California Golf Club of San Francisco
San Francisco, California
In 2007 the California Golf Club of San Francisco, one of the Bay Area's oldest and most respected private clubs, was completely renovated under the direction of Kyle Phillips Golf Course Design. The original A. Vernon Macan design was architecturally restored within the current property boundaries, using 1927 as a benchmark, when Dr. Alister Mackenzie re-bunkered the course.
Del Paso Country Club
Sacramento, California
Del Paso Country Club celebrated its 90th anniversary when the new course redesigned by Kyle Phillips opened for play July 2006. Founded in 1916, Del Paso once hosted tournaments that included legendary players such as Sir Henry Cotton and Tommy Armour, as well as the 1982 US Women's Open. The architectural personality of the original course designed by Scotsman John Black has been maintained while regaining its championship status.
Dundonald Links
Loch Lomond Golf Club, Troon
This Kyle Phillips link course can be added to the list of Royal Troon, Prestwick and Western Gailes, all connected by the historic Ayrshire rail line. Making its debut when the world of golf comes to Troon for The Open Championship in 2004, Dundonald has already been mooted as the future venue for the future venue for the Scottish Open.
Golf Eichenheim
Kitzbuhel-Aurach
The majestic Wilder Kaiser or "Wild King" mountain range serves as the backdrop for the Par Five, Tenth Hole at Golf Eichenheim. This Kyle Phillips design is the site of the Austrain Masters and is already one of the top-rated courses in Austria.
Kingsbarns Golf Links
St. Andrews
Near St. Andrews, Scotland, Kingsbarns is a magnificent seaside links course ranked among the Top 50 courses in the world by Golf Magazine 2001. It also received Golf Digest's Best New International Course in February 2001. Kingsbarns opened July 2000 and began hosting the Dunhill Links Championship in 2001.
The PGA of Sweden National Golf Resort
Troup
Only 30 minutes from Copenhagen, Denmark and 15 minutes from Malmo, Sweden, this scenic southern location offers players a longer golf season. This spectacular facility features the highest quality golf and training experience in Scandinavia, consisting of two new Kyle Phillips Golf Course Design championship courses and a nine hole short course. The Links Course, with its classic links-style architecture and traditional fescue grasses opens for play in May 2009.
The Grove
London
Beautifully situated along the Grand Union Canal on the site of a 17th Century English Estate, this Kyle Phillips course has been designed in a traditional English style. This course is part of a 300 acre five-star country estate located within 40 minutes of London's West End.
Incline Village Championship & Mountain Course
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Located on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The Championship Course at Incline Village enjoys views of Lake Tahoe and the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains. Originally designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. in 1964, the course was completely remodeled by Kyle Phillips and reopened in the fall of 2004.
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Saturday, December 6, 1997
The Sporting Life
By Dave Wik
Invited as a special guest, personable Kyle Phillips of Granite Bay took advantage of the opportunity with a third-place among low gross honors at the annual California Golf Writers Association Tournament held at the Resort at Squaw Creek in Olympic Valley near Lake Tahoe.
But for Phillips, who posted two rounds in the 70's, his skill on the golf course was dwarfed by winning another prize with his real-life job - recently being commissioned to design the new Kingsbarns Golf Links, just seven miles from The Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland.
Established in 1815 as the Kingsbarns Golf Club, the abandoned nine-hole course is being redesigned by Phillips into a par-72, 7,175-yard championship venue.
"The course, which will be accessible to the public, has views of the sea from every hole, including six holes directly adjacent to the sea," said the enthused Phillips . "The site in many ways is reminiscent of Pebble Beach . However, the architectural style will be 100 percent Scottish."
What makes the assignment even more dear to Phillips is that it represents his first solo design since departing from the noted Robert Trent Jones II Group golf architect firm in Palo Alto in June. "It is an incredible opportunity, and pure joy for me to give this land the thoughtful attention it deserves," he said.
Since leaving the Jones company, Phillips set up his own golf course design office in Granite Bay , near the Granite Bay Golf Club, just outside of Roseville in the Sacramento Area. He previously served as vice president and golf architect for Jones for 16 years.
Phillips' work has taken him to more than 20 countries - on behalf of some 60 clients - throughout Europe , South America , Asia , the Caribbean and North America . During that time, he developed an appreciation for a classical style of architecture patterned after legendary golf course designer such as H. S. Colt, Alister Mackenzie and Albert Tillinghast.
With the Jones Group, Phillips designed more than 25 courses, several of which have been the site of professional tour events and national championships. In addition, he has developed a reputation for solving difficult environmental and planning problems through projects, such as Squaw Creek, widely considered to be the most environmentally responsive course ever constructed with two-thirds of the layout dedicated to wetlands.
Phillips graduated with national honors from Kansas State University in 1981, with a degree in landscape architecture. A single-digit handicap player, he was a member of the K-State golf team for two years and was runner-up in the 1975 Missouri State Junior Golf Championship.
Phillips is a member of the American Society of Golf course architects (ASGCA) as well as the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). He has been a speaker at conventions held by the golf course superintendents in the U.S. and Europe.Labels: Kingsbarns, Press
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