Golf Course Architecture - Issue 62: October 2020

43 TEE BOX The cover story of the latest issue of By Design magazine – produced for the American Society of Golf Course Architects by the team responsible for GCA – explores how small parcels of land can be repurposed to broaden club offerings. “Members love everything about it,” says John Burke III, director of golf at DuPont CC in Delaware, of the new practice area created by David Ferris of Sanford Golf Design. “The vision came together due to David’s ability to understand what we were asking for and then making the land work.” This is the fiftieth issue of By Design , and to mark this milestone, it sports a fresh new look and feel. Inside, editor Toby Ingleton (who is also the publisher of GCA ) reflects on that half century for the ASGCA publication. Also in the Fall issue, Jeff Langner of Profile Products provides an insight into his organisation’s role in the development of the Compass Pointe course in North Carolina, and Brandon Johnson talks about one of his favourite features on a golf course, the single bunker. To download the latest issue and subscribe to By Design , visit www.asgca.org BY DESIGN ISSUE 50 // FALL 2020 WATCH THIS SPACE How smallparcelsof land can be transformed to add anew dimension to agolf club Excellence inGolfDesign from theAmericanSocietyofGolfCourseArchitects ALSO: // Boar’sHead // CompassPointe // Turning50 THE SINGLE BUNKER Brandon Johnson,ASGCA, shareshisappreciationof a lone traponagolfhole Making the best use of small spaces GOOD READ Shady Oaks reopens following OCM redesign Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, has reopened following a redesign by OCM, the Australia- based design firm of Geoff Ogilvy, Mike Cocking and Ashley Mead. One of the motivations for the redesign was the bunkers – OCM had identified them as in need of being visually and positionally improved. OCM also completed some clearance work, including at the fifth (pictured), where they revealed a barranca and some steep rocky ground. “Golfers will still recognise the old Shady Oaks, but hopefully they see a more elegant golf course, with features fitting into the terrain a little more naturally,” said Cocking. “Golfers will definitely notice the more natural looking, artistically shaped bunkers but it’s their positioning that’s the biggest difference. Hazards have been brought further into play, forcing the golfer into making a decision – play short, skirt the trouble, or try and play over. There will almost always be a reward for playing closer to the trouble, with a better angle or shorter shot to the green.” Photo: Brent Doolittle