Golf Design Unlimited

Golf Design Unlimited is based in Norwalk, United States, and offers driving range design, build and refurbishing, golf course design and renovations, and architectural design of golf buildings.

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If you own or operate a golf facility, you can take your driving range, golf course and building plans to one firm for range design, build and refurbishing, course design and renovation, architectural design, performance and teaching centers, master plans and feasibility studies. That firm is Golf Design Unlimited, a golf design and project management company in Norwalk, Connecticut, in the United States, listed under golf course construction and design.

A new driving range or a refurbished one

For a new practice facility or range project, you get hitting areas laid out on one or several levels and landing areas shaped to play like holes on a course. The firm’s range page lists heated or air cooled hitting areas, automatic tees, yardage readers and solar energy options. If you already run a range, you can have hitting and landing areas redesigned and short game areas added or upgraded. Your modular hitting bay structures are designed and built by architect Mark Curtin, and the company says they are made to suit the conditions at each site.

Course design and renovation led by an ASGCA member

Your course work is led by Doug Smith, a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, which puts the practice among the golf course architects listed here. His bio states more than 24 years of design, carried out with partner Stephen Kay, ASGCA. The company credits that partnership with over 250 course renovations, 20 new courses worldwide and more than 20 driving range complexes designed and built. Named new course locations include New York, New Jersey, North Dakota and India, with renovations in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Smith is also a USGA member and rules official, a Metropolitan Golf Association official and committeeman, and a GCSAA member, and has worked on First Tee projects.

Buildings you can have designed for your facility

• Performance and learning centers
• Pro shops and clubhouses
• Restaurants
• Range structures
• Cart storage and maintenance areas

Feasibility studies and master plans for your site

You can commission feasibility studies on range facilities and locations, learning centers, park planning and short course areas. Master plans cover new courses, renovations and short courses. The firm says it has produced these for over 100 golf courses.

The people behind the firm

Curtin’s bio lists more than 30 years in architecture, his own practice since 1990, and a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute. Managing member Jim Downing brings more than 30 years in finance, operations and human resources, including time at Price Waterhouse and Tee Time Marketing Group.

You can find questions to put to a design firm before signing in the guide on how to choose a golf course architect and builder. Other golf suppliers listed here include Bergin Golf Designs, Golf Range Netting and Southwest Greens.

Source: golfdesignunlimited.com/driving-range-design, golfdesignunlimited.com/golf-course-design, golfdesignunlimited.com/bios, golfdesignunlimited.com/feasibility-studies