49 escorted me from the age of 16 until university, where I studied landscape architecture and had a taste for greenkeeping on the side. Tom Kelly: I was a range picker, driving the little buggy around picking up balls while getting missiles hit at you from point blank range. It was great. On the same job I also lent a hand building a little par-three course at the range, although ‘building’ is a very loose term as smoothing out a few areas for greens was about as technical as it got. I was sixteen, it was my first part-time job. Alex Hay: It was in the pro shop at Epsom Golf Club. I worked for the then head professional Ron Goudie, I was paid five pounds per hour. That was pretty good in 1997! I was sixteen. Reda Chananne: Since 2015, shortly after I qualified as a civil architect, I have followed several trainings in the field of golf with the Royal Moroccan Golf Federation, notably in course rating. In 2018, alongside experts of the French Golf Federation I was invited to work on the Red course of Reda Channane, GolfDesign Morocco The first Moroccan to practice golf architecture, Channane worked with the Cabot Links Turf Team. Returning to his native country, he formed his own firm and worked with James Duncan and Cabell Robinson during the renovation of the Royal Golf Dar Essalam in Rabat. Jeff Danner, Richardson | Danner A member of both the European Institute of Golf Course Architects and the American Society of Golf Course Architects, Danner worked for Greg Norman Golf Course Design for several years before forming the firm of Richardson | Danner with veteran American designer Forrest Richardson. Alex Hay, Lobb + Partners After starting his career with European Golf Design, Hay moved to Canada to create a Canadian office for the firm Lobb + Partners. He completed the EIGCA’s vocational education programme while with EGD and, since moving to North America, has become one of the first members of the ASGCA’s new Associate Programme. Riley Johns, Rhebb & Johns Golf Course Design A Canadian who got his start working for Coore & Crenshaw on Cabot Cliffs, Johns formed a partnership with another C&C shaper, Keith Rhebb. Their work includes the acclaimed renovation of the Winter Park municipal in Orlando and the current restoration of William Flynn’s Rolling Green in Philadelphia. Tom Kelly, European Golf Design Kelly came to golf design through construction, working for leading UK-based contractor MJ Abbott for several years, before landing a CAD and design associate role with European Golf Design, the firm co-owned by the European Tour and by some distance the largest design shop in Europe. Angela Moser, Moser Golf Having worked for Tom Doak and Renaissance Design since 2011, Moser is currently in New Zealand shaping his North course at the new Te Arai resort, close to the architect’s triumph at Tara Iti. She has also worked with Gil Hanse, and has completed restoration projects in her own name in her native Germany. Contributors
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