Mackenzie & Ebert Brochure

Classic Course Design..... ..... for today’s game

Mackenzie & Ebert

The great seaside links provide the perfect inspiration for coastal and inlanddesigns

TurnberryAilsa Course, Ayrshire, Scotland

All major course improvements designed for the 2009 Open Championship

Photograph Courtesy of The Westin Turnberry Resort

Our golf course design skills have been genuinely inspired by the classic layouts of Great Britain & Ireland and the values of the great, old architects. The benefits are twofold. Courses are produced that blend seamlessly with their

setting and are easier and less expensive to build and maintain without compromising quality. Earth moving is a costly and often unnecessary endeavour. Too many modern architects overlook the opening lines of Dr. Alister Mackenzie’s book, Golf Architecture, written in 1920.

“Economy in course construction consists of obtainingthe best possible results at a minimum cost.”

The principals of our company are Tom Mackenzie and Martin Ebert. They worked together for 15 busy and enjoyable years as lead designers with Donald Steel & Company. Between them, they have forty years of experience in the

field of golf course architecture, working not only on new courses but also advising the acknowledged classics. Four out of the nine Open Championship venues have been advised in recent years and the two of them have provided design recommendations at almost forty of the top hundred courses in Great Britain and Ireland during their careers. Many prestigious seaside commissions have led to a deep understanding and love of links golf and the all-important ability to work with a light touch on the land.

Very few modern British architects have worked in North America but Tom and Martin have designed four courses in the USA, two in Canada and another in The Bahamas. In all, sixty have been created in sixteen countries.

We enjoy working on prestigious projects of whatever scale and have established a strong reputation for quality, understated designs which respect the environmental and ecological attributes of a site. Our courses are designed

to the highest standards and are free from unnecessary gimmicks. They are challenging yet fun to play and can be built economically, allowing the traditional form of the game to spread further around the globe.

Photograph Courtesy of Kenneth Ferguson Photography

Making best use of natural features leads to the most stimulating layouts

Royal Troon Ayrshire, Scotland

Ongoing advice provided to this Open venue

Photograph Courtesy of Primland Resort

We have mastered the art of finding

the best green sites - This remains the essential

first step in creating the most thought provoking layouts

Golf Digest’s Best New Public Course $75 and

Over in the US for 2007.

The Highland Course At Primland

Virginia, USA

Photograph Courtesy of Royal St. George’s Golf Club

The best courses sit comfortably on the land

Royal St. George’sSandwich, Kent, England

All adjustments made for the 2011 Open

Photograph Courtesy of Vineyard Golf Club by Larry Lambrecht

Our layouts exist happily in the most sensitive

environments, protecting and managing

the out of play areas

The Vineyard Club Martha’s Vineyard, USA

No.1 Environmentally Friendly Course in the U.S. -

Links MagazineThe only truly organic

course in the USA

The most enjoyable courses have interesting, varied and challenging putting surfaces and green surrounds

All adjustments made for the 2005 & 2009 Irish Opens

County Louth Golf Club Baltray, Ireland

Photograph Courtesy of Clive Barber

Shaping detail is one of our fundamental

strengths inspired by the classic course

Goodwood Ontario, Canada

New course in play 2008

Bunkers should be genuine hazards and not over-used, aesthetic adornments

All adjustments made for the 2012 Open

Royal Lytham & St. AnnesLancashire, England

Our bunkering leads to a golfing experience

which is thought provoking and requires decisions

to be made

The Carnegie Club Skibo, Scotland

Award winning links course designed on Andrew Carnegie’s

old estate

Photograph Courtesy of Glyn Satterley


Work in sensitive landscapes requires great discipline - Creation of lakes and wetlands should be as natural as possible

GoodwoodOntario, Canada

New course designed on the glacial moraine north of Toronto

Photograph Courtesy of The Abaco Club by Glyn Satterley

The Abaco ClubAbaco, Bahamas

New tropical links course using drought & salt resistant

Seashore Paspalum grass

Well specified and maintained courses

need the minimum water and fertiliser input

Photograph Courtesy of Tecina Golf

We make the most of the dramatic settings a site has to offer

Tecina GolfGomera, Canary Islands

New course designed on a volcanic hillside

Photograph Courtesy of Victoria Golf Club and Country Club

Courses do not need to cost a fortune to build

to be highly rated

Victoria Golf & Country Resort

Rajawella, Sri Lanka

Asian Golf Monthly’s Best Course on the Sub Continent 2002 & 2008

which was built for less thanUS $1,000,000

Photograph Courtesy of Carnegie Abbey

The Carnegie Abbey ClubRhode Island, USA

Earth movement should be as low as required to produce the best course possible

New course opened in 2000

Where we move earth we make it look natural

rather than wanting to shock the golfer

with a new landscape

A true Blue Ridge Mountain Course

The Highland Course At Primland

Virginia, USA

Photograph Courtesy of Heythrop Park Golf Club

Heythrop Park Oxfordshire, England

We have significant experience in designing courses sensitive to their historic setting

New course designed around a highly protected parkland, dating back to 1706

Photograph Courtesy of Byneset Golf

Courses should enhance the environment,

not degrade it

Byneset GolfTrondheim, Norway

New course completed in 2007

Photograph Courtesy of Mark Alexander

Courses that work with the land retain the local character of that country

Bom SucessoÓbidos, Portugal


RedtailOntario, Canada


We believe the creation of water hazards should be tasteful and appropriatePhotograph Courtesy of Gary Wilcox

Goodwood Ontario, Canada

THE BAHAMASThe Abaco Club on Winding Bay, Abaco (18 holes)

CANADARedtail Golf Course, London, Ontario (18 holes )Goodwood Golf Course, Toronto, Ontario (18 holes)

CYPRUSMinthis Hills, Paphos (18 holes)

ENGLANDAislaby, Cucklington, Somerset (6 holes which can be played as 18)Birch Grove House Golf Course, Ashdown Forest, Sussex (18 holes)Bradfield College, Berkshire (9 holes)Breadsall Priory (Moorland Course), Derby (18 holes)Brocket Hall Golf Club (Palmerston Course), Hertfordshire (18 holes)Crane Valley Golf Club, Verwood, Dorset (18 holes and 9 holes)Dudsbury Golf Club, Ferndown, Dorset (18 holes)Eaton Golf Club, Waverton, Cheshire (18 holes)Harleyford Golf Club, Marlow, Bucks (18 holes)

Heythrop Park, Oxford (18 holes)The Homelands Bettergolf Centre, Ashford, Kent (9 holes)Hurlestone Hall Golf Club, Ormskirk, Lancashire (18 holes)Lambourne Golf Club, Burnham, Buckinghamshire (18 holes)Leeds Golf Centre, Leeds, Yorkshire (18 holes and 9 holes)Overstone Park Golf Club, Northampton (18 holes)Park House, West Sussex (6 holes)Shendish Manor, Hertfordshire (9 holes to make it 18)Stapleford Park, Leicestershire (18 holes)Stoke Park Golf Club, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire (9 holes to make 27)Wellington College, Bracknell, Berkshire (9 holes)Woodhall Spa Golf Club (Bracken Course), Lincolnshire (18 holes)Wrotham Heath Golf Club, Sevenoaks, Kent (9 holes to make it 18)

FRANCEChateau des Vigiers, Bergerac (18 holes)

GERMANYTreudelberg, Hamburg (18 holes)

IRELANDKillarney Golf Club (Lackabane Course), County Kerry (18 holes)Luttrellstown Castle, Dublin (18 Holes)

THE NETHERLANDSEfteling, Tilburg (18 holes)Engelenburg Golf & Country Club, Brummen (9 holes with Hans Hertzberger)Haverleij, ‘s-Hertogenbosch (18 holes and 9 holes)Golf de Gelpenberg, Aalden (9 holes to make 18)Lauswolt, Beetsterwaag (9 holes to make 18)

NORWAYByneset, Trondheim (18 holes and 9 holes)

PORTUGALAroeira II, Costa Caparica, Lisbon (18 holes)Bom Sucesso, Obidos (18 holes)Campo Real, Torres Vedras, Lisbon (18 holes)Santo Estêvão, Benavente, Lisbon (18 holes)Vila Sol, The Algarve (9 holes to make 27)

SCOTLANDBallindalloch, Speyside (9 holes)Brunston Castle Golf Club, Girvan, Ayrshire (18 holes)Carnegie Links, Skibo, Sutherland (18 holes)Colin Montgomerie Links Academy & Arran Course, Turnberry (9 holes)Craigielaw, East Lothian (18 holes and 6 hole academy course)Pitliver House, Fife (9 holes)St. Andrews (Strathtyrum Course), Fife (18 holes)St. Andrews (Balgove Course), Fife (9 holes)

SPAINTecina Golf, La Gomera, Canary Islands (18 holes)

SRI LANKAVictoria Golf Club, Rajawella, Kandy (18 holes)

SWEDENJohannesberg Golf & CC, Stockholm (27 holes)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICACarnegie Abbey, Newport, Rhode Island (18 holes)

Cherokee Plantation, South Carolina (18 holes)Primland, Virginia (18 holes)The Vineyard Golf Club, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (18 holes)

WALESGower Golf Club, Swansea (18 holes)


New Courses

Photograph Courtesy of The Abaco Club by Glyn Satterley

CANADAAngus Glen (South Course)Shawneeki

CYPRUSMinthis Hills Resort

DENMARKRoyal Copenhagen

ENGLANDArmyAshridgeAvisford ParkBanstead DownsBathBeckenham Place ParkBerkhamstedBerkshire (Red & Blue) Burghley ParkBurnham & BerrowCamberley Heath CanterburyCharnwood ForestCharterhouse SchoolChelmsfordChesterChestfieldChevinChewton GlenCirencesterClevelandCrowborough BeaconDuxbury ParkDyrham ParkEast Devon EatonEllesboroughElton FurzeEnvilleExeter Golf & CC FairhavenFalmouthFarnhamForest of Arden (Arden Course)Forest Pines Hotel, Golf and SpaFormbyGerrards CrossGillinghamGlen GorseGoodwood

Goring & StreatleyGreat BarrGuildfordHadley WoodHanbury ManorHarpendenHaste HillHawkstone ParkHaywards Heath Herne BayHeswallHillside HorsforthIlkleyKetteringKibworthKidderminsterLee-on-the-SolentLetchworthLindrickLiphookLittle Aston LittlehamptonLyme RegisManor House HotelMarlboroughNevillNew ZealandNewcastle-under-LymeNewton Abbott (Stover)North ForelandNorth HantsNorthumberland Notts (Hollinwell)OrmskirkPannalParkstonePyecombeReadingRochdaleRochester & Cobham ParkRoehamptonRoss-on-WyeRothley ParkRoyal BirkdaleRoyal Cinque Ports Royal Liverpool Royal Lytham and St. AnnesRoyal Mid SurreyRoyal North DevonRoyal St. George’sRoyal West Norfolk

Royal Worlington & NewmarketRuislipRye (Jubilee & Old Course)Saffron WaldenSandy Lodge SauntonSt. Enodoc SeacroftSeafordSelbySilloth-on-SolwaySittingbourne & Milton RegisSouthport & AinsdaleSouth StaffordshireStoke Poges Stoneham Sunningdale (Old & New) Tadmarton HeathTandridge TempleThorpenessTidworth GarrisonTrenthamTrentham ParkTylney ParkVerulamWallaseyWalton Heath (Old & New)West LancashireWest SurreyWest SussexWeymouthWilmslowWokingWoodhall Spa WoodhamWorksopWrotham HeathYelverton

FINLANDTuusulaVuosaari Golf

FRANCEChantilly

GERMANYBerliner Golf & Country Club

GRENADAGrenada Country Club

IRELANDBallybunionBallyhaunisBeaufortBirrCarlowCastlegregoryCounty LouthDooksEnniscroneKillarneyLahinchLaytown & BettystownLuttrellstown CastleMilltownMonkstownNewcastle WestRosslareRoyal Dublin TraleeWaterford CastleYoughal

ITALYMolinetto

LUXEMBOURGGolf-Club Grand-Ducal

THE NETHERLANDSDe DommelEindhovenscheGeysterenHaagscheKennemerLauswoltNoordwijkseNoord NederlandseRosendaelsche

NORTHERN IRELANDClandeboyeGalgorm CastlePortstewartRoyal County DownRoyal Portrush

PORTUGALVidagoVila Sol

SCOTLANDAskernishBlairgowrieBoat of GartenCruden BayDeesideDundas CastleGleddochGullaneMusselburghMusselburgh Old CourseKilmacolmKilspindie NairnPrestwickRoyal AberdeenRoyal BurgessRoyal DornochRoyal TroonTurnberry (Ailsa & Kintyre)St. Andrews (Eden Course) Western Gailes

SPAINAmarilla Golf & Country ClubClub de Golf TerramarTecina Golf, La Gomera

SRI LANKANuwara EliyaRoyal Colombo

SWEDENBarsebäckHalmstad

WALESAshburnhamBaron HillCardiffConwyNewport Pyle & Kenfig Royal Porthcawl St. Pierre

Clubs Advised

CYPRUSMinthis Hills Resort, Paphos (Formerly Tsada Golf Club)

DENMARKRoyal Copenhagen Golf Club (Major course renovation)

ENGLANDForest of Arden (Arden Course), Warwickshire (18 hole redesign)Rochester and Cobham Park Golf Club, Kent (Layout redesign and reconstruction of all greens)Rye (Jubilee Course), East Sussex (4 completely new holes and major redesign)Sittingbourne & Milton Regis Golf Club, Kent (9 holes)Tylney Park Golf Club, Hampshire

IRELANDBeaufort Golf Club, County KerryEnniscrone Golf Club, County Sligo (6 new holes and major revision)Killarney Golf Club (Killeen Course), County Kerry (Complete reconstruction)Tralee Golf Club, County Kerry (15 new greens and 8 fairways )

NORTHERN IRELANDRoyal County Down Golf Club, County Down (Major redesign of the Annesley Course including several completely new holes)

SCOTLANDAskernish Golf Club, South Uist, Outer Hebrides (Restoration of Old Tom Morris Course)Kintyre Course, Turnberry, (7 completely new holes and major reconstruction)

SPAIN (Canary Islands)Amarilla Golf & Country Club, Tenerife (Course reconstruction)

SRI LANKARoyal Colombo Golf Club (Redesign of all 18 greens)

Major Redesigns

Existing Course Projects

Photograph Courtesy of The Westin Turnberry Resort

New and existing course projects were either designed by Mackenzie & Ebert or by Martin or Tom as lead architects when working for Donald Steel & Company

AskernishOuter Hebrides, Scotland

Just mow the grasses....

Restoration of the 1892 Old Tom Morris Links

....and play!

Understanding how to challenge elite golfers comes from having worked onChampionship courses including five of the nine Open venues

Turnberry Ailsa Course, Ayrshire, Scotland

The re-aligned 16th hole

Royal County Down

County Down, Northern Ireland

We are specialists in course adjustments for major events

New 16th hole and major redesign

of 18th hole for the 2007 Walker Cup

Royal Liverpool Hoylake, England

Three new greens, back tees & bunkering for the 2006 Open

We consider it a considerablehonour and responsibility to work on the great Championship Courses Photograph Courtesy of David Cannon

Royal PortrushCounty Antrim,

Northern Ireland

Back tees added& short game practice

facilities designed

Links golf is all about playing the game

in a wide variety of ways - not a geography lesson

Royal Cinque Ports Deal, Kent, England

The aim of our work on existing courses is for it to blend in seamlessly with the original design

Ongoing advice provided at this former Open venue

Noordwijkse Noordwijk, Holland

Change to existing, classic courses should not be for change’s sake but

for definite improvement

Ongoing advice on major redesign projects

Woodhall SpaLincolnshire, England

New course and practice facilities designed for the English Golf Union

Photograph Courtesy of Woodhall Spa

We create stimulating and practical training facilities

Royal Copenhagen Golf Club

Dyrehaven, Copenhagen, Denmark

Subtle design changes can make the world

of difference to members’ enjoyment of their course

Major tee, bunker & green surround renovation project

Photograph Courtesy of Tralee Golf Club

Tralee Golf ClubCounty Kerry, Ireland

Working on the established courses requires a sympathetic approach and great attention to detail

Major green redesign and bunkering project

Clubs’ requirements are highly variable

so flexibility and creativity is essential

EnniscroneCounty Sligo, Ireland

6 completely new holes designed in the dunes

Relatively small changes can transform the character of a hole or a course

Woking Golf Club Surrey, England

Heathland restoration and bunkering advice

Photograph Courtesy of Killarney Golf & Fishing Club

Total reconstruction is sometimes

the best option

Complete reconstruction project

Killarney Golf & Fishing Club

Killeen Course, Co. Kerry,Ireland

Stoke ParkBuckinghamshire, England

Studying the work of the likes of Harry Colt,Dr. Alister Mackenzie and Tom Simpson reinforces our strategic design philosophy

Harry Colt’s third nine restored

Photograph Courtesy of Stoke Park Golf Club

Photograph Courtesy of Vuosaari Golf Club

Vuosaari Helsinki, Finland

Major green & bunker reconstruction project

We enjoy working with club committees

to assess and implement the best of their ideas

I studied Engineering Design at Chichester College of Technology and joined Donald Steel & Company in October 2000. There

I became responsible for the graphic design department of the company, moving on to work with Mackenzie & Ebert. My role combines technical and creative expertise to present the design work in a clear and professional form.

This has led to a full understanding of a large number of graphics software packages such as AutoCAD 2010/Civil 3D and the Adobe Creative Suite amongst others.

The use of Civil 3D allows the creation of 3D Digital Terrain Models for earth movement analysis by comparing the existing surface with the proposed surface, for large or small sites.

Adobe Photoshop is used to create visualisations of future holes or changes to existing holes. These skills of visually representing the company’s ideas have proved extremely useful in convincing committees and club members of the benefits of proposed designs.

I also provide a surveying service out in the field for the smaller, existing golf course projects.

The Team

A career in golf became my goal following a year long organisation of the Cambridge University Golf Club’s tour to the United States

in 1989, the year of the 100th Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge. It was a privileged experience to visit a great array of the traditional, old courses and clubs of the North Eastern US and it reinforced my views of how golf courses should be eased into the landscape. This appreciation had been forged from playing many of the great seaside links and inland courses of the UK with the Cambridge team.

Golf at university was mixed with studying Engineering, firstly to gain a degree but this was followed by a postgraduate year with the main advantage being another year of golf. However, the engineering discipline proved to be extremely useful in supporting the drawing skills and technical abilities required of a golf course architect. Even with the most accurate plans though, the communication of ideas between the architect and shaper is the key to obtaining the best results.

Donald Steel offered me a welcome opportunity to assist him with the design of courses around the world in 1990. That has led to fascinating working experiences in 18 countries. Membership of Woking Golf Club provided me with an education in the field of golf course architecture. In the early 1900s, Stuart Paton and John Low had turned the course from an ordinary heathland layout into a strategic classic with some wonderful greens inspired by the Old Course at St. Andrews. I am also a member of the Royal & Ancient Golf Cub, allowing me to make regular visits to the Home of Golf, Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club, with its timeless nine hole course, the Hawks’ Club, the Oxford & Cambridge Golfing Society, the Cambridge University Stymies and The Dinner Match Society in the United States.

Tom Mackenzie BA Hons Martin Ebert MA (Cantab), MEng

The primary inspiration for my career is shared with perhaps the greatest golf architect of them all, Donald Ross. We both spent our

formative golfing years in Dornoch whose magnificent greens and subtleties left an indelible impression.

My love for links golf has continued to grow and is highly influential in my approach to design. This passion for golf, plus a lifelong interest in landscapes, led to a degree in Landscape Architecture, a subject that offered the perfect foundation for a golf course architect.

On graduation in 1989 I achieved my dream start, working for Donald Steel in my career of choice, where I worked alongside Martin Ebert. This relationship led to the formation of Mackenzie & Ebert.

A love of the landscape and deep appreciation of links golf combine in my designs to create courses that sit comfortably in their setting and which offer a wealth of shot-making permutations, particularly around the greens. My natural philosophy is that the best golf courses make the most of the site’s existing features and work with the landform, a belief that I share with Martin. Too many modern courses lack soul because the land has been bulldozed into submission.

I am a former university golfer with a category one handicap. As part of my apprenticeship, I caddied on the European Tour for a full season, a year where I learnt a great deal about professional golf and course strategy. The highlight was caddying in the Open Championship at St. Andrews. Further invaluable experience was gained working as a greenkeeper at Royal Dornoch. I have served as Committee Member and Chairman of the Green Committee at a previous club.

I now play at West Sussex and Royal Dornoch. I am also a council member of the European Institute of Golf Course Architects.

Chris Huggett HND (ED)

Photograph Courtesy of Park House Hotel

Our courses are fun and designed to retain

their interest for the coming decades

Park House West Sussex, England

New 6 hole par 3 course opened in 2006

Mackenzie & Ebert LimitedMetro House, Northgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1BE, England - Tel: +44 (0) 1243 531901

Email: [email protected] - Website: www.mackenzieandebert.co.uk

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