golf courses, as Richard Humphreys reports.
In our main feature, we examine the potential impact of legislation currently before the U.S. Congress that would extend copyright protection that exists for building architecture to golf course design. Adam Lawrence speaks with intellectual property attorney Mark Pearce and architects Forrest Richardson, Jim Wagner, Jason Straka and Robert Trent Jones, Jr. about What the Birdie Act Means for the Golf Course Design Industry.
Visit of Richard Humphreys Valley of the sedgesTom Doak’s latest creation at Sand Valley, which could convince American golfers that courses don’t have to be long to be great. “I always wanted to do something in the 6,000-yard range, like Swinley Forest, Rye and West Sussex,” Doak says of his inspiration for the Sedge course.
Adam Lawrence also takes a trip to Scotland to see Spey Baywhere Clayton, DeVries & Pont was tasked with transforming a very old golf course. “Spey Bay is an excellent candidate for a ‘flip’ because many of its green complexes offer compelling play in both directions,” says CDP partner Frank Pont. “When completed, both versions of the course will be significantly different but equally fun to play.”
Golf designer for almost 40 years, Brian Curley has certainly racked up more air miles than anyone in the industry. Adam Lawrence caught up with him between flights to chat about his career and his new venture with former Nicklaus Design partner Jim Wagner.
The issue also highlights the ten golf course architects that the GEO Sustainable Golf Foundation has recognized as its “Sustainable Golf Champions for the design solutions they have used to serve the broader environment, operational efficiency and local communities. Giulia Ferroni from Leeds Golf Design describes the intricacies of executing a masterplan and the skills required of a golf course architect.
Our “Report” section includes The Golden Valley Club in Minnesota, where Kevin Norby modernized and restored much of AW Tillinghast’s design philosophy in a century-old project. We also cover Florida Hunters Racewhere Kipp Schulties is overseeing a nearly $10 million renovation of the East Course; Sahalee Country Club near Seattle, where Rees Jones, Inc. has completed sensitive renovations ahead of the club’s hosting of the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship; and the North Course of The Quail Ridge Club in Florida, which is being rebuilt by Fry/Straka and NMP Golf Construction.
Elsewhere, our Tee Box section includes details of Tom Mackenzie’s ongoing renovation at Wimbledon Royal in Surrey, England; Trump International Golf Club Lidoan Ernie Els design course in Indonesia that will open this month; an interview with Jim Nagle on how he balanced restoration and renovation elements at Philadelphia CC and Meridian Hills CC; and how Golfplan brought the character of the Gilded Age to the East Course at Kasugai Golf Club in Japan.
There’s much more to read. We hope you enjoy reading!
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