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

Amber Hickman
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De Simone completes second nine at Viveiro in Cape Verde

Golf course architect Pierfrancesco De Simone has completed the second nine at Viveiro Golf & Country Club, on the island on Sal in Cape Verde. 

The project commenced in 2022 and extends the course to 18 holes, with the first nine, overseen by agronomist Fulvio Bani, opening in 2022. 

Rocky ground conditions drove De Simone’s decision to build on top of existing levels, with finer material ffrom a local quarry. 

With the island receiving very little rainfall and experiencing strong seasonal winds, irrigation was a key element of the project. The club worked with Italian Rain Bird dealer Scarabelli Irrigazione and installation was completed by a local crew. Water used on the golf course is recycled from nearby holiday resorts, via a treatment plant. 

The new nine begins at the clubhouse, with the opening holes heading northwest towards the bay of Algodoeiro. Its style is typical of a desert course, with fairways and greens bordered by waste areas, palm trees and other desert vegetation from the Viveiro nursery. 

Highlights include the downhill par-four twelfth, with its Atlantic Ocean backdrop and a green alongside the beach, and the long double dogleg par-five seventeenth. 

There are three sets of tees on each hole to make the course enjoyable for players of all abilities. The new nine can play to over 3,500 yards and the full 18 can extend to 6,600 yards. 

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    The twelfth hole plays downhill towards the Atlantic Ocean

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    The green of the seventeenth, a double-dogleg par five

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    The course is landscaped with palm trees and native vegetation grown in the Viveiro nursery

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