Simon Gidman Golf Course Architects

The company was formed in 1991 by Simon Gidman and planner Nicholas Blakemore. Gidman began his career as a professional golfer, before studying Landscape Architecture at Leeds Polytechnic and working as an assistant to Hawtree Ltd. Gidman is a past president of the EIGCA and vice president of the former British Institute of Golf Course Architects. He has lectured regularly for the British Greenkeepers Association at BTME in Harrogate and for the English Golf Union on their roadshows. The company has vast experience in the design and construction of new courses as well as renovation and remodelling of existing courses. More recently the company have been involved with the masterplanning of major housing/golf developments for Dar Al-Handasah in Dubai, Solidere in Ajman and H2omes in Abuja, Nigeria. The company has also been involved with the planning and creation of a number of golf courses created from imported soils such as The Centurion, Hart Common and Stonebridge.