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A
restoration of the golf course
at Park Country Club in the
Buffalo suburb of Williamsville,
New York, is nearing completion.
The course was originally designed
by the Colt & Alison design firm, and
hosted the 1934 PGA Championships.
The current project is being led by golf
course architect Ian Andrew, ASGCA.
Andrew has developed a new
masterplan for the 18 holes, with the
aim of restoring “the massive scale of
the course.”
The final phase, which is currently
taking place, is the restoration of the
course’s bunkering. Many of the steep
interior slopes, in line with the original
design, will be reintroduced.
The restoration of Park CC will be
completed in spring 2017.
A
major project will kick off early next year at the
Southern Hills Golf Club near Liberty City, Texas.
The club’s course will close in January 2017
for a major redesign led by ASGCA Past President Jeff
Brauer, ASGCA.
An area of land to the southeast of the existing course,
currently covered in forest, will be repurposed. Six
entirely new holes, which will play as holes 11-to-16 on
the revised layout, will be developed on this area, which
will also accommodate more than 100 quarter-acre real
estate lots.
Holes 11 and 16 will play around an existing lake,
while the new 13th hole will become the longest on the
course, a 594-yard par five.
A number of new holes will be developed over the
existing course, although the six opening holes will
remain as they currently stand, but with renovations to
improve their playability.
A new driving range and practice area will be
constructed towards the north of the site.
The club will change its name from Southern Hills
Golf Club to Tempest Golf Club upon its reopening,
which is currently scheduled for October 2017.
DIGEST
Brauer, ASGCA, leads
redesign at Texas club
Redesign
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Andrew restores Park CC course
Restoration
Brauer’s new layout is scheduled to
open in October 2017
Many of the steep bunker slopes of the original
Colt & Alison design will be reintroduced