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Hanse wins Pinehurst project
Renovation
P
inehurst Resort in North
Carolina, has appointed Gil
Hanse, ASGCA, to carry out
restoration work on its No. 4 course,
and to build a new short course.
Hanse has said that he will be
“borrowing heavily from the look
and feel of No. 2, which Bill Coore,
ASGCA, and Ben Crenshaw so artfully
returned to the spirit and philosophy
of Donald Ross.”
Hanse and his team will look at early
photos of the Pinehurst courses, in
particular of No. 4, to gain inspiration.
“The original footprint for Course 4
is no longer in existence, so we will
not be able to replicate holes, but
we hope to draw concepts from the
original Ross plans and early aerial
photographs,” he said.
The architect confirmed the aim
was to “have the course completely
planted by August of 2018 with an
opening sometime in 2019.”
The new short course should be
ready for play by autumn 2017.
Rogers leads Quail West work
Drew Rogers, ASGCA, is leading
a major project at Quail West
G&CC in Naples, Florida. Work
is currently focused on the club’s
Preserve Course, and will shift to
the Lakes Course in 2017.
Davis begins Northwood project
A renovation of the Northwood
Club golf course in Dallas, Texas, is
now underway. The project is being
led by Tripp Davis, ASGCA, and a
team from his design firm.
Naples Beach course reopens
The golf course at The Naples
Beach Hotel and Golf Club in
Florida has reopened following
a series of renovations. Nicklaus
Design and Sanford Golf Design
collaborated to complete the work.
River Forest project completed
Greg Martin, ASGCA President,
has overseen a renovation of the
River Forest CC course in Elmhurst,
Illinois. Martin rebuilt numerous
bunkers and recontoured fairways.
Squaw Creek restoration project
completed by Colligan, ASGCA
Colligan Golf Design has
completed a renovation and
restoration project at Squaw Creek
GC in Willow Park, Texas. John
Colligan, ASGCA, and Trey Kemp
focused their work on the course’s
tees, greens and bunkers.
Mungeam renovates Fox Hill
Renovation
M
ark Mungeam, ASGCA, is
leading a renovation and
restoration project at the
Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter,
Pennsylvania.
The Fox Hill course was originally
designed by AW Tillinghast, and
Mungeam has used an original
routing plan and an aerial
photograph taken in 1938 to help
with his work.
Mungeam is restoring a number
of bunkers that have been removed
from the course since Tillinghast’s
original design, and is adding
new bunkers in selected places
to help improve the ‘strategy and
visual character’ of certain holes.
“On the eighth, for example, a
great Tillinghast approach bunker
had been removed fifty years ago
that I wanted put back, but I also
have added a right fairway bunker
on the inside of the hole which
balances the design and improves
the strategy,” Mungeam explained.
“A shot played near this bunker
provides the best angle to the
putting surface.”
Mungeam is planning to have the
work on up to 14 of the course’s
holes completed by mid-December
2016. The project is scheduled for
completion in May 2017.
Photo: Pinehurst Resort