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Palmer Course Design Company Celebrates 35 Years
January 25, 2006
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – World-renowned golf course architecture company Palmer Course Design is celebrating its 35th year creating memorable designs throughout the world. The 15-member team has designed and constructed more than 300 courses across the globe, many of which have hosted prominent golf tournaments.
“In our business, we have the unique opportunity to make something truly special and create art on a major scale that brings enjoyment to many people,” said Palmer Course Design Executive Vice President Erik Larsen. “I am fortunate to be in a field where I get the chance to live out my dream every day and work with a group of people who are not only talented and gifted professionals but who are also dear friends.”
Since 1971, when Palmer Course Design President Ed Seay and golf legend Arnold Palmer joined forces, Palmer Course Design has been connecting golfers to the land, providing a pure golf experience for players at every ability level. The company utilizes the latest cutting-edge technology to assist its clients with master planning, engineering concepts and construction, while ensuring environmental sensitivity. Palmer Course Design prides itself on creating courses that are as memorable for their beauty as they are for their challenging but enjoyable play.
Later this year, Palmer Course Design will begin construction on its first golf course in the newly launched Palmer Premier series. In addition to providing expert design services for White Oak Plantation, a semi-private resort development in Tryon, N.C. featuring an elegant tournament course, Palmer Course Design will also take an active role in entire project to create a total golf experience that is reflective of Palmer’s personal style. The Palmer Premier series will be exclusive to high-end developments and will give Palmer Course Design clients, and those who enjoy the game of golf, an experience that is synonymous with Palmer’s vision of excellence and his philosophy of providing a total golf experience of the utmost quality.
The Palmer Course Design team has also been busy readying its course at The K Club in County Kildare, Ireland for the 2006 Ryder Cup on September 22 – 24.
As Larsen and the team at Palmer Course Design look to the future, they have the goal of being universally recognized as the best golf architecture firm in the world and one that is also known for preserving green space and enhancing open areas within communities.
Founded on the philosophy and standards of excellence set forth by the game’s ambassador, Arnold Palmer, Palmer Course Design has created some of golf’s most memorable and awe-inspiring courses throughout the world. With nearly 300 active projects and open golf courses in 38 states and 23 countries, Palmer Course Design applies fundamental design elements to any style of course and is committed to providing a great golf experience as the company continues to develop its exciting new designs
Posted: January 25, 2006 03:43 PM
PCDC Announces Opening of the Classic Club at NorthStar
January 20, 2006
PALM DESERT, California – Ponte Vedra Beach-based Palmer Course Design recently celebrated the completion of The Classic Club at NorthStar, the new 7,305-yard host course for the PGA TOUR’s Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, held each year in January.
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PALMER COURSE DESIGN ANNOUNCES OPENING OF THE CLASSIC CLUB AT NORTHSTAR
PALM DESERT, California – Ponte Vedra Beach-based Palmer Course Design recently celebrated the completion of The Classic Club at NorthStar, the new 7,305-yard host course for the PGA TOUR’s Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, held each year in January.
“We designed The Classic Club to have a unique look for the desert,” said Palmer Course Design Senior Golf Course Architect and Director of Environmental Services Victoria Martz. “It features a variety of playable hazards that are both beautiful and intimidating. It is a wonderful combination of challenge and fun for TOUR professionals
and amateurs alike.”
The Classic Club at NorthStar provides a fan-friendly venue for the annual Bob Hope Chrysler Classic with plateaus offering expansive views for spectators to see from one hole to the next. It is a core golf course that features dramatic elevation changes, cascading waterfalls, rock streams, numerous stone bridges, and more than 4,800 mature pine and California pepper trees. According to Martz, the trees were planted to create a forested feel in the desert surrounded by mountain ranges. Water is brought into play on 13 out of the 18 holes with 30 acres of lakes and water features dotting the course. The shortest hole on the course, the par-3 No. 12, is one of The Classic Club’s most visually interesting and challenging holes. Measuring 162 yards from tee to green, players will need accuracy on their side as they aim for the pin that is surrounded by a large lake, waterfalls and a wrap-around sand bunker. Golf legend and Palmer Course Design Chairman Arnold Palmer personally provided the design criteria and on-site review from concept to completion for this spectacular hole.
The Classic Club at NorthStar is a public course that was donated to the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic by the H. N. & Francis C. Berger Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to “helping people help themselves.”
Founded on the philosophy and standards of excellence set forth by the game’s ambassador, Arnold Palmer, Palmer Course Design has created some of golf’s most memorable and awe-inspiring courses throughout the world. With nearly 300 active projects and open golf courses in 38 states and 23 countries, Palmer Course Design applies fundamental design elements to any style of course and is committed to providing a great golf experience as the company continues to develop its exciting new designs.
Posted: January 20, 2006 03:40 PM
