By Design – Issue 52, Spring 2021

17 The layout emphasizes the site’s mining history, featuring abandoned mine shafts, ruins and a rail line. Clark’s Cutalong layout includes an opening hole based on Robert Trent Jones’s fourth hole at Spyglass Hill, a par-four ninth based on Alister MacKenzie’s fourteenth green at Augusta, as well others inspired by the work of Harry Colt, Hugh Alison, ASGCA Founding Father Donald Ross, Tom Simpson, Old Tom Morris, William Flynn, James Braid, Pete Dye and others. Wide fairways allow for multiple angles of approach and are designed to play firm and fast. “All greens have a minimum of six strategic sections with plenty of pinnable areas,” said Clark. The design team also aimed to minimize earthmoving, which subsequently created a few blind shots, another feature associated with historic courses. • Location: Lake Anna, Virginia Golf course architect: Tom Clark, ASGCA Fellow www.acagolf.com Project summary: Tom Clark, ASGCA, completed a project that was 20 years in the making when Cutalong opened for play. Its holes are inspired by some of golf’s best-known classic designs, by designers including Donald Ross, Alister MacKenzie, Harry Colt, Hugh Alison, Tom Simpson, Old Tom Morris and William Flynn. Partners: Rain Bird (irrigation); Verde Sports Construction (contractor); Hydrolinks (irrigation); Gonzo Shapes Golf (shaper); Luck Stone (bunker sand); The Greenery Group (earthmoving); Green Corp (sod); Bridge Builders (bridges); AKB Concrete (cart paths) CUTALONG GOLF COURSE “ My original intention was to create another National Golf Links, similar to the great Charles Blair Macdonald’s layout” Photo: Mike Klemme