27 European Golf Design has renovated the East course at Wentworth Club in Surrey, England. The 6,200-yard layout was designed by Harry Colt and opened for play in 1924, two years before the West course, which hosts the BMW PGA Championship, was built. European Golf Design has reinstated the layout’s heathland character and restored Colt’s original strategic values. The design team has referenced historic materials from the club’s archives for the project. Work included reshaping bunkers, revamping several green complexes, reshaping fairways and executing a woodland management programme. An overhaul of irrigation was completed by Toro this summer. “We are striving to make a classic heathland test even greater while recognising the original roots that have made the layout so iconic,” said Stuart Boyle, club manager at Wentworth. A new golf academy (pictured) is also in development and will include a parthree course, three indoor teaching studios, a putting studio, a short-game area and nine outdoor hitting bays. TEE BOX Image: Wentworth Plans for second Machrihanish Dunes course receive approval Golf development and management company Southworth has unveiled expansion plans for a new course at Machrihanish Dunes in Argyll, Scotland. The resort has the Machrihanish Dunes course designed by David McLay Kidd, two hotels, five restaurants and eight seaside cottages. The expansion, which has received planning permission, will add a second layout adjacent to Kidd’s course, an extensive golf training facility and practice area, a new hotel and 50 cottages. The new course will have holes on the cliff edge and will meander through rugged dunescape and into the foothills, offering a mix of long-range views, dramatic elevation changes and traditional seaside links. Tommy Southworth, president of Southworth, said: “The addition of another 18-hole links will help turn the Kintyre Peninsula into the next great golfing destination in Scotland.” The project has included input from the local community through contact and focus groups, with Legacy Golf Advisors and KimberGlen International involved in the planning application process. Photo: Courtesy of Azalea Group Wentworth restores Colt values on East
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