Projects

Golf course architecture grounded in landscape, strategy and long-term thinking.

Selected projects ranging from strategic masterplans and architectural reviews through to implementation support and member communication.

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Selected Work.

A selection of current and recent projects showing the range of strategic, architectural and implementation work undertaken by McDonnell & Cooper.

Strategic Masterplan • Chalk Downland • Masterplan Delivered

Dunstable Downs

A strategic masterplan focused on resolving routing and boundary pressures while restoring the openness, firmness and character of a rare chalk downland course.

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New hole design • Links • In construction

Southerness Golf Club, 13th Hole

A new drivable par-4 proposed along the edge of the Solway Firth, designed to restore variety, risk and strategic choice within Southerness' closing sequence.

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New hole design • Links • Built

Formby Golf Club

A new par-4 hole at Formby Golf Club designed to strengthen strategic variety and improve routing through an existing dune landscape.

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More project notes.

Additional commissions, studies and project pages from current and previous work.

Strategic Redevelopment Study • Links • Selected Design Study

Irish Coastal Links Study

A strategic redevelopment study exploring how an established Irish links landscape could be re-routed, clarified and strengthened through pragmatic reuse, restrained intervention and a fuller relationship with the coastline.

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New hole design • Links • In construction

Southerness Golf Club, 14th Hole

A new par-5 proposed to replace a flat inland hole with a more engaging and varied three-shotter, using Criffel as a visual focus and creating a stronger transition towards the 15th.

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