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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Wednesday, March 1, 2000
The ScotsmanBy Mike AitkenKingsbarns the most eagerly awaited new Scottish golf course since Loch Lomond, will attract worldwide attention this summer by inviting Tiger Woods, Mark O'Meara and other leading players to enjoy exclusive use of the links in the week before the Open.
Due to open officially on Monday, 17 July, the course in St Andrews, regarded by many as the last great Scottish links, plans to throw open its wide fairways to those golfers who prefer to acclimatize for the Old Course by practicing on a links rather than competing in the Standard Life tournament at Loch Lomond.
In recent years, the top Americans, notably world No.1 Woods and No. 2 David Duval, have prepared for the Open by spending the previous week on the links land of Ireland.
Kingsbarns believes it can aid the preparations of the game's top players even more by setting up the new layout in St Andrews to match the playing conditions and speed of the Old Course.
"We will be getting in touch with the top players and offering them exclusive use of our course because we think it could be good for them and us," said David Scott, the Kingsbarns professional.
"The course doesn't open to the public until the week of the Open, so we're hoping to let the players have the run of the place the week before.
"Thanks to the expertise of our course superintendent, Walter Woods, we can prepare the course any way they like. But obviously we're in a good position to provide a set-up similar in speed to the Old Course. We think we can offer a special one-stop destination at the home of golf."
Quite apart from delivering an ideal practice venue for the forthcoming Open, it is thought many of the game's best players will want to experience Kingsbarns for themselves. With views of the sea from every hole and six which cross water, word of mouth about the course designed by American Kyle Phillips has been universally favorable.
The new links was the talk of last month's golf trade show in Florida and has already taken 3,000 advance bookings at 85 pounds a round. Demand to play the layout is currently running 300 per cent ahead of schedule. That figure is expected to rise even higher after the course figures on next month's cover of the American golf magazine Links.
Partly funded by a 1 million pound loan from the Royal and Ancient, which received the rights to 2,000 rounds at the course in return, the links has already been hailed by Sir Michael Bonallack, captain of the R&A, as a potential championship venue. "Kingsbarns," he says simply, "is very, very good."Labels: Kingsbarns, Press
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