Golf Course Architecture
We are inspired to offer highly engaging, beautiful, strategic and environmentally beneficial golf architecture.
GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE
As stewards of the environment and caretakers of golf we are privileged to develop courses that will be recognized as classic tests of golf and an exceptional benefit to the community. Our success can be traced to a commitment to the client, the game of golf and our respect for the land.
We have projects that are award winning and have received critical acclaim. But more importantly, our work is environmentally beneficial, economically successful and operationally efficient.
Project Updates & News
Park Ridge Country Club
Completed Short Range Construction
This past fall, Martin Design and Wadsworth Golf Construction completed construction of a fantastic short-range improvement to this great club, further expanding and improving the golf amenities. A short-range chipping area has been added including 3 practice bunkers, a sizable target green, a large bentgrass fairway with multiple angles and approach shots with varying angles and challenges.
Martin Design continues to assist this club to make thoughtful improvements for every golfing member.
River Forest Country Club
Tee Renovation completed this fall
River Forest Country Club completed improvements to their tees and practice amenities this fall. As part of ongoing Long-term improvement plans and strategies, Martin Design Golf with Liebold Construction improved the tee surfaces and expanded tee options and yardage variations for RFCC. RFCC can now offer yardages from 4,700 yards to over 6,900 yds. with long, low profile runway tees.
Additionally, the Practice Tee has been expanded and the Practice Green has been enlarged and rebuilt. All of these improvements are part of a Long Range Improvement Plan that was developed over the last few years for River Forest Country Club.
Settlers Hill Golf Course
Construction complete
Work has been ongoing all summer with the completion of the grading, drainage, irrigation, shaping and feature construction of this fascinating project.
Ultimately, Settlers Hill will have 18 renovated golf holes on this magnificent property [with returning 9’s], a full practice range, youth links with a new drainage and irrigation system. The golfers of central Kane County should be very excited. Greg Martin, Architect states “I am thrilled with the progress and the improvements. This landscape is so dynamic, tailoring the feature development to the scale of the property is vital. I am excited to see how these improvements are fitting together.”
Opening is tentatively scheduled for mid-summer of 2022.
Springbrook & Naperbrook Golf Courses
Planning for Upcoming Construction
Martin Design has completed Long-Range Improvement Plans for both golf courses to determine optimum budgeting and construction phasing. In the coming years, Springbrook and Naperbrook Golf Courses will be seeing improvement.
This fall will see improvements to both courses. Springbrook will have major drainage improvements installed in anticipation of future golf course improvements. This two-phased improvement will allow golf to be played for the full year in ’21 while installing the main framework of the drainage system ready for future tee, bunker and circulation improvements.
Naperbrook Golf Course will see improvements to the Practice area. The practice tee will be expanded, the practice green will be redeveloped, and the area will be prepped for a large outing shelter to be constructed at a future date.
Making the Game Better
Our work is intentional. We apply simple strategies, tailored for each project, each client, each market and each site so that the game becomes more interesting, more environmentally beneficial, resilient, easier to maintain and simpler to operate. These strategies make the game more fun, more engaging, and more spirited. If golfers are hopeful and engaged they will return, again and again.
Isn’t that the point.