Renovation/Master-Planning

Master Planning/Renovation Golf Design is played upon a living and constantly evolving environment. In addition, technology is providing both the player and golf course superintendent new equipment that is continuingly changing the game. These factors dictate that golf course renovation is often necessary to achieve the club's goals.

The McDonald Design Group believes the correct way to approach a golf course renovation/restoration is with a comprehensive master plan of proposed improvements. The master plan is a broad vision for the entire facility that accomplishes the following:

• A master plan educates the club's membership. Through written materials, public presentations, and even golf course tours; the membership becomes aware of the proposed improvements and existing conditions which warrant the renovation.
  
  
• A master plan avoids costly piecemeal improvements that do not provide the golf facility with aesthetic or structural continuity.
  
  
• A master plan outlines an implementation schedule responsive to potential financial restrictions and course disruption.
  
  
• A master plan provides reliable cost projections to aid the club's planning process.
  
  
• A master plan acts as a guiding force of future improvements (perhaps spaced out from five to ten years), even as club officials or staff may change.

Our success with renovation design is due to our extensive interaction with our clients. We insist on an intense exchange of ideas during the beginning phases of the design process. We prefer to formulate an improvement committee comprised of members of varying golfing ability and select club officials. The committee ensures that each segment of the club is represented during the planning and implementation stages of the project.

The McDonald Design Group's only measure of success is the satisfaction of our clients. Our goal is to not leave our mark on the golfing facility, but to develop and enhance the client's goals for the renovation project, producing a project that greatly exceeds their expectations.

Examples of Past/Current Renovation Projects:

Army Navy Country Club, Arlington
Arlington, Virginia
Status: Construction Completed in 2001.
Description: Nine Hole Renovation Master Plan to Strengthen the Club's Inner Nine

Army Navy Country Club, Fairfax
Fairfax, Virginia
Status: Construction Completed in 2005.
Description: Select Tee Renovation

Bent Creek Country Club
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Status: Construction Completed in 2006.
Description: Master Plan of Bunker Improvements

Bidermann Golf Course
Wilmington, Delaware
Status: Phase I: Completed 2006.
Description: Eighteen Hole Restoration Master Plan of a Dick Wilson Golf Course

Bretton Woods Recreation Center
Germantown, Maryland
Status: Phase I: Construction Complete, Phase II in Permitting.
Description: Eighteen Hole Renovation Master Plan

Chestnut Ridge Country Club
Lutherville, Maryland
Status: Construction Completed 2002.
Description: Select Tee and Bunker Renovation to Holes #8, #9

Country Club of Fairfax
Fairfax, Virginia
Status: Construction Completed from 2003-2006.
Description: Multiple Phase Golf Course Renovation

Country Club of Maryland
Towson, Maryland
Status: Construction Completed in 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008.
Description: Eighteen Hole Renovation Master Plan of a Herbert Strong Design

The Country Club at Woodmore
Mitchellville, Maryland
Status: Construction Completed from 2006-2007.
Description: Multiple Phase Renovation

Rehoboth Beach Country Club
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Status: Phase II Construction to Begin Fall 2008.
Description: Multi-Phase Golf Course Renovation

Southward Ho Country Club
Bay Shore, New York
Status: Phase I & II Construction Complete.
Description: Eighteen Hole Renovation Master Plan of an A.W. Tillinghast Golf Course

Sparrows Point Country Club
Baltimore, Maryland
Status: Construction Completed in 2000.
Description: Eighteen Hole Bunker Renovation Project Phased Over Four Years

Springfield Golf & Country Club
Springfield, Virginia
Status: Phase I, II, III Construction Complete.
Description: Eighteen Hole Renovation Master Plan

The Suburban Club of Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland
Status: Design Complete, Phased Implementation Underway.
Description: Eighteen Hole Renovation Master Plan

Sunnybrook Golf Club
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Status: Construction Complete in 2007.
Description: Eighteen Hole Restoration Plan of a William & David Gordon Design

Talbot Country Club
Easton, Maryland
Status: Design Complete, Project in Permitting.
Description: Eighteen Hole Renovation Master Plan

The Tartan Golf Course
Irvington, Virginia
Status: Phase I & II Construction Completed.
Description: Eighteen Hole Renovation Master Plan of a Sir Guy Campbell Design

The Timbers at Troy
Elkridge, Maryland
Status: Construction Completed in 2008.
Description: Fairway Realignment and Bunker Construction for Hole #3

Tournament Players Club at Avenel
Potomac, Maryland
Status: Construction Completed in 1998, 2001.
Description: Tee Renovation of Holes #1,#6, #9, #12 for the PGA Tour's Kemper Open

Turf Valley Resort & Country Club
Ellicott City, Maryland
Status: Construction Completed in 1996.
Description: Select Bunker Renovation of the South Course

United States Naval Academy Golf Course
Annapolis, Maryland
Status: Master Plan Complete.
Description: Eighteen Hole Restoration Plan of a William S. Flynn Golf Course

Washington Golf & Country Club
Arlington, Virginia
Status: Design Complete, Phased Implementation Underway.
Description: Eighteen Hole Renovation Master Plan of a William S. Flynn Design