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, July 10, 2010

Verdura Golf and Spa Resort in Sicily – Europe’s Unparalleled Golf Destination

Verdura Golf and Spa Resort in Sicily offers golfers from around the world an unrivaled golfing experience on Sicily’s southwest coast. The resort features three golf courses, designed by world-renowned architect Kyle Phillips, and opened for its first full year in March 2010. Verdura Golf & Spa Resort in Sicily is quickly becoming a “must play” destination for golf aficionados.

According to Sir Rocco Forte, Chairman and CEO of the luxury hotel company The Rocco Forte Collection, no other golf resort on the continent can compare to Verdura. “There wasn’t anywhere in Europe that offered the kind of golfing holiday I was after,” claims Sir Rocco who spent eight years developing Verdura as the company’s first resort venture.

Verdura’s 570-acre site encompasses some 1.2 miles of private coastline. Kyle Phillips, who created the acclaimed Kingsbarns Links near St. Andrews and The Grove near London, had a pristine canvas upon which to design his vision for the two 18-hole championship courses, the East and the West, as well as the neat little 9-hole par-3 course. “Sir Rocco Forte found a beautiful piece of seafront ground where we have combined our respective skills to develop a 5-star hotel and spa, 36 holes of championship golf, plus a 9-hole par-3 course and full practice facility,” says Phillips. “It’s a unique low-density concept for a coastline property, with only electric vehicles allowed inside the resort. Golf purists will absolutely love it. Near the seashore, I tried to give the golf a linksland feel with a rougher seaside look, transitioning to large rolling Muirfield-like landforms as it moves back away from the sea.”

Verdura’s East Course plays a tough 7,221 yards and the West Course measures 7,474 yards from the championship tees. Phillips cleverly has routed holes from both the East and West layouts so that a Composite Championship Course is formed to present a challenging venue for a future professional tournament. It’s a novel yet strategic design that would play a challenging 7,458 yards with all of Verdura’s ocean holes in play, a feature that will provide dramatic visuals for a television audience.

Verdura’s Director of Golf, Niall Cameron, has a rich pedigree of golf operations experience at such notable clubs as Turnberry, Royal St. George’s and the ultra-exclusive Lyford Cay in the Bahamas. He also spent a number of years competing on the European Tour. According to Cameron, “the sheer size of the resort gives a wonderful feeling of being totally isolated and at one with nature. The peace and quiet of the courses, punctuated only by birdsong and the gentle rustle of the wind through the native Sicilian grasses, makes the stroll through the rolling fairways a genuine delight. The fairways are well-separated and with the deep pot bunkering you can easily imagine that you are playing on one of the historic Scottish links courses. On top of all this, we have strategically rich and enjoyable golf in a spectacular setting. Kyle Phillips has designed yet another masterpiece which is surely destined to become a must-play venue.”

The coming together of the hotel expertise of the Rocco Forte Collection and the dynamic golf course design skills of Kyle Phillips guarantee that even the most discerning golfer will discover an unsurpassed paradise at the Verdura Golf & Spa Resort www.verduraresort.com. For reservations in the U.S. call 1-888-667-9477 or visit the Verdura Golf & Spa Resort website.

Blair Howard
About.com Guide
July 19, 2010