Artisan Golf Design’s Master Plan for The Classic Golf Club, in Fukuoka, Japan, has been approved. The golf course will be converted from two-green to one-green architecture, with construction starting in January 2023.
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Celebrating Charles Blair Macdonald
In a two-part feature for Japan’s Golf Digest Choice magazine, Benjamin explored the remarkable contribution of C.B. Macdonald to the art of golf course architecture: template holes.
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A Course Fit for a King
When Erik Anders Lang and the Adventures in Golf team visited Morocco, Benjamin was on hand to help out. One thing led to another and he became part of the story.
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Chaska Approves Redesign Plans for Short Course
Artisan Golf Design’s plans for the redesign of Chaska Par 30 have been approved. The course neighbours Hazeltine National. It was laid out in 1972 by Robert Trent Jones Sr.
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Gallery: The ‘Monster of Morocco’
Twelve months after starting a rebuild of all eighteen greens at the Parcours Rouge at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, the JHD Golf Course Architects team was invited to watch world class golfers tackle the ‘Monster of Morocco’, in the 45th edition of the Trophée Hassan II.
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USGA Innovation Symposium in Tokyo
Can short courses save golf? The USGA invited Benjamin to discuss this loaded question with a panel of experts at its biennial Innovation Symposium.
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The Nest at Cabot Opens for Play
Congratulations to Whitman-Axland-Cutten on the newest addition to the Cabot Links resort in Nova Scotia. Benjamin joined the build team in summer 2019, arriving just in time to help Rod Whitman and Keith Cutten build their rendition of North Berwick’s Redan hole.
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Parcours Vert Re-opens after 12-month Redesign Project
The nine-hole Parcours Vert at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, in Rabat, Morocco, has re-opened after a 12-month redesign project. The family-friendly course is the perfect complement to the two stern championship tests on property: the Parcours Rouge and Parcours Bleu.
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