Play
When I was a kid, all I wanted to do was to go outside and play. When I discovered golf, I was amazed that such a large parcel of land would be devoted to a game. It’s a safe space where it’s okay to be excited about a good shot, to curse a bad one, to laugh at your friends, and to revel in the beauty of nature.
Designing and building a golf course is another form of play. I never feel more energized than when working on the layout for a new course, and it seems that the more fun I have creating the course, the more fun it is for golfers to play.
Course of the Month
Pacific Dunes
Bandon Dunes Resort, Oregon
2001
St. Patrick’s Links
Carrigart, Co. Donegal, Ireland
2021
Gunnamatta Course
The National GC, Cape Schanck, Australia
2019
Memorial Park
Houston, TX
2019
The Mulligan Course
Ballyneal G & Hunt C, Holyoke, Colorado
2017
The Loop at Forest Dunes
Roscommon, Michigan
2016
Domaine du Golf de Grand St. Emilionnais
Bordeaux, France
2015
Tara Iti
Mangawhai, New Zealand
2015
Simapo Island
Haikou, China
2014 * closed 2015 *
Medinah Country Club, Course One
Medinah, Ilinois
2014
The Punchbowl
Bandon Dunes Resort, Oregon
2014
Dismal River – Red Course
Mullen, Nebraska
2013
Streamsong Resort, Blue Course
Polk County, Florida
2013
Old Macdonald
Bandon Dunes Resort, Oregon
2010
Bahia de los Suenos
Baja del Sur, Mexico
2009 * closed 2010 *
CommonGround
Aurora, Colorado
2009
Aetna Springs
Pope Valley, California
2008 * closed 2017 *
Rock Creek Cattle Company
Deer Lodge, Montana
2008
The Renaissance Club
Gullane, Scotland
2007
Sebonack
Southampton, New York
2006
Ballyneal
Holyoke, Colorado
2006
Stone Eagle
Palm Desert, California
2005
Tumble Creek at Suncadia
Cle Elum, Washington
2005
St. Andrews Beach
Rye, Victoria, Australia
2004
Barnbougle Dunes
Bridport, Tasmania, Australia
2004
Cape Kidnappers Resort
Napier, New Zealand
2004
The Rawls Course, Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
2003
Stonewall, North Course
Elverson, Pennsylvania
2003
The Sheep Ranch
Bandon, Oregon
2002
Pacific Dunes
Bandon Dunes Resort, Oregon
2001
The Village Club of Sands Point
Sands Point, New York
2000
Atlantic City Country Club
Northfield, New Jersey
2000
Apache Stronghold
San Carlos, Arizona
1999
Riverfront at Harbour View
Suffolk, Virginia
1999
Lost Dunes
Bridgman, Michigan
1999
Beechtree
Aberdeen, Maryland
1998 * closed 2007 *
Quail Crossing
Evansville, Indiana
1997
Charlotte Golf Links
Charlotte, North Carolina
1993 * closed 2015 *
Stonewall, Old Course
Elverson, Pennsylvania
1993
Black Forest, Wilderness Valley Resort
Gaylord, Michigan
1991
The Legends, Heathland Course
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
1990
High Pointe
Williamsburg, Michigan
1989 * closed 2009 *