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GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE THE GLOBAL JOURNAL OF GOLF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT THE GLOBAL JOURNAL OF GOLF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 00 ISSUE 0053 MONTHJULY 2018 YEAR GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE 53 WELCOME Authentic golf In existential philosophy, authenticity is the degree to which one is true to one’s own spirit, personality or character, despite external pressures which may try to force one onto a different, false path. In essence, it means taking the famous dictum of the Oracle of Delphi – ‘know thyself’ – one step further: ‘be thyself’. In art and music too, authenticity is an important and controversial concept: in many musical subcultures, adherents will tell of those who gained success after appropriating the surface characteristics of the music, but who did not truly adhere to the essence of it; they are fake, they lack authenticity. Authenticity applies to golf courses too. In a golfing context, the term means accepting the nature of the land on which the course was laid out in the first place. From time to time, an architect and construction team might get the opportunity totally to transform a piece of ground – as, for example, Tom Fazio did at Shadow Creek outside Las Vegas, turning a piece of barren desert into a tranquil, verdant landscape. But most of the time, budgets and common sense preclude attempts to transform land in this way, and construction work is limited to trying to make use of and enhance the natural features. For a golf course to be authentic requires that it should respect the nature of its site above all else, and not pretend to be something it is not. Yet, across the world, we see examples of golf clubs attempting a post-facto transformation – with vegetation, construction work and inappropriate methods of management. Heath, moor or chalk down are all excellent landscapes in which to play golf, but too often clubs located on such sites have, by intent or not, ended up changing them into something more akin to a parkland. Now, a fine old park is a wonderful location for golf – as, for example, at JF Abercrombie’s wonderful Knole Park in Kent, England, where the course wanders past ancient oak trees, rich fungal landscapes and old ponds. But a moor or a down will never make a park of this kind; the soils and the environment mean that fine specimen trees are unlikely. It seems bizarre to me that anyone would choose to play golf in a low quality park instead of a high quality chalk down, moor or heath. Yet, over and over again we see courses managed to favour the wrong sort of vegetation in the wrong place. Inauthentic. Fake. If your course is one of these, do yourself a favour. Read up on the characteristics of your true landscape and put all your efforts into encouraging them. Your course will be more authentic, and just flat out better. Adam Lawrence Editor GOLF COURSE ON THE COVER ARCHITECTURE THE GLOBAL JOURNAL OF GOLF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT The first of ten courses designed by Schmidt-Curley at the FLC Quang Binh development in Vietnam is described by Brian Curley as “Pine Valley at the beach”. 00 53 Read more on page 16. Photograph by Brian Curley. ISSUE 0053 MONTHJULY 2018 YEAR 1 PITCH or POSTCARD? Driving Range Solutions Great driving range facilities lie in the hands that build them. The industry has accepted the need for innovation to provide solutions for the many challenges it faces. Modern driving ranges require beautiful designs and ‘out of the box’ outfields to practice every shot imaginable, with a performance that ‘wows’ every golfer. Our Company leads the charge in engineered synthetic turf systems creating the perfect balance between exceptional performance and stunning visuals. Historically, the connection for people between synthetic solutions and beautiful driving ranges has been difficult to make…until now. We prove that our knowledge and skill coupled by our artistic passion makes it today’s reality. KEVIN HOLINATY President, Southwest Greens Construction. Mastering the Art of Synthetic Turf Installations +34 616 582 787 • [email protected]. • southwestgreens.eu SWG Construction, construction arm for SWG International, a Division of Shaw, a Berkshire Hathaway Company PITCH or POSTCARD? Driving Range Solutions Great driving range facilities lie in the hands that build them. The industry has accepted the need for innovation to provide solutions for the many challenges it faces. Modern driving ranges require beautiful designs and ‘out of the box’ outfields to practice every shot imaginable, with a performance that ‘wows’ every golfer. Our Company leads the charge in engineered synthetic turf systems creating the perfect balance between exceptional performance and stunning visuals. Historically, the connection for people between synthetic solutions and beautiful driving ranges has been difficult to make…until now. We prove that our knowledge and skill coupled by our artistic passion makes it today’s reality. KEVIN HOLINATY President, Southwest Greens Construction. 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