6 Fry/Straka approaches completion of new Union League National layout DIGEST Golf design firm Fry/Straka has nearly completed work on one of the most ambitious projects underway in the United States, for the Union League National Golf Club in Swainton, New Jersey. The club purchased the former Sand Barrens property in 2017, and appointed the design firm of Dana Fry, ASGCA, and ASGCA President Jason Straka to completely recreate the 27-hole layout. Taking inspiration from Pine Valley, located just an hour northwest of the club, more than 1.6 million cubic yards of material was moved to create an enormous landform dubbed ‘The Big Fill’ at the center of the 268-acre property, which has ridgelines spreading out in various directions to a series of plateaus and smaller ridges. “All these ridges are like the arteries a human body,” said Fry. “By the time we finished with the major earthwork, the largest section of The Big Fill accommodated eight tee complexes, nine green complexes and parts of seven fairways. It’s massive, 78-feet-high
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