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Projects

Current Master Planning

 
Fiddlesticks Country Club, Fort Myers FL
18 Hole “Long Mean” Course renovation and remodel planning 2026 project

Pine Valley Country Club, Wilmington NC
18 Hole Classic Remodel project 2026

Hope Valley Country Club, Durham NC
1926 Donald Ross Restoration Project 2027

Country Club of Lexington, Lexington SC
18 Classic Remodel Design Project 2027

Kahkwa Club, Erie PA
1916 Donald Ross Restoration Master Planning – Select Greens Fall 2025
Bunkers Completed Summer 2024

 

Current Work in Progress:

 

Starmount Forest Country Club, Greensboro NC

– Spence Golf and its SG Irrigation Division broke ground January 2025 on the classic remodel and renovation of this private 18 hole golf course that was originally designed in 1931 by the architectural team of Wayne Stiles and John Van Kleek.

 

The project will take the golf course back closer to its traditional style and classic roots with new putting surfaces, redesigned bunkers, expanded tee complexes, new drainage systems, installation of an HDPE pipe/Toro 2 wire irrigation system and newly installed grassing schemes course wide with putting surfaces planted to Tifeagle Ultradwarf Bermudagrass, Tahoma 31 bermuda on approaches and green surrounds. TifTuf Bermuda on fairways and roughs and Zeon Zoysia on laser levelled tee tops.  Additional out of play areas will receive native grasses.

 

Jackson Country Club, Jackson TN

– Spence Golf  prepared a master plan and is designing and overseeing this comprehensive 18 hole renovation of this historic Langford and Moreau private club course and practice areas spring and summer of 2025.

 

The project scope will include newly reconstructed TifEagle putting surfaces, TifTuf fairways and roughs, Zeon Zoysia laser levelled tee tops, restored bunkers, enhanced bunker schemes, strategic L & M mounding, extensive tree and shade removal, enhanced drainage in key areas and a new Rainbird IC irrigation system.

 

Recently Completed Projects:

 

Wildcat Run Golf and Country Club, Estero FL
– (Summer 2023) SGI Provided Golf Course Architectural Design, Consulting and Project Oversight.

 

Developed the Master Plan and completed renovation to this 1985 Arnold Palmer – Ed Seay designed private country club in SW Florida.  The project included resurfacing all putting surfaces to TifEagle Bermuda, re-grassing the entire course to Bimini Bermuda, remodeling and reconstructing bunkers with Capillary Concrete liners, installing extensive drainage in fairways for firmer playing conditions and installing a completely new concrete cart path system course wide.  Additionally, a new short game complex was created near the clubhouse campus along with well-defined target greens on the practice fairway.  Clarke Construction General Contractor.

 

Dunedin Golf Club, Dunedin FL
– (Summer 2024) SGI Provided Golf Course Architectural Design, Consulting and Project Oversight.

 

Developed the Master Plan to restore this 1926 Donald Ross designed course for the City of Dunedin, FL.  The project scope included the complete restoration of 18 Donald Ross green complexes to their original elevations, shapes, sizes, orientation and contours.  87 Ross bunkers were fully restored along with all tees expanded and updated for the modern game.  Additional work included the installation of a new Toro 2 wire irrigation system course wide, installation of an extensive sub-surface drainage system to remediate constant flooding on holes 15/17 situated along a tidal creek fed from the Gulf of America.  The course was replanted to TifTuf bermudagrass on tees, fairways and roughs to help address limited irrigation supply. XGD Systems General Contractor, KDC Irrigation.

 

Kahkwa Club, Erie PA
– (Summer 2023) SGI Provided Golf Course Architectural Design, Consulting and Project Oversight.

 

Developed a Bunker Restoration Master Plan to restore 55 bunkers on this 1916 Donald Ross designed course.  The project included the restoration of all bunkers which included original bunker locations, modified locations for advances in the game, added bunkers and select bunker removals.  The bunkers were constructed with Capillary Concrete Liners and Pro Angle Sand.  Additional work included putting surface remediation on holes 17 and 18 to soften excessive sloping and very limited hole location availability.  General Contractor Hollembeak Construction.

 

Holston Hills Country Club, Knoxville TN
– (Summer 2024) Spence Golf Inc completed the restoration of over 100 bunkers on this historic 1926 Donald Ross design in eastern TN. 

 

The scope of work focused on reshaping the bunkers to the philosophical approach practiced by Donald Ross.  Surface water was entering the bunkers from outside surfaces causing excessive washing after rain events.  Capillary Concrete liners were installed, Pro Angle sand installed, new TifTuf sod surrounds and reshaping to the Ross specifications, orientation, shape and size.