Latest news and notes in golf course architecture. Foxburg, Weston, Terrravita

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Foxburg Country Club, which lays claim as the oldest continually operated course in America, has retained Ron Forse of Forse Golf Design to assist in restoring, preserving and updating architectural and infrastructure features on this nine-hole course that dates to 1887...

With his award-winning work at Michigan’s Meadowbrook, plus recent commissions at Olympia Fields (North) in Chicago and Mount Bruno in Quebec, Andy Staples has become much sought after as a restorer of Willie Park Jr. courses. He adds another to the list: Weston Golf & Country Club in Toronto...

One of the world’s most prolific design shops, Clayton, DeVries & Pont (CDP) has contracted with Vingroup, one of Vietnam’s premier development syndicates, to create the design firm’s first two courses in Vietnam...

Renovation work begins in the coming week at Terravita Golf and Country Club, a Troon Prive-managed private club in Scottsdale, Ariz. Veteran architect Phil Smith is contributing the design portion, with Heritage Links handling the construction. Smith, a longtime associate with both Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf, had his master plan approved in 2021, which revolved around rebuilding all 18 greens, resurfacing with Tiff Eagle Bermuda grass, adding and eliminating tee boxes, re-shaping fairways, rebuilding bunkers and installing a state-of-the-art irrigation system.  Billy Casper and Greg Nash designed the original course in 1994...
Read more:

https://www.firstcallgolf.com/design-notes/feature/2022-03-27/ron-forse-to-restore-foxburg-one-of-americas-oldest-courses

[MCirba]

Proud to be a small part of getting that started.


https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/cirba-mike-forgotten-foxburg-americas-oldest-golf-club/

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Foxburg:


https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/cirba-mike-forgotten-foxburg-americas-oldest-golf-club/

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Weston CC




https://www.westongolfcc.com/Golf

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Terravita




https://www.terravita.com/club/scripts/custom/custom.asp

[Joe Bausch]

Proud to be a small part of getting that started.


https://golfclubatlas.com/in-my-opinion/cirba-mike-forgotten-foxburg-americas-oldest-golf-club/[/size]

And you should be.

We sure enjoyed that day at Foxburg. 

How my eyes and camera saw the course:

http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/albums/Foxburg/index.html