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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

MacGregor Downs Country Club course to benefit from range of improvements
Sean Dudley
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MacGregor Downs Country Club course to benefit from range of improvements

A multi-million pound improvement programme to improve the playability of the golf course at MacGregor Downs Country Club is underway.

MacGregor Downs is home to an 18-hole Willard C. Byrd design and located in Cary, North Carolina. The club was purchased by Concert Golf Partners from its members earlier this year. 

Thanks to the Concert Golf Partners acquisition, the club was able to retire all debt and eliminate member assessments permanently. The purchase has coincided with a jump in membership, and feedback to an early round of improvements on the course has been positive.

“We are thrilled to see the wonderful reaction to our new improvements from MacGregor members who in the past had to wait years for capital investments at their club,” said Concert Golf chairman Peter Nanula. “Now, with no debt and access to funding, members have spoken up about what they want at MacGregor, and our multi-million dollar improvement programme is underway.”

Plans include solving the issue of overgrown trees, and the raising of the canopy is essential to the club’s efforts to restore the course to its original design.

Other planned improvements include the installation of improved varieties of bermudagrass on both fairways and collars, the modernisation of irrigation control system, and improved irrigation coverage.

New drainage installations are also set to be carried out, cart traffic will be redirected to minimise turf impact, and an ongoing wet well/pump house project will be continued.

An evaluation of golf course architects for future renovation projects is also taking place. To date, no architect has been selected.

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