My biggest goal is to create a unique golf course that fits into its landscape, inherent its native beauty and offers a great experience for the golfer.

I spend most time on-site, understanding and responding to the landscape, fitting the golf holes into the rhythm and flow of the land, instead of supporting unnecessary earthmoving.

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While I am preparing plans and drawings, I believe that a reduced set of plans is enough. A site analysis, routing plan or perspective drawings are helpful to convey the message.

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Shaping the courses' most prominent features myself gives me the flexibility and freedom to refine the design as I work. From the first idea and pencil stroke to the last hand raking, I am proud to spend so much time on-site.

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Classic golf courses often go with trends or opinions. If they are not carefully measured, a course can easily loose its unique character and strategy. Restoration will help get the course back to its former shine, by re-establishing playing angles and corridors, mowing lines and bunkering.

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Researching the course's history and original architect often helps to find the approach and strategy of the existing holes, which might have been altered or slowly adapted through maintenance over a long period of time. On this basis it is possible to formulate and show a clear vision in a consulting report, that will point out which work needs to be done and a rough price estimate of the work, which all is presented to the relevant person. I am proud to work in-house with the superintendents and greenkeepers of the clubs, to keep the costs to a minimum.

Despite the heavy machinery, shaping is more art than science with the end goal to create something unique and beautiful that holds, engages the eye and challenges with strategy.

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It is a skill and craftsmanship to adapt to different design philosophies and styles, while the main focus is to accommodate the seamless integration and tie-in to Mother Nature, the creation of interest, playability and efficiency in maintenance, the form and shape will always have to follow the function.

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From the bulk bulldozer and excavator work to the fine contouring of a shovel and hand rake, every step in this creative process is taken to insure the best possible result and outcome.

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