By Design – Issue 50 // Fall 2020

13 Search ASGCA on the below channels for more news: Bill Bergin, ASGCA @bergingolf The 18th at McLemore has been selected by Golf Digest as the best finishing hole in golf since 2000! We knew it was special and couldn’t be more pleased! Nathan Crace, ASGCA @lipouts More pics from the ongoing course-wide bunker renovation at @Theoaksgolfclub on the @MSGolfCoast. Coming along great! Personal note: Not the best decision to drive two hours for a site visit in 95° heat after 3 hours in the dentist’s chair... SOCIAL UPDATE Nicklaus Design to create new ‘golf enclave’ in Florida Hanse progresses with Oakland Hills renovation Centaur US Holdings has partnered with Nicklaus Design to create Panther National, a ‘golf enclave’ within a new private community in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. An 18-hole course will form the centerpiece of the community, along with a nine-hole par-three short layout. “What makes this project exciting is that the 210 acres available for the development has no restrictions to it, and we can create anything we want design-wise,” said Chris Cochran, ASGCA, senior architect for Nicklaus Design. The Reserve Club at Woodside opens new course The Reserve Club at Woodside in Aiken, South Carolina, has opened its new Hollow Creek golf course, designed by Clyde Johnston, ASGCA. The course gets its name from the 110-acre nature preserve that is adjacent to it. “The golf course is sited on rolling-to-slightly hilly land, which gave me the opportunity to create some nice views with downhill shots to some fairways and greens,” said Johnston. Photo: The Reserve Club Golf Course Architecture @ gcamagazine Kyle Phillips renovates 14 holes at Verdura Resort following freak flood Photo: Mike Mulholland / MLive.com Gil Hanse, ASGCA, is progressing with a renovation of the South course at Oakland Hills Country Club in Michigan, ahead of a planned reopening in July 2021. The club’s goals include getting the course back to looking more like its original Donald Ross design, providing a test for the best players in the hopes of hosting a major tournament, and making it more playable for the members. Head professional Steve Brady said: “In the Midwest this will probably be the place to be, I’d say.”