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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Major renovation work gets underway at TPC River Highlands

A multi-million dollar renovation project gets underway 1 October at the TPC River Highlands golf course near Cromwell, Connecticut.

The course was originally designed by Bobby Weed, and the architect has returned to TPC River Highlands to work alongside golf construction company McDonald and Sons on the upcoming work.

Bunkers will be rebuilt, repositioned and restyled as part of the project, with new drainage and sand also introduced to help improve the bunkers’ playability.

A new tee complex will be built on the course’s 15th hole, and a selection of tee boxes will be leveled out.

The front edges or corners of selected greens will be surgically lifted to provide an increased number of pin positions. Improvements will also be made to the course’s routing, while repair work will be carried out on a number of cart paths.

“We’re excited to get started on these updates to the course and truly look forward to the results,” said David Corrado, general manager at TPC River Highlands. “By keeping the existing layout of the course intact while focusing our enhancements on certain key components, specifically our bunkers, greens, and tee boxes, we are confident that this project will continue to separate TPC River Highlands as the premier golf course in the state.”

TPC River Highlands has hosted the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship for the past 24 years, and one element of the work will be enhancing the viewing areas for spectators during this competition.

“TPC River Highlands is already a great course and a favourite of a lot of players here on Tour,” said Kevin Streelman, winner of the 2014 Travelers Championship. “But with the enhancements that they are looking at conducting over the off-season, I think it will only strengthen the layout and provide us with an even higher quality golf course come next August. It will also be particularly exciting to see a new tee box in place on the drivable 15th hole, as that serves to ‘kick-start’ the exciting finish that 15, 16, 17, and 18 bring to TPC River Highlands – I can’t wait to see it.”

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    Bobby Weed will return to TPC River Highlands to advise on the work

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    Selected greens will be surgically lifted in order to provide more pinning positions

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    The tee box will be rebuilt on the course’s 15th hole

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    TPC River Highlands is the host course for the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship

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    Work to improve viewing areas for spectators will be carried out

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