9 INTERVIEW 50 David McLay Kidd was in his late twenties and had never built a new golf course when he was asked by Mike Keiser to create Bandon Dunes. Thirty years later, he’s one of the industry’s biggest names. Adam Lawrence hears about his career. ON SITE 66 The new Brian Curley-designed Shura Links course is laid out on an island just off Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast. Richard Humphreys paid a visit. 72 Fazio Design has led a project at the Interlachen club near Orlando that will help its course withstand extreme weather events, while making it more playable for members. Richard Humphreys visited the revitalised layout. PROFILED 78 Ouidah Golf Club is the first 18-hole golf course in the West African nation of Benin, and has been built as part of the country’s desire for economic diversification. REPORTS 84 For more than four decades, Rees Jones has helped Carmel Country Club adapt its South course to changing times and expectations. 88 Stacie Zinn Roberts reports from Augusta Municipal Golf Course, which has reopened its golf facilities following projects by Tom Fazio, Beau Welling and Tiger Woods’ TGR Design. PROMOTED 90 Denmark’s Great Northern club opened a decade ago, and since then, the bridges on its Nicklaus Design course have become a signature feature. HOLING OUT 92 We close the issue at Le Golf National, which has revamped its facilities due to the expansion of the Paris metro network. ON SITE 60 Team Niblick and Tom Watson Design have collaborated on renovation work to fulfil the potential of Robert Trent Jones’ 1982 routing of the Cashen course at Ballybunion.
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