38 FEATURE Let’s work together COLLABORATION Written by Adam Lawrence The public view of golf design, insofar as it exists, is that a golf course springs almost magically into existence thanks to one inspired mind. We in the media are partially to blame for this: it is much easier to talk about the lead architect than it is to discuss the large team involved in creating a course, and the industry’s fondness for ‘signature’ design, which sees courses attributed to one famous name (who might well have scarcely even visited the site) only makes matters worse. Even on the best sites, where very little work is needed to produce great golf, there is no sense in which an architect – whether he be named MacKenzie, Palmer or whatever – simply waves his hand to cause beautiful bunkers and great greens to appear. If it takes a village to Building golf courses demands large teams, but it is a widely held perception that golf course design is generally the product of a single mind. Can collaboration work in design? Adam Lawrence investigates.
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