Golf Inc. Monthly - May/June 2017

It’s di;cult to imagine a bigger contrast than the one between ;rst-place winners in Golf Inc.’s 2017 Renovation of the Year competition.

One winner is a 92-year-old classic private course perched on an iconic seaside peninsula. ;e other is a mid-century modern par- 3 layout winding through a newly revived resort in the arid desert. Both are outstanding examples of what can be done with imagination, perseverance and a commitment to excellence.

;e top award in the private club category goes to the Dunes Course at Monterey Peninsula Country Club, a Fazio Design/ Jackson Kahn Design remake of the 1925 Seth Raynor course in Pebble Beach, Calif. ;e comprehensive renovation was part of an e;ort that not only restored strategic and visual variety to the iconic property but also reduced irrigated acreage by more than 20 percent.

;e public course winner is ;e Short
Course at Mountain Shadows, a 1961 Jack
Snyder design in Paradise Valley, Ariz.,
transformed by one of Snyder’s protégés,
architect Forrest Richardson. ;e key to
ting the reimag-
ined course, play-
able for all ages and skill
levels, onto a 33-acre site sur-
rounded by residential and hotel develop-
ment.

In the private club category, Moraine Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, was the second-place ;nisher, and TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn., took third place. ;e judges also selected two private clubs for honorable mention: Meadowbrook Country Club in Northville, Mich., and Country Club of Asheville in Asheville, N.C.

Among public courses, Los Robles Greens Golf Course in ;ousand Oaks, Calif., took second place and Mooresville Golf Club in Mooresville, N.C., was third. Honorable mentions went to Squaw Creek Golf Course in Willow Park, Texas, and Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III in Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Scores were based on how well each project achieved its stated goals, the level of improvement in playability and maintainability, and course aesthetics. Winners were chosen through a blind judging, with all identifying references removed from the entries.