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Furesø Golfklub Renovation<br />
Furesø Case Study Golfklub, Birkerød, Copenhagen<br />
Mackenzie & Ebert have been working with the club to update and envigorate their<br />
courses. They have 27 holes all built at different times to the designs of Jan Sederholm.<br />
The Club wanted to keep their golf offering fresh to maintain their high standing in<br />
Copenhagen and Danish golf. They also knew that although they had many vast bunkers,<br />
most of them did not test the better golfers and just slowed up play and added to the<br />
maintenance costs.<br />
Another part of the project was to re-style and rebuild the green surrounds.<br />
The work was done in two phases: the Parkvej nine being rebuilt in July to September<br />
2013 and the two remaining nines, Farum and Hestköpgørd between June and<br />
September 2014.
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Bunkers<br />
The aim with the bunkering was to:<br />
a. Reduce the overall area of sand significantly;<br />
b. Make them much more attractive and visible when playing the holes;<br />
c. Make them more in play for the better players but less in play for the shorter players,<br />
especially from the tee.<br />
d. To minimise the amount of hand-mowing while achieving the necessary visual<br />
impact.
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A typical huge bunker.<br />
Too severe for lesser golfersl<br />
Original hole
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Green Surrounds<br />
The shaping of the green surrounds was simplistic in style with some prominent<br />
and unattractive hills.<br />
The original construction methods prevented the grass from being mown short around<br />
the greens and a number of the surrounds were wet.<br />
Our recommendation was to reshape them completely and upgrade these areas to<br />
improve the drainage, create valleys, shoulders and hills that were softer and more<br />
mowable. The aim with this was to give players a wide range of recovery options<br />
around the greens from a putter to a five iron to a utility club to a lob wedge.<br />
This involved not just the creation of interesting shapes but also using a top quality<br />
specification with improved drainage, imported sands and soils and extended and<br />
carefully controlled irrigation. These areas were all seeded with the best cultivars of<br />
fescue to produce fine turf in these areas.
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Big humps & invisible<br />
bunkers.<br />
Original hole
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The 1 st on Parkvej Nine<br />
Bunkers block way into green.<br />
Original hole
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The work in progress.<br />
After shaping
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The left side of the green is<br />
now accessible.<br />
During establishment
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The 7 th on Parkvej Nine<br />
with huge bunkers<br />
Original hole
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Two drive bunkers narrow<br />
down the fairway.<br />
During establishment
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The greenside bunkers are<br />
also much more prominent<br />
After opening in 2014
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The 6 th on Parkvej Nine<br />
Bland and unexciting.<br />
Original hole
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A system of hollows and<br />
valleys under construction.<br />
During shaping
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Soon after hydro-seeding<br />
After seeding
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The completed hole with<br />
closely mown surrounds.<br />
After opening
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The 9 th On Hestköp Nine<br />
Cross bunker across front<br />
Original hole
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Bunkers reshaped and green<br />
mellowed off<br />
After seeding
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Bunkers reshaped and green<br />
mellowed off<br />
Opening Day
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The 6 th on Farum Nine<br />
Tree blocks hole.<br />
Original hole
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The reshaped green and<br />
bunkers with tree removed.<br />
Work underway
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View from the tee.<br />
Opening Day
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Strong flowing shapes<br />
of bunkers.<br />
Bunker detail
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The new green takes shape.<br />
Opening Day
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The 3 rd on Hestköp Nine<br />
Little definition.<br />
Original hole
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Left bunker made visible.<br />
Right bunker added.<br />
During establishment
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Left bunker made visible.<br />
Right bunker added.<br />
During establishment
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The 8 th on Hestköp Nine<br />
Bunkers lack shape.<br />
Original Hole
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Surrounds and bunkers<br />
reshaped to transform hole.<br />
During establishment
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Surrounds and bunkers<br />
reshaped to transform hole.<br />
Opening Day
Metro House<br />
Chichester<br />
West Sussex<br />
PO191BE<br />
Telephone<br />
01243 531901<br />
pitchandrun18@aol.com<br />
www.mackenzieandbert.com<br />
@golfarchitects
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