An incredible team facing unique challenges with the Pandemic affecting schedules and financing. The end result, is a great project for Todd Eckenrode – Origins Golf Design with the excellent result, embraced by the membership, always the true test. […]
For the 7th time in the past decade, a Golf Inc. independent panel of judges has recognized the golf course design work of Todd Eckenrode – Origins Golf Design. This year’s competition awarded the firm’s work at Diablo Country Club, an iconic Golden Age golf course in San Francisco’s east bay, with First Place – 2021 Renovation of The Year honors in the Private Club category. […]
Six of the courses on this iconic list have retained Todd Eckenrode - Origins Golf Design to provide consulting, renovation/restoration services on their golf courses. They have all been an [...]
The 2020 American Society of Golf Course Architects Environmental Excellence Awards honorees have been named. Projects from six golf facilities have been cited for their work with ASGCA members in addressing unique environmental challenges. The program is presented by Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply. The Environmental Excellence Awards program was introduced in 2019 to recognize the innovative work being done at golf facilities to address the needs of the environment. Golf course architects work with course owners, operators and managers to make a positive impact on the game and the host community. https://asgca.org/2020-environmental-excellence-awards-honorees-announced-by-asgca/ […]
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As Seen in Club + Resort Business With a complete, $12 million renovation of its 18-hole course, the Diablo, Calif. club has recreated its early-20th century design to secure a position of prominence for years to come. Although steeped in history and tethered to golf royalty, Diablo (Calif.) Country Club, the sister property to Carnoustie Golf Club in Scotland, doesn’t dwell in the past. However, the property takes great pride in the distinguished heritage that has helped it lay the foundation for a promising future. Diablo, which celebrated its centennial in 2014, recently completed a $12 million renovation of its 18-hole golf course to restore the layout to its Golden Age of golf design lineage. With the restoration project, the property, which held a reopening June 13-14, has positioned itself for the next 100 years as a preeminent golf experience in San Francisco’s East Bay region. “Our history and our connection to the game of golf mean a lot to our members,” says Director of Golf and Member Services Jason Walter, who has been at Diablo since 2009. “The renovation brings a sense of tradition and history to the club.” […]
From major championship hosts to modest municipals, several golf courses will be getting some TLC this year. Ever since the Great Recession of the late 2000s severely curtailed the golf industry’s ability to build new-from-scratch courses, the job of golf course architect has changed considerably. Opportunities to treat a piece of ground as a blank canvas are precious, and tend to go to a small cadre of architects: the Doaks, Hanses, Coores and Crenshaws of the world. So if you’re an architect just about any other name, it behooves you to be more of a problem-solver and a historian, with a hint of artistry. That’s because the overwhelming majority of jobs in the industry at the moment are in the renovation and restoration of existing courses. These projects run the gamut from top-100 private clubs eager to retain their elite status to struggling local public courses looking for ways to avoid closure and redevelopment. The scope and timeline of these projects varies greatly, too. In some cases, it’s the expansion of a couple green edges at a time, with the piecemeal re-cutting of a few bunkers until a few years down the road, the course is transformed at modest cost. Elsewhere, courses are being stripped down to the studs and being painstakingly rebuilt close to original specifications from ancient rolled-up plans. And there are 100 shades of green in between. […]
‘We strove to make this the most unique and natural course in Cabo’, says architect Todd Eckenrode.
First Peek: Twin Dolphin By Adam Schupak With Fred Couples part of the architectural team it’s no surprise that this new course at the tip of the Baja Peninsula is laid-back and fun Golfers needing another reason to visit the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula have a good one. Set on the shores of Santa Maria Bay, where […]
Golf course architect Todd Eckenrode has returned to Barona Creek Golf Club in Lakeside, California, for a greens and bunker renovation, twenty years after being Sr. Designer on the project http://www.golfcoursearchitecture.net/content/todd-eckenrode-returns-to-barona-creek-for-renovation-project […]
“We strove to make this the most unique and natural course in Cabo”. GCA spoke with golf course architect Todd Eckenrode about the new Twin Dolphin golf course, which opened in late 2018 near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. […]
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