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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First nine holes open for play at Vooty Golf County

Nine holes are now complete and open for play at the new Vooty Golf County course near the town of Vikarabad in the Indian state of Telangana.

The creation of the new course is being led by a team for Pacific Coast Design. The second nine holes at Vooty are expected to be complete and ready for play by the end of 2018.

The golf course is located approximately 60 kilometres to the west of the city of Hyderabad, at an altitude that means it is considerably cooler than much of the surrounding areas. This means that the course will be walkable for much of the year.

“The rapid progress of this project is largely due to the vision and commitment of the project team,” explained Paul Reeves, director of Pacific Coast Design. “Led by the guiding direction of Santosh Reddy and his son Prithvi, along with their own onsite time and the support of project management company, Global Golf India, the project has been constructed at breakneck speed while ensuring everything has been done to a world-class standard.”

Reeves said the feedback on the first nine holes has been extremely positive, with many players commenting on how fun the course is to play.

“As designers, we at Pacific Coast Design are thrilled with the results,” said Reeves. “The combinations of shot options, angles of play, variety, challenge and fun – all in a parkland setting – makes golf at Vooty varied and interesting. The course itself is not overly long and provides golfers of all skill levels the opportunity to score well, however golfers need to be aware that what it lacks in length it gains in strategy and options. To score well here golfers must carefully position the ball to make the most of the scoring opportunities available.

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