Practice Facilities: Do we really need them?
Practice facilities are often overlooked, but we feel they have great value and importance in a golf operation. Most courses or clubs are looking to attract more golfers or members, and in the case of resorts, more rooms and tee times occupied. The battle cry of the...
Willie Park Jr.’s Amazing Greens at the Moonbrook Country Club
If you want to experience some of the most uniquely complex greens in the USA, then you need to make a trip to Jamestown, NY and experience the greens at the Moonbrook Country Club, which was founded in 1918. They have 11 untouched Willie Park Jr., greens...
Bunker Renovation and Restoration Creates Impact
Bunker Renovation and Restoration Creates Impact Bunkers are unique and different when it comes to renovation and restoration projects.The majority of clubs or courses want to maximize their dollars spent. The days of build it and they will come or spend...
20 Years and Counting: Online Golf Course Design Seminar Remains Popular
Someone once asked: “Do you like teaching more than golf course design?”The answer: I enjoy teaching and golf course design equally.In 1997 I started co-teaching an overseas golf course design seminar through Michigan State University each fall, and it...
Change – Golf Courses Should Plan for the Inevitable
Change is a tough topic for some people. Whether the change involves a person, place or thing, many people just don’t like change. Changes to your club’s golf course fit this universal principle, and change on golf courses comes from different areas: • The game itself...
Why They Call Me “Renovation Ray”
Why They Call Me ‘Renovation Ray’ In my career I’ve equally embraced the two areas of discipline that really comprise golf course architecture – new 18-hole design, and renovation, restoration and remodeling. From the very beginning, we embraced going on the road or...
Humbled, Honored and Blessed by Awards
Humbled, Honored and Blessed by Awards By now you have learned our renovation work at Water’s Edge Golf Club in Fremont, Mich., was recognized by The American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) with a 2018 Design Excellence Recognition Award. It is the fourth...
2018: Quite A Year
2018: Quite A Year It was a great 2018 at Raymond Hearn Golf Course Designs with multiple remodeling/restoration and renovation projects throughout the USA and a few exciting international projects, too. Restoration, remodeling and renovation projects at private...
