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• Reimagining Indian Wells’ Players Course Landscapes Unlimited brings its expertise to a major redesign at Indian Wells Golf Resort’s PlayersRead More

  Landscapes Unlimited brings its expertise to a major redesign at Indian Wells Golf Resort’s Players Course, delivering a fresh yet classic golf experience. The project focuses on creating a true “Player’s Course” that challenges golfers while remaining fair and enjoyable to play.

  To achieve this, seven brand-new holes are being built and seamlessly integrated with 11 fully renovated ones, resulting in a completely reimagined course layout. A key part of the redesign involved relocating two holes away from the whitewater wash, ensuring a smoother and more walkable flow across all 18 holes.

  The design emphasizes tradition: a course that can be fully walked, with less cart traffic and more opportunity to enjoy golf as it was meant to be played. The finishing stretch is especially memorable:

  • 16th Hole – A strong par 4 along the wash.
  • 17th Hole – A picturesque par 3 with a downhill slope and strategic shot options.
  • 18th Hole – A dramatic par 5 “swing hole” that plays along the wash, with a green perched above for an unforgettable finish.

  As the final stages of grassing and grow-in are completed, Landscapes Unlimited and the project team will fine-tune every detail, ensuring the course delivers both challenge and beauty for players of all levels.

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• Feed The Ball Podcast Featuring Bill ... Bill Kubly is one of the OG’s in golf course architecture. He’s the founder LandscapesRead More Bill Kubly is one of the OG’s in golf course architecture. He’s the founder Landscapes Unlimited, of one of golf’s most prominent course construction companies (opened in 1976), and has had a hands-on, up front view of the profession for 50 years. Kubly joins the Feed the Ball podcast to share stories from a long career building golf courses for virtually all of the industry’s architects going back two generations. He talks to Derek Duncan about being a founding investor in Sand Hills Golf Club with Dick Youngscap, the architectural impact of golf in the Sandhills, what firms delivered the cleanest set of blueprints, the difference between contractor bids and design/build, working special projects like Lost Rail with Scott Hoffman and his involvement in the development of Sutton Bay, one of the great sleeper destination clubs in the U.S.   Listen to the full episode here. Undo
• Golf Course Industry | South Dakota’s... The longtime pheasant hunting destination is adding an 18-hole Craig & Coyne course, a 12-holeRead More

  The longtime pheasant hunting destination is adding an 18-hole Craig & Coyne course, a 12-hole short course and a short-game area.

    Landscapes Unlimited and sister company Landscapes Golf Management have been selected to guide the transformation and addition of an 18-hole championship golf course at the Lazy J Grand Lodge in Ideal, South Dakota. Under a new Lazy J Sporting Club brand, Lazy J will convert to a private destination club with the planned par-72, 7,216-yard layout designed by Craig & Coyne that is scheduled to start construction soon and open in summer 2027. The natural topography is rife with rolling hills, dramatic ravines, elevation changes and waterways. The course will feature creative greens, naturalized bunkers and short walks from greens to tees.   Read the full article on Golf Course Industry.  Undo
• Golf Course Architecture | Scott Hoff... Scott Hoffman design in South Dakota approaches completion   Seeding and sodding work on theRead More

  Scott Hoffman design in South Dakota approaches completion

    Seeding and sodding work on the Scott Hoffman-designed course for the new Mapleton Golf Club in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is almost complete. The course is expected to open by early autumn of 2025. One of the primary characteristics of the course will be its wide bentgrass fairways, with expanded areas of fairway cut around many of the greens. “The fairways are wide so playability is great off the tee but angles and using the slopes, which are definitely prevalent on many holes, will dictate approaches,” said Hoffman. “The greens are slightly larger than average, with some great variety in shapes and slopes, making very interesting hole locations but also offering terrific diversity for day-to-day play. The tees are not formal boxes but more of a fairway look that continues into where the fairway would normally start.”   Read the full article on Golf Course Architecture.  Undo