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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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Hansen, Fjällman and Himmel appointed for Golf Club Sylt redesign

Golf course architects Rolf Stephan Hansen, Peter Fjällman and Thomas Himmel have been appointed to lead a redesign of the course at Golf Club Sylt in Northern Germany.

Work will commence in spring 2017 on the project’s first phase, which will focus on the course’s first nine holes.

Originally opened back in 1989 and designed by Donald Harradine, the course lies on the island of Sylt off Germany’s western coastline – close to the border with Denmark.

The club has purchased an adjacent area of land, which will be used during the project to build four new holes to help enhance the course’s routing.

“The aim of the redesign is not only to improve the overall quality of the golf course but also to strengthen the playing values and adapt the golf course to the specific nature which is characteristic of the island,” said Rolf Stephan Hansen. “Thomas Himmel won an architect competition regarding the redesign of the golf course some years ago and as my design proposal for three new holes on the short hole course were approved by the golf club and later on construction of those golf holes were supervised by Peter Fjällman, it felt right that we three now are working together on the forthcoming redesign on the 18-hole course.”

Construction of the four new holes will be the first element of the project to take place, with work also taking place on a couple of green areas.

The remaining green areas will be constructed in autumn 2017, and the final nine holes will be redesigned in 2018.

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