Sugar Creek Country Club in Houston, Texas, has partnered with Jeffrey D. Blume Limited golf course architecture firm to draw up plans for a course-wide renovation project.

The course was originally designed by Robert Trent Jones, and renovation plans includeregrading and regrassing of all tees, fairways and green complexes, as well asbunker renovations and improvements to the course’s drainage.

Construction of the first phase of the project will take place on the Trent Nine golf course tract, and will begin next May, running through to September.The project will also see substantial work carried out on the clubhouse facilities and recreational areas, and is estimated to cost in the region of US$2.5 million.

Gordon Wagner, general manager and CEO of Sugar Creek Country Club, told the Fort Bend Herald: “This is a very exciting time for our members and with the ongoing changes in the Club industry, we are committed to remaining the top member-owned Private Club in the area by adapting to serve and meet the demands of our members and the market.”