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DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
Phil Jacobs Design ascribes to the traditional and time honoured values of Scottish
and Irish golf courses.
Our designs try to make the golf course blend in with its terrain, more than try to force a particular
design philosophy onto the terrain. We work hard at ensuring that the end product will significantly
improve the environment in the form of vegetation, wetlands or lakes.
The overall length of the golf course is not important to us, rather we focus on the individual
holes and strive for maximum variety in terms of length of holes and direction of play when
possible. Today’s golf ball and driver have made redundant the shot values of yesteryear on so
many classic old golf courses. Many of these golf courses feature holes that were designed for
a driver and a long iron into a Par 4 and today even the mediocre golfer can on his day hit a
driver and a very short iron into that same green. Also, most Par 5’s on the old golf courses
are now hit in two shots by a large percentage of golfers.
Our Design Philosophy focuses on finding exciting holes on any particular property ranging
from 100m Par 3’s to 600m Par 5’s. We try to use either the prevailing wind conditions of the
topography to slow the ball down and to make holes play longer than what they appear on
the score card.
Our golf courses are above all fun to play with interesting and various challenges
that will entice the golfer to come back and play the golf course again. Bunkers and green
complexes are the features that mostly define any particular golf course.
These features require a lot of thought to ensure that the golfing experience is constantly
changing and exciting.
Phil Jacobs Design ascribes to the traditional and time honoured values of Scottish
and Irish golf courses.
Our designs try to make the golf course blend in with its terrain, more than try to force a particular
design philosophy onto the terrain. We work hard at ensuring that the end product will significantly
improve the environment in the form of vegetation, wetlands or lakes.
The overall length of the golf course is not important to us, rather we focus on the individual
holes and strive for maximum variety in terms of length of holes and direction of play when
possible. Today’s golf ball and driver have made redundant the shot values of yesteryear on so
many classic old golf courses. Many of these golf courses feature holes that were designed for
a driver and a long iron into a Par 4 and today even the mediocre golfer can on his day hit a
driver and a very short iron into that same green. Also, most Par 5’s on the old golf courses
are now hit in two shots by a large percentage of golfers.
Our Design Philosophy focuses on finding exciting holes on any particular property ranging
from 100m Par 3’s to 600m Par 5’s. We try to use either the prevailing wind conditions of the
topography to slow the ball down and to make holes play longer than what they appear on
the score card.
Our golf courses are above all fun to play with interesting and various challenges
that will entice the golfer to come back and play the golf course again. Bunkers and green
complexes are the features that mostly define any particular golf course.
These features require a lot of thought to ensure that the golfing experience is constantly
changing and exciting.
