Golf Course Descriptions

Dundarave Golf Club at Brudenell River     Prince Edward Island

This Atlantic Canadian course was built along the Brudenell River estuary and its surrounding wetlands.  The project was added to an existing 18-hole course making it the only 36-hole complex with learning academy in eastern Canada.  Dundarave offers breathtaking views of the Brudenell River and the surrounding countryside.  The golf course meanders through dense forest, around large wetlands, and over hills that it will share with a major housing development.   Dundarave is considered one of the top two courses on PEI. 

Fieldstone Golf Club     Wilmington, Delaware
Golf Course Web Site  www.fieldstonegolf.com                                       

This historic site that was once a hunt club for the Dupont family has been transformed into what we feel is an outstanding championship golf course that takes advantage of very rugged terrain.  The course has great balance with a good blend of long and short holes to challenge all skill levels.  Attention to detail is one of Fieldstone’s main characteristics.  The stonewalls that line much of the course were built with stones excavated on site, and all the old ruins were preserved and made part of the course.  Fieldstone Golf Club’s unique 12th hole has been rated highly, and was featured in LINKS magazine.

Golf Club at Wescott Plantation    North Charleston, SC  

Routed over 700 acres of woodland, the tree lined fairways of Wescott Plantation offer a wonderful sense of isolation.  While straightforward in its design, the course features a lot of variety and many options for the golfer.  Though each nine stretches to over 3,500 yards, there are enough teeing options for the golfer to choose the level of challenge they desire.  Wescott Plantation is owned and operated by the City of North Charleston.

Hamilton Farm Golf Club     Bedminster, New Jersey  

This ultra exclusive, very high-end private club is routed through
what were once fertile fields and pastures, equestrian trails and woodlands.
The vision for Hamilton Farm began in 1911 when James Cox Brady decided to join other wealthy New Yorkers by creating an English country estate in the green fields and woodlands of the Somerset Hills.  Named for his wife's family Mr. Brady's lifelong labor of love is home to the United States Equestrian Team.  It is also home to what we feel are two outstanding golf courses.  The Highlands Course is a 7,100-yard championship layout.  The Hickory Course, in the tradition of Augusta National and Pine Valley, is Hamilton Farm’s short course.  Hamilton Farm boasts a proud history.  Once the country home and fox hunting retreat of the Brady family, for over a quarter of a century the home of the U.S. Equestrian Team,  is now also the
home of Hamilton Farm Golf Club, destined to be, according to The New York Times, "One of the world's most exclusive golf courses." 

Harbor Links Golf Club     Port Washington, New York
Golf Course Web Site www.harborlinks.com

Harbor Links was built as part of the reclamation of an old sand and gravel quarry.  The golf course gives golfers a great sense of isolation from the traffic and homes on highly developed Long Island.  Within sight of the Manhattan skyline, Harbor Links is one of the most popular courses in the New York Metropolitan area playing over 40,000 rounds per year. 

The Heritage at Westmoor     Westminster, Colorado
Golf Course Web Site www.ci.westminster.co.us/res/recfac/golf/heritage.htm

     The Denver suburb of Westminster is a vibrant and dynamic community with a good balance of residential, commercial and public areas. The city management consists of freethinking innovators who want to preserve traditional values but keep their community on the leading edge of progress. This attitude attracted a large development company that saw value in producing an upscale office park around an equally upscale public golf course. A public-private partnership deal was struck. The developer would build the office park and deed the adjacent land to the city on the stipulation that the city would build and operate a golf course.
     For years, Hurdzan/Fry had tried to get a project in Colorado without success. So when we were asked to interview for the Westminster project we poured our heart and soul into the proposal, interview, and follow-up process. We had the talent, history and the commitment to do the job, and it must have showed, for we were selected. Then began a very different kind of golf course planning challenge for us, of integrating a golf course within a large office park complex while also respecting wetlands, flood plains, some ancient trees, some dramatic topography and a couple of prairie dog towns.
     The full name of the golf course is The Heritage Golf Course at Westmoor, and does the place ever resemble a moor. The golf course was routed to leave as much native plant material as possible between the holes, and the irrigation system was designed so as not to water them and change their character.

Jericho National Golf Club     New Hope, Pennsylvania  

Keystone Resort Golf Club (“River” Course)     Keystone, Colorado
Golf Course Web Site www.keystoneresort.com  

The River Course at Keystone was built at 8,000 feet and offers dramatic elevation changes.  From various locations on the course golfers have views of the Continental Divide, Ten Mile Range, Buffalo Mountain, and the Gore Range.  Golf Digest says, “The front nine meanders along the bubbly Snake River, while the back threads through lodge pole pine forests and climbs and falls more precipitously than the Dow Jones Industrial Average.”  The 496-yard par four 16th hole features a 200-foot vertical drop from tee to green.  Keystone was completed in the fall of 1999 and opened in the summer of 2000.

Olde Stonewall Golf Club    Ellwood City, Pennsylvania  
Golf Course Web Site www.oldestonewall.com           100 Greatest Public Courses (2003)

Olde Stonewall showcases three very different styles of golf holes, i.e. mountain, river, and open “links” style holes.  The course has many very memorable and some incredible rock wall features.  Carved out of the side of a mountain with dramatic elevation changes and awesome vistas, Olde Stonewall is one of our most memorable designs.  Olde Stonewall is rated 1st among Golf Magazine’s “Top Ten You Can Play.” 

Philadelphia Cricket Club is a storied Philadelphia area institution that has hosted several U.S. Opens at the turn of the 20^th century.  The completion of our 18-hole expansion and practice facilities fulfills a decade's old desire by the club to expand its membership.  The new golf course was designed as an older style course in that it favors walking and features mellow grading and bunker styles.  The golf course utilizes a stream that crosses the golf holes to facilitate strategic shotmaking.  The site’s history is also celebrated with historic limekilns being exposed to view on three different holes.

Quicksand Golf Club     San Angelo, Texas
Golf Course Web Site www.quicksandgc.com

Quicksand is located in an arid climate, much like a desert complete with mesquite trees and barrel cactus.  The course features an enormous irrigation system that enabled us to create extremely large turf areas.  Quicksand has over 100 sand bunkers with very high and in some cases dramatic faces.  Quicksand was an Honorable Mention choice of Golf Digest panelists for “Best New Public Course.”

The Raven at Three Peaks     Silverthorne, Colorado  
Golf Course Web Site www.3pks.com

At an elevation of over 8,500 feet this course provides many breathtaking mountain views.  The layout, which can play over 7,500 yards, has numerous dramatic elevation changes, mountain streams, and natural woodlands.  It’s hard to compete with the awesome majesty of the Colorado Rockies, but playing The Raven at Three Peaks comes close.  We worked with PGA Tour Professional Tom Lehman on this project. 

St. Albans Country Club (Tavern Creek)     St. Louis, Missouri
Golf Course Web Site www.stalbans.com

The Tavern Creek course was built as a complement to an existing Moorish/Weiskopf layout in a very upscale housing development.  The course is set in a valley surrounded by hills as high as 250 feet above the Missouri River.  The natural setting is its greatest feature, and everyone that plays it talks about how the course blends into it.  The golf course is just a small portion of the 5,200-acre housing development.  Tavern Creek rated 4th in the voting for Golf Digest’s “Best New Private Course."

Troy Burne Golf Club     Hudson, Wisconsin
Golf Course Web Site www.troyburne.com

Troy Burne was designed in collaboration with PGA Tour Professional Tom Lehman.  The course is open “links” style with lots of bunkers, and many native grass areas between holes.  The contouring matches the contour of the surrounding countryside, giving the golf course a very large look and feel.  Troy Burne has been rated an Honorable Mention choice for Golf Magazine’s “Top Ten You Can Play.”

WeaverRidge Golf Club     Peoria, Illinois  
Golf Course Web Site www.weaverridge.com           100 Greatest Public Courses (2003)

WeaverRidge is one of the finest sites we have ever worked on with much of the golf course nestled between deep ravines and picturesque valleys above the scenic Illinois River in an area carved by glaciers.  WeaverRidge is already becoming known as one of the top courses in the Midwest.  WeaverRidge finished second, (within 0.04 points of a Pete Dye design that cost 5 million dollars more than WeaverRidge) for Golf Digest’s “Best New Upscale Public Course” award.

Widow’s Walk Golf Course     Scituate, Massachusetts  
Golf Course Web Site www.golfcapecod.com/widowswalk

Widow’s Walk is earning an incredible amount of national and international attention, for it is part of one of the country’s most closely monitored scientific experiments.  It is the centerpiece of an ambitious data-gathering plan that should help make golf courses more ecologically sound.  The site plan shows various “resource” areas including wetlands, public water sources, and other protected areas.  The site had previously been mined for sand and gravel and much of the native vegetation had been lost, and has been re-planted.  Creeping fescue grass was chosen for fairways and roughs because of its low requirement for water, fertilizer and pesticides.  Below the bentgrass greens, monitoring stations are recording all manner of vital signs and chemical leachates.  These putting surfaces have expanded our knowledge of golf greens in North America for each one has been built to slightly different parameters.  The goal was to use over 50% of the water, fertilizer and pesticides used on other area courses and encourage a wide diversity of wildlife, while offering an exciting affordable public golf course. 

The Golf Course superintendent’s Association of America has presented Widow’s Walk with its prestigious “Environmental Steward Award.”  In addition, Widow’s Walk received Golf Digest’s acclaimed “Environmental Leader in Golf” Award.  Golf Digest has also named it among the “Top Ten Best New Affordable Public Courses.”