EXPERIENCE
Our firm has designed over 100 golf courses. Whether along the East River in New York City, atop a landfill in Boston, next to the Great Pyramids of Egypt, or in the sandy soils of Florida we bring the highest level of professionalism to every project.
PHILOSOPHY
Golf courses are a combination of art and science, each a composition of colors, textures, and properly functioning infrastructure. Our design expertise allows us to offer our clients unique and comprehensive scope of services.
EXPERTISE
With an understanding of a golf course’s unique features, the native environment, the marketplace, and current trends we work closely with our clients to create award-winning designs. We specialize in new course designs, renovations, and restorations of revered classics.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Our project management services allows us to take the burden of planning, executing, and coordinating off the client’s plate. Our expertise ensures budgets are closely monitored, schedules are met, and the project’s outcome aligns with our clients goals.
CONSTRUCTION
Great golf courses are a result of the designer spending time on site overseeing construction. From clearing to grassing we are intimately involved in every facet of the construction process.
JOHN SANFORD
ASGCA
John Sanford is a past president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and has over three decades of experience in Golf Course design, having completed over 100 new designs and renovations in his career. John has designed course around the globe with projects in Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East and throughout the United States. Having worked on sites with diverse opportunities and constraints combined with his background in landscape architecture and land planning John provides a unique perspective that integrated his golf courses into the surrounding land uses while maintaining the natural character of the site.
EDUCATION
Louisiana State University
B.S. – Landscape Architecture
AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Golf Course Architects
Member since 1998
President (2017-2018)
Executive Committee (2015-2020)
Tartan Committee (2022-2023)
Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association
Palm Beach Chapter Member
United States Golf Association
Member
Distance Committee
HIGHLIGHTS
The Golf Channel
Architect’s Week Interview (2014)
The Cost of Doing Nothing (2018)
Notable Designs
Granite Links, Boston, MA
Juliette Falls, Dunnellon, FL
Golf Links at Ferry Point, Bronx, NY
Sailfish Sands, Stuart, FL
Naples Beach Hotel, Naples, FL
Banyan Cay, West Palm Beach, FL
Palm Hills Resort, Cairo, Egypt
ON THE AIR
DAVID FERRIS
PLA, ASGCA, ASLA
David’s expertise combined with an eye for detail makes him an essential ingredient to our well-established team. Since joining the firm in 1997 he has been involved in all aspects of design and construction observations. He’s worked on new course designs and renovations in Florida, New York, Massachusetts, Delaware, and Egypt. He brings a passion for for the game, the courses its played on and strives to integrate designs into the surrounding environment.
EDUCATION
Cornell University
B.S. – Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture
MLA – Landscape Architecture
CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Landscape Architect
Florida #6667169
Council of Landscape Architecture Board Certified
AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Golf Course Architects
Member since 2020
Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association
Palm Beach Chapter Member
American Society of Landscape Architecture (FL)
Member since 2006
President (2014-2015)
Trustee (2017-2020)
Executive Committee (2006-2020)
HIGHLIGHTS
Notable Designs
Cavalry Club, Manlius, NY
Water Oak CC, Lady Lake, FL
Dupont CC, Wilmington, DE
Hunter’s Run CC, Boynton Beach, FL
The Great Outdoors, Titusville, FL
ON THE AIR
EXPERIENCE
Our firm has designed over 100 golf courses. Whether along the East River in New York City, atop a landfill in Boston, next to the Great Pyramids of Egypt, or in the sandy soils of Florida we bring the highest level of professionalism to every project.
PHILOSOPHY
Golf courses are a combination of art and science, each a composition of colors, textures, and properly functioning infrastructure. Our design expertise allows us to offer our clients unique and comprehensive scope of services.
EXPERTISE
With an understanding of a golf course’s unique features, the native environment, the marketplace, and current trends we work closely with our clients to create award-winning designs. We specialize in new course designs, renovations, and restorations of revered classics.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Our project management services allows us to take the burden of planning, executing, and coordinating off the client’s plate. Our expertise ensures budgets are closely monitored, schedules are met, and the project’s outcome aligns with our clients goals.
CONSTRUCTION
Great golf courses are a result of the designer spending time on site overseeing construction. From clearing to grassing we are intimately involved in every facet of the construction process.
JOHN SANFORD
ASGCA
John Sanford is a past president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and has over three decades of experience in Golf Course design, having completed over 100 new designs and renovations in his career. John has designed course around the globe with projects in Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East and throughout the United States. Having worked on sites with diverse opportunities and constraints combined with his background in landscape architecture and land planning John provides a unique perspective that integrated his golf courses into the surrounding land uses while maintaining the natural character of the site.
EDUCATION
Louisiana State University
B.S. – Landscape Architecture
AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Golf Course Architects
Member since 1998
President (2017-2018)
Executive Committee (2015-2020)
Tartan Committee (2022-2023)
Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association
Palm Beach Chapter Member
United States Golf Association
Member
Distance Committee
HIGHLIGHTS
The Golf Channel
Architect’s Week Interview (2014)
The Cost of Doing Nothing (2018)
Notable Designs
Granite Links, Boston, MA
Juliette Falls, Dunnellon, FL
Golf Links at Ferry Point, Bronx, NY
Sailfish Sands, Stuart, FL
Naples Beach Hotel, Naples, FL
Banyan Cay, West Palm Beach, FL
Palm Hills Resort, Cairo, Egypt
DAVID FERRIS
PLA, ASGCA, ASLA
David’s expertise combined with an eye for detail makes him an essential ingredient to our well-established team. Since joining the firm in 1997 he has been involved in all aspects of design and construction observations. He’s worked on new course designs and renovations in Florida, New York, Massachusetts, Delaware, and Egypt. He brings a passion for for the game, the courses its played on and strives to integrate designs into the surrounding environment
EDUCATION
Cornell University
B.S. – Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture
MLA – Landscape Architecture
CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Landscape Architect
Florida #6667169
Council of Landscape Architecture Board Certified
AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Golf Course Architects
Member since 2020
Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association
Palm Beach Chapter Member
American Society of Landscape Architecture (FL)
Member since 2006
President (2014-2015)
Trustee (2017-2020)
Executive Committee (2006-2020)
HIGHLIGHTS
Notable Designs
Cavalry Club, Manlius, NY
Water Oak CC, Lady Lake, FL
Dupont CC, Wilmington, DE
Hunter’s Run CC, Boynton Beach, FL
The Great Outdoors, Titusville, FL