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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

King-Collins to create reversible nine at Palmetto Bluff
Alice Chambers
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King-Collins to create reversible nine at Palmetto Bluff

King-Collins Golf Course Design has been appointed to create a new reversible nine-hole course at Palmetto Bluff, a private residential community directly west of Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.

The Jack Nicklaus May River course at Palmetto Bluff was built in 2005, and new owners South Street Partners are eager to add more golf options to meet surging demand among residents and visitors. King-Collins will deliver its nine while an 18-hole course by Coore & Crenshaw continues to progress through planning.

The King-Collins course will be approximately 3,100 yards and feature two par threes, five par fours and two par fives. It will be built on flat land alongside Palmetto Bluff’s inland waterway (see rough grading plan above).

“We had a blank slate on about 50 acres,” said Rob Collins, principal designer at King-Collins. “We’re doing something different with this space. We have room for nine holes, so thought, why don’t we do nine reversible holes? This will allow us to deliver something outsize on a small site!”

Tad King, managing director of construction at King-Collins, said: “The site is completely flat, but we can build cool dune formations and really get the ground moving. Normally in the Lowcountry you can only cut two or three feet before you hit groundwater but this site is a bit higher so we can cut fifteen feet if we need to.”

The duo hopes to be able to start clearing the site in January 2023 with a view to completing the course within the year.

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