Interviews

Oakmont: An interview with Gil Hanse

With the 2025 US Open arriving at Oakmont, Richard Humphreys spoke with the architect, who renovated the course in 2023, about what to expect

Martin Ebert: Design journey

With a portfolio that includes eight of the ten Open venues, Mackenzie & Ebert occupies an enviable position in the golf design industry. Adam Lawrence spoke with principal Martin Ebert to learn how they got there

Designs for the big screen

Chad Goetz and Agustin Piza discuss their design decisions for the virtual holes that featured in the first season of TGL

Bob Harrison: Wizard of Oz

The Australian designer has had a long career and, like many of his countrymen, has spent much of it away from home. Adam Lawrence listened to his tales from the road

Ben Cowan-Dewar: Shock and awe

Golf development firm Cabot now has properties in six countries. Richard Humphreys speaks with co-founder and CEO Ben Cowan-Dewar about what makes a great site, selection of golf course architects, and more

Team building

Turfgrass has launched its US arm with the appointment of John Lawrence, Adam Moeller and Brad Owen. Richard Humphreys speaks with them, Turfgrass founder John Clarkin and director of agronomy Julian Mooney to find out more

Brian Curley: Life of Brian

The designer has surely clocked up more air miles than anyone else in the business. Adam Lawrence caught up with him in between flights to discuss his career and his new venture with Jim Wagner

Oakmont: An interview with Gil Hanse

With the 2025 US Open arriving at Oakmont, Richard Humphreys spoke with the architect, who renovated the course in 2023, about what to expect

Martin Ebert: Design journey

With a portfolio that includes eight of the ten Open venues, Mackenzie & Ebert occupies an enviable position in the golf design industry. Adam Lawrence spoke with principal Martin Ebert to learn how they got there

Designs for the big screen

Chad Goetz and Agustin Piza discuss their design decisions for the virtual holes that featured in the first season of TGL

Bob Harrison: Wizard of Oz

The Australian designer has had a long career and, like many of his countrymen, has spent much of it away from home. Adam Lawrence listened to his tales from the road

Ben Cowan-Dewar: Shock and awe

Golf development firm Cabot now has properties in six countries. Richard Humphreys speaks with co-founder and CEO Ben Cowan-Dewar about what makes a great site, selection of golf course architects, and more

Team building

Turfgrass has launched its US arm with the appointment of John Lawrence, Adam Moeller and Brad Owen. Richard Humphreys speaks with them, Turfgrass founder John Clarkin and director of agronomy Julian Mooney to find out more

Brian Curley: Life of Brian

The designer has surely clocked up more air miles than anyone else in the business. Adam Lawrence caught up with him in between flights to discuss his career and his new venture with Jim Wagner

Sean Dudley
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Cypriot merger forms golf super-complex

Tony Jacklin's newly-established design practice is to design a second golf complex in Cyprus, replacing the existing 18 holes at Secret Valley with two completely new 18-hole golf courses.

Combined, the courses will form a 36- hole golf complex integrated within the recently redesigned Venus Rock Golf Resort. The Jacklin Design Group will work on the project in collaboration with Austrian architect Hans-Georg Erhardt.

"I'm looking forward to creating a fantastic experience at Venus Rock," said Jacklin. "As I'm playing competitive golf less often now, I'll be able to spend my time working with Hans-Georg Erhardt and the team at Aristo Developers to create something very special in Cyprus." Aristo Developers is the owner and operator of Venus Rock Golf Resort. CEO Theodoros Aristodemou said: "We are very much looking forward to teaming up with Jacklin Design Group at Venus Rock.

We are confident that the Jacklin brand will vitalise the region and mobilise enormous support and interest in Aristo's and Dolphin's collaborative efforts to create one of Europe's largest premiumbanded residential resorts." Jacklin Design Group and Hans-Georg Erhardt will replace the 18 holes at the existing Secret Valley golf complex with two new courses, using fresh and existing land to form the new Venus Rock Golf Resort. The construction will be phased so that 18 holes remain in play for members and visitors at all times.

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