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

Routing-led masterplan addressing boundary pressure, practice provision and downland restoration through targeted structural changes.

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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

Reconstruction of a par-4 within an existing dune corridor, resolving fairway and green performance issues while introducing a clearer strategic choice from the tee.

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Selected Studies

More project notes.

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

Public golf / land creation • Engineered landform • Ongoing study

Reimagining Public Golf

A public golf and land creation study exploring how engineered terrain, water capture, reversible routing, low-input maintenance and complementary leisure uses can transform a constrained site into a more resilient golf landscape.

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Strategic Redevelopment Study • Links • Selected Design Study

Irish Coastal Links Study

A selected design study exploring pragmatic re-routing, coastal strategy and landscape restoration across an established Irish links.

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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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