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Golf Design Basics:An introduction to the many facets of Golf Course DesignWhen people think of golf design and golf design basics, it appears most think of the actions required by a golf course architect in compiling the detailed design contour plans for golf holes.In reality the actual drawing of the plan for any golf hole is the final act in a potentially long thought-and-investigations process. This is because every decision made in golf course design, including the location and shape of every line drawn as a part of any design, is made on the basis of a bank of knowledge, experience and talent. It can be very misleading to simply list a number of design considerations, because taken alone, they can appear over simplified and if applied indescriminately in a real world situation, could cause more problems than they are intended to solve. The golf design basics included here are not taken from any reference book of standards (of which there are few for this field). Rather, these golf design basics are the self imposed and self regulated guidelines used by us in our capacity as practicing Golf Course Architects. Although we endeavor to ensure all decisions made by us in our professional capacity can be justified by logic and common sense, these golf design basics must still be seen only as our own personal philosophies. The links at the end of this page deal with some of the different facets of detailed design of the core elements of golf courses, but they should not be taken to encompass the full spectrum of golf course design or Golf course architecture. Other elements such as golf terrain strategy layout of golf courses golf course drainage and golf landscaping design make up a large portion of a golf architects design work, and even all these put together do not constitute an exhaustive indication of all things we consider to be golf design basics. The following links are therefore intended only as an introductory reference, and should be used only to cross check and compare the methods used by architects in real world situations. These points might also be useful as the basis of logical inquiry to judge the depth of experience and talent in order to screen prospective golf course architects.
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