27 On the tenth, the valley has been raised and the landing area lowered. With the teeing area moved forward, the blind tee shot has been eliminated TEE BOX The sixteenth is now the longest par three on the course and has a new Redan-styled green “The fourteenth is the only bunkerless hole on the course,” says Mogg. “However, the green complex consists of more undulations, swales and runoffs to add interest and challenge” At the eleventh, the cross slope has been eliminated, a stream has been created, and the green has been shifted left to create a slight dogleg left at the end of the hole COURSE BLUEPRINT The Island course at Singapore Island CC The Singapore Island Country Club will reopen the back nine of the Island course in the second half of 2025, and renovation work continues on the front nine. The project is the last design work of the late Neil Haworth and is being overseen by Brett Mogg, a longtime partner at Nelson & Haworth. The aim is to improve the course’s playability, walkability and drainage, while retaining the course’s historical roots and character. Mogg says the course was previously “an old-style clay-based and cowgrass layout that had to often close due to wet weather.” Work includes reducing steep fairway slopes and unwalkable areas, sandcapping to help the course cope with tropical rain events, new push-up style greens with SubAir ventilation, and EcoBunker revetted bunkers. A new Toro irrigation system is also being installed. Key work relating to the back nine’s walkability includes filling valleys and lowering ridges on holes ten, thirteen, fourteen and sixteen (the carries have also been shortened) and eliminating steep slopes up to tees on eleven and twelve. Playability has been aided by the elimination of blind shots on ten and thirteen as well as the construction of new forward tees on most holes. Construction is being carried out by TEHC International, Centaur Asia Pacific helped deliver Profile Products’ porous ceramic for greens construction, and Primo Zoysia grass from Sports Turf Solutions has been selected for tees and greens. Image: Nelson & Haworth
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