9 DIGEST Todd Schoeder, ASGCA, and ASGCA Past President Forrest Richardson will begin the renovation of Los Alamos County Golf Course near Santa Fe, New Mexico, in spring 2024. The masterplan includes rerouting holes six to nine, reversing the seventh and eighth, 13 new bunkers and remodeling all existing bunkers, two new greens and renovations to all others, new tees, new cart paths, and a new driving range and practice area. “Combining our design strengths will contribute to a more successful project, meeting the goals of Los Alamos County,” said Schoeder. “The course is set in a forest and on the edge of a rugged canyon,” said Richardson. “What we’ve created is a look that lives up to that ambiance, and over the long term it will help relax the need to maintain the edges with nail clipper precision, something this site does not need.” Schoeder added: “Also, an emphasis has been placed on restoring the golf course to its original character by repairing and replacing the aging infrastructure. The overriding goal was to use the golf course to create a point of pride for the community!” Photo: Icon Golf Studio and Forrest Richardson Schoeder and Richardson collaborate on Los Alamos plan McLemore begins grassing The Keep McLemore Resort in Rising Fawn, Georgia, is grassing its new golf course, The Keep, which is a collaboration between Bill Bergin, ASGCA, and ASGCA Past President Rees Jones. The Keep lies on a plateau 1,000 feet above the valley floor of McLemore Cove, and the design team has routed several holes along the cliff edge. Most of the trees on the rocky site have been cleared to create an open landscape. This is a marked contrast to the Highlands course at McLemore where holes weave through woodland. “Nowhere else will you find two courses of this caliber with the breathtaking views and scenery as we have here atop Lookout Mountain,” said Duane Horton, president of Scenic Land Company, the developer of McLemore. Photo: McLemore Club A visualisation of the new sixth hole at Los Alamos County
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