Great Northern is regarded as one of the top golf courses in Denmark. Located in Kerteminde, a small town on the island of Funen, some 150 kilometres west of Copenhagen, the Nicklaus Design layout at Great Northern was built to make the most of the beautiful Nordic landscape, withstand the region’s climate challenges and offer a top-class playing experience. During the course’s construction in 2016/17, around 3.4 million tons of earth was moved to create undulating terrain, wetlands and several lakes. Dirk Bouts, a senior design associate at Nicklaus Design, led the project and used the water hazards to define strategy for many holes, whether coming into play from the tee or to defend a green. This is most apparent at the eighteenth, a par five that culminates with an island green. With water playing such a critical role in design and strategy, the club wanted an aesthetic to match. “The vision was to create a worldclass golf destination that blends championship golf with the natural Danish landscape using premium construction firms that have sustainable methodologies and aesthetics,” says Kenneth Stoumann, event manager at Great Northern. “We wanted a low-profile bridge design that was designed to match the scenic vistas of this links-style course. Also, the bridge design needed to integrate well with a cascading waterfall with cantilevered steps, that comes into play on hole fifteen and was to be an iconic focal point on the course.” 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. Built to be crossed, designed to be remembered PROMOTED
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NzQ1NTk=