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Why We Need More Par-Three Courses
July 24, 2010
Short layouts are still out of fashion, but a revival could be a boon to the game—and also really fun
Mike Keiser, who commissions everything at the Bandon Dunes complex in Oregon as a golf purist's fantasy, is building a fifth course to add to his famous four. It's something you don't hear about much anymore - a par-three. Construction on the 12-holer, tentatively called "The Bandon Preserve," starts in February.
Uncovering Pinehurst #2 - Follow the Progress
May 26, 2010We're honored to have the renowned firm of Coore and Crenshaw Inc., working with us to return both the natural and strategic character to our championship No. 2 course.
Read moreNorthern California Coore & Crenshaw Project
May 22, 2010
Coore & Crenshaw associate James Duncan is exploring the viability of a new project in Northern California Wine Country, and visiting with prospective investors. For details, images and project information, please visit: www.goatranchresort.com
Ben Crenshaw returns to Colorado Golf Club for the 71st Senior PGA Championship
May 3, 2010He'll have ditched the mud boots and jeans for cleats and khakis, and have swapped his shovel for a driver. Yet the heart that went into building Colorado Golf Club figures to just as passionate when Ben Crenshaw tees it up at the 71st Senior PGA Championship. "He's extremely proud and excited to play a major championship on his own golf course," said Mike McGetrick, a founding partner at the private Parker club.
Read morePinehurst enlists Coore and Crenshaw to lead project that will return character to No. 2
March 4, 2010
VILLAGE OF PINEHURST, N.C. (March 4, 2010) – Pinehurst has signed an agreement with the renowned firm of Coore and Crenshaw Inc., to return both natural and strategic character to its championship No. 2 course. Work will be conducted gradually in 2010 without any closure to the course or to individual holes until mid-November.
The project’s philosophy is to restore some of the course’s natural aesthetic characteristics and to bring back shot values and strategic play originally crafted by Donald Ross, but that have been lost over time. They include returning sandy waste areas, native wiregrass and natural bunker edges; widening the fairways to play as they did in the era from 1935 to 1960; and reducing the amount of manicured rough by as much as 30 to 40 percent.
The project began last week, when the design team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw conducted its first planning meeting with Pinehurst executives and golf course management leadership.
Coore & Crenshaw to Renovate & Restore Pinehurst #2
January 3, 2010Work to begin in late February, 2010
Read moreGolf Club Atlas reviews The Club at Clear Creek Tahoe
November 3, 2009
A new review of The Club at Clear Creek Tahoe can be accessed at www.golfclubatlas.com
The Greatest Course of the Last 50 Years - Sand Hills
July 28, 2009
America's most celebrated courses — among them, Pine Valley and Pebble Beach — date to the golden age of golf architecture between the World Wars. The best course designed since then lies deep in the wilds of Nebraska.
It has been almost 90 years since Dr. Alister MacKenzie — the architect of Augusta National, Cypress Point and Royal Melbourne — set down his now famous 13 principles for creating an ideal golf course. The Doc's seventh commandment states: "The course should have beautiful surroundings, and all the artificial features should have so natural an appearance that a stranger is unable to distinguish them from nature itself."
Several modern clubs meet this criteria, notably Pacific Dunes in Oregon and Friar's Head in New York. But by the consensus of Golf Magazine's World Top 100 Course Ranking Panel, the course that best rises to the standard set by MacKenzie sits in Mullen, Neb., miles from anywhere. The greatest course of the past half-century is Sand Hills Golf Club.
Back To Work in Pinehurst
July 11, 2009
The Coore & Crenshaw crew is schedule to get back to work in Pinehurst on July 20th. Superintendent Toby Cobb reports that associates Jeff Bradley and Jimbo Wright will be in Pinehurst shortly and back to work on the final seven holes.
2009 Golfweek Best Modern Courses
March 16, 2009Coore & Crenshaw is honored to have 9 courses ranked in the 2009 Top 100 Best Modern Courses list by Golf Week. In addition, Coore & Crenshaw Associates, Dave Axland and Dan Proctor's course design at Wild Horse Golf Club in Gothenberg, Nebraska was Ranked #27 Best Modern Course.
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