Golf Course Architecture - Issue 62: October 2020

26 TEE BOX Fox Chapel Golf Club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has reopened its Seth Raynor-designed golf course after a restoration project overseen by Tom Marzolf of Fazio Design. The Fazio Design team completed a restoration master plan with the member-based committee in 2015. “We researched the history and found many photographs from the early days, and aerial photos from the 1930s that captured the holes and recorded the design features,” said Marzolf. “A strict restoration made the most sense. However, the club also decided to react to the improvements in modern club and ball technology. We decided to take the Raynor bunkers and slide them down the holes to the modern carry point. This allows the original design concepts to once again be relevant.” The project has included building 97 new bunkers to shapes as seen on the original design. “We have restored lost bunker features and locations on every hole,” said Marzolf. “Most notably is the Fazio Design returns Seth Raynor style to Fox Chapel Photos: Russell Kirk