Golf Course Architecture - Issue 63, January 2021

46 Global round-up TEE BOX Photo: McConnell Golf Photo: OCM Sandy Golf Links near Melbourne, Australia, is open for play. The rebranded Sandringham golf course, which lies adjacent to Royal Melbourne on one side and Victoria on another, was transformed by OCM – Geoff Ogilvy, Mike Cocking and Ashley Mead’s design firm. “Whilst it’s a shorter course, we have taken inspiration from its more famous neighbours and have built a set of greens and bunkers that we hope challenges a range of golfers and gives the public a taste of what sandbelt golf is all about,” said Cocking. Raleigh Country Club in North Carolina, the final golf course designed by Donald Ross, has reopened following a renovation by Kyle Franz. The goal of the $5.5 million project was to produce an improved course for players of all abilities and retain the integrity of the course that Ross designed and built in 1948. “We’ve tried to vary out the scale of the bunkers quite a bit, to where it’s reflective of the best stuff of Ross that I really like here in North Carolina,” said Franz. OCM completes redesign at Sandy Golf Links Raleigh CC reopens following Franz renovation