California Golf Club of San Francisco

California Golf Club of San Francisco

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

Del Paso Country Club

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

Dundonald Links

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

Golf Eichenheim

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

Kingsbarns Golf Links

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

The PGA of Sweden National Golf Resort

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

The Grove

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 and Mountain Course

Incline Village Championship and Mountain Course

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, September 19, 2009

Klein on Design: No. 18 at Kingsbarns

Bradley S. Klein. Goljweek's architecture editor. offers his opinion on one great hole:
Yards: 444. par 4
Architect: Kyle Phillips,1999
Where: Fife, Scotland
Event: Alfred Dunhill Links Championship,Oct 1-4

It's great because . .. Kingsbarns, now a decade old, revolutionized Scottish golf with a retro-links look that combines scruffy old dunes, deep bunkers and greens contoured to function as hazards when approached from the wrong angle. The finishing hole calls for a drive into a prevailing wind that quarters from the right and brings fairway bunkers into play on the left side. From there, the approach is to a steeply sloped green pitched above a nasty burn - the only forced-carry water hazard in play from a fairway shot at Kingsbarns - that will capture any approach
that comes up a little short.

It would be even better if... they would rebuild the steep back-to-front green and marginally modify its slope. As for highhandicappers
looking to lay up on their second shots, the fairway tilts toward the burn and
leaves an awkward third shot from a downhill lie to an uphill green - virtually impossible for the kind of player who has laid up. It would help here to counter slope the fairway and provide just a little more cushion for the high-handicapper,
lest he or she finish the round with golf ball in pocket (or in the water) on
the stem approach.

Brad Klein
Golfweek
September 19. 2009
www.golfweek.com

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