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FeaturedAugust 2022August 2022

Redesign: The Classic

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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FeaturedFebruary 2022November 2024

Barrier Free Golf

When The Loop at Chaska opens in Summer 2024 it will set a new benchmark for fun and accessible public golf. The project was the brainchild of non-profit Barrier Free Golf, which also contributed US$1 million in funding.

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FeaturedNovember 2019February 2022

Morocco – Kingdom of Golf

In 2016 Benjamin moved to Africa to help put some 1970s cool back into the crown jewel of Moroccan golf, arguably one of Robert Trent Jones Sr.’s best designs, Royal Golf Dar Es Salam.

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FeaturedMarch 2019February 2022

World Class Working Class

The resurrection of Goat Hill Park has created a mecca for everyday golfers. Benjamin travelled to Oceanside, Southern California to learn how John Ashworth and his Linksoul team changed the destiny of a humble muni track.

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Golf Digest JapanJuly 2020January 2021

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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Adventures in GolfMay 2020February 2022

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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Project NewsSeptember 2019February 2022

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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Project NewsApril 2019February 2022

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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USGAMarch 2019January 2021

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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Project NewsAugust 2020February 2022

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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Project NewsApril 2019February 2021

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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Handcrafted Golf Courses

Artisan Golf Design creates golf courses which are fun for players of all ages and abilities, working independently or for world class golf course architects.

Benjamin Warren

Artisan Golf Design’s lead architect and shaper was raised on the fairways of North Berwick West Links in Scotland. Benjamin has studied the world’s greatest golf courses. He learned the art of design & build by working for elite firms from the United States.

Writing

Benjamin’s essays about golf and life have been published in Golf Digest Choice and McKellar Journal. A collection of his work is archived on this site. To discuss writing projects please get in touch.

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