GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS ON SMGD COURSES:
At Close House – Colt Course. Sept 2017. A prestigious European Tour Championship hosted by Lee Westwood.
Broadcast worldwide from Royal Wellington Golf Club, NZ. October 2017. WOW!
The legacy continues.
Co-hosted at the award-winning Millbrook Resort near Queenstown, NZ. 2014 – 2023.
Close House – ‘Filly Course’
| Location | Newcastle, England, UK |
| Year Started | 2012. Construction began in Feb 2013. |
| Status | Course opened in July, 2013 |
| Project Brief | Redesign the existing course. The holes on the course were renumbered to create returning nines, new greens, bunkers and tees were built, and two lakes created. |
| Notes | Lee Westwood opened the course in July 2014. |
Photos
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LW & Graham Wylie (owner) |
View from Mansion House |
Mansion House |
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Clubhouse |
Lee, Scott & the Ryder Cup |
Lee Westwood on 6th Tee |
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1st Hole |
5th Hole |
6th Hole. |
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New 7th Green |
8th Hole |
8th Hole. Lining Lake. |
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9th Hole |
11th Green |
13th Hole |
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18th Hole |
Plans
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AWARDS
Winner
Excellence in Compliance Award
Royal Wellington Golf Club
PUBLICATIONS
St Andrews
The Evolution of the Old Course
by Scott Macpherson
Golf's Royal Clubs
by Scott Macpherson
TESTIMONIALS
"Scott is a very good course designer and it's interesting to go around a course and see what he sees. I have my own ideas about courses and the way they should look, but listening to somebody like Scott, who has a lot of experience, makes you appreciate how much more there is to take into account when you are designing one."
Lee Westwood, CH Magazine, 2014.