Richard Humphreys

1 week ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Richard Humphreys

Golf course architect Steve Smyers has designed a new course for the Reynolds Lake Oconee community, southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Fenmoor will become the community’s eighth course when it opens in autumn 2026, joining the Preserve, Great Waters, National, Oconee, Landing, Creek Club and Richland layouts. Located in the northeast corner of the 12,000-acre community, the Fenmoor site features marshy land, native grasses and rolling hillsides.

1 week ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Richard Humphreys

Trump Turnberry in Scotland will reopen its Ailsa course on 1 June following a renovation by Martin Ebert of Mackenzie & Ebert. Construction began in October 2024, with Ebert renovating the seventh and eighth holes. Work on the par-five seventh includes relocating the green to a new position close to the site’s coastline, while the par-four eighth has had its tees relocated to the right in order to straighten the fairway from the tee and eliminate the blind approach shot.

1 week ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Richard Humphreys

The Country Club of Harrisburg, in the state capital of Pennsylvania, has hired Nagle Design Works to develop a long-term masterplan to return the course closer in style to that designed by original architect, William Flynn. “The club was founded in 1896, but Flynn built the golf course in 1917 – it was one of his first designs,” said Jim Nagle.

2 weeks ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Richard Humphreys

The International, in the greater Boston area of Massachusetts, is set to reopen its Pines course to members on 6 June 2025 following a redesign by Coore & Crenshaw. The New England club opened the Geoffrey Cornish-designed Pines in 1956 and the Tom Fazio-designed Oaks in 2001. Escalante Golf acquired the club in 2021 and has invested over $40 million into the 36-hole club. The first major project was a renovation of the Oaks by Tripp Davis.

2 weeks ago | golfcoursearchitecture.net | Richard Humphreys

Poppy Ridge Golf Course near Livermore, California, will reopen on 31 May following a 13-month renovation by Jay Blasi. The public facility is owned and operated by the Northern California Golf Association (NCGA), which also operates Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach. Previously, Poppy Ridge operated as a 27-hole municipal course made up of the Merlot, Chardonnay and Zinfandel nines. Blasi’s work includes a redesigned 18-hole course, and a new nine-hole, par-34 layout called The Ridge 9.