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.
Roby Seed, ASLA
Growing up on a links golf course in Sea Ranch, California, sparked Roby Seed's interest in golf courses that utilize the natural beauty of a site while minimizing environmental impacts. His interest in golf course design spurred him on to gain a bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of California at Davis, where he participated on the golf team and conducted a study on the sustainability of golf courses, titled: "Golfing Without Guilt." UC Davis offered Roby valuable training in designing outdoor spaces while respecting the surrounding ecological system.
Prior to becoming part of the Kyle Phillips team, Roby worked as an assistant scientist for Blankinship and Associates, an environmental toxicology and engineering company in Davis, California. He conducted field research for environmental quality standards for golf courses and agricultural areas, as well as assisted in advising golf course superintendents in methods to improve the health of their course and minimize environmental detriment to the surrounding ecosystem. After Blankinship and Associates, Roby later worked as a landscape designer and planner for O'Dell Engineering, in Modesto, California, where he gained a technical understanding for civil design projects of all scales. His primary responsibilities included residential design and master planning as well as detailed technical design for landscape construction.
Kyle Phillips Golf Course Design
Granite Bay, California
Design Associate
2008 - Present
O'Dell Engineering
Modesto, California
Landscape Designer / Assistant Planner
2005 - 2008
Blankinship and Associates, Inc.
Davis, California
Assistant Scientist
2004 - 2005
Member, American Society of Landscape Architects
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Business, University of California Davis, 2006