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PINNACLE DESIGN COMPANY

INTRODUCTION & PHILOSOPHY

PINNACLE DESIGN COMPANY

PinnacleDesignCompany(PDC)isalandscapearchitectural

firm that specializes in creating landscapes and water features for golf course communities. Since 1990, we have worked with 45 different golf course architects, and designed over 170 golf course landscapes around the world, 35 of which have been ranked in state, country, or world rankings, including 11outofthetop30inthestateofCalifornia.

Our portfolio spans from the western United States to

Baja Mexico, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Puerto Rico, Dubai, Egypt, and China. We are a foremost expert in designing low water-use landscapes, as most of our projects are based in desert environments or arid climates. We focus on building landscapes that follow nature and blend seamlessly into the surrounding environment, and many of our projects have received environmental stewardship awards. Our ability to fashion a cohesive design that weaves from the golf landscape intotheresortorprivatedevelopmentamenitieshasledtomany ofourprojectsreceivingoutstandingcommunitydesignawards.

The design mantra we follow with every project is that the landscape must be Believable, Elegant, and Sustainable.

Believability if achieved by creating an overall concept that can be felt and seen throughout the site. Local native vegetation and existing topographicalfeaturesaretheinitialinspirationforearlyconceptualideas.

Elegance in a natural setting is achieved by using multiple textures and varying densities to mimic the randomness of nature.

Sustainability is achieved by respecting the natural systems of the environment and allowing those systems to lead your design decisions.

Achieving sustainability must occur at every phase of the design process. In golf course design, usually the clearest path to a great golf course starts with listening to what nature is telling you. In our career, working in golf and working in mostly arid desert environments, we have developed an innate ability to consider the natural systems of the site primarily before anything else. Creative design solutions combined with the respect for

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Thermal, California, USA LADERA GOLF CLUB

he site that Ladera Golf Club occupies is a 300 acre rectanglar parcel that used to be a working lemon citrus farm on the outskirts of rural Thermal, California. Music mogul Irving Azoff and Apple Executive Eddie Cue bought the property in 2019 and hired Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner to design a family legacy golf course that would be like none other in the desert.

Pinnacle Design was hired to help Gil and his team transform this flat citrus farm into a wide open ‘links style golf course with grasslands, desert plantings, and (because they were there), citrus groves. In the end, the golf course turf area (18 regulation golf holes and a 9 hole short course) occupies about 125 acres. Pinnacle was responsible for designing and field-locating plant material for 65 acres of warm-season and cool-season grasslands, 13 acres of desert scape, and about 45 acres of citrus groves (3500 lemon trees). Most everything about Ladera is different than every other desert golf course. Thegrasslandszonesweregrown-inintentionallyimperfectand rugged with open areas of sand and varying heights of bunch grasses. Thiscreatedaplayableconditionandanaturalprairie-likefeel. Thedesert areaswerefirstshapedwithseriesofrockychannelsandbankstomimic thenativeterrainupslope,thenplantedwithnativetreesandshrubs. The citrusgrovesenclosethepropertyontwosides,andserveastheentrance experience to the golf course. The drive up through the citrus to the clubhouseperchcreatesanexcitingrevealtoawideopengolfcoursewith virtually unobstructed views of the neighboring Santa Rosa Mountains.

The golf course opened in 2022 and was immediately the ‘talk’ of the industry, achieving Best New Private Golf Course by Golf Digest. A true ‘antithesis’ of a typical desert golf development, Ladera has no cart paths, does not overseed its turf in the winter, and is slated to build only 7 villas and a clubhouse.

Golf Course Architect Hanse Golf Course Design

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ASCOTTSDALE NATIONAL THE OTHER COURSE

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

t The Other Course (TOC), PDC was hired to work alongside golf architects David Kahn and Tim Jackson to re-vegetate 50+ acres of desert scape for a new 18 hole addition on a major mass graded site. Thousands of native trees, shrubs, cacti, as well as tens of thousands of boulders, were salvaged by the construction team and then field-located by Pinnacle. One of the great byproducts of a major mass grading operation was the generation of tens of thousands of tons of boulders. Pinnacle proposed using a majority of the rock (21,000 tons) to recreate boulder out-croppings throughout the course mimicking the natural hillsides. The goal was to reshape and re-vegetate the land to match the natural topography and flora of the surrounding foothills of Scottsdale. The result was a landscape that appeared to never have been disturbed and a golf course that was routed through a native desert.

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SCOTTSDALE NATIONAL T.O.C. (SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA)

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TTHE QUARRY

La Quinta, California, USA

he Quarry at La Quinta is an exemplary reclamation golf course development that was transformed from a 70-year old gravel mining property into a U.S. top 100 golf course. The course is broken into 3 zones - The valley floor, a lush oasis of palms and water features, the mid elevations that play across a natural alluvial fan where the landscape palette utilized a mix of ornamental desert & native plants, and the upper third of the course where the property had very minimal disturbance and became more of a pure desert re-vegetation project. The Quarry was one of our earliest examples of how a very drought tolerant landscape (80,000 shrubs over 70 acres, all drip-irrigated) could help save significant amounts of water.

AWARDS:

2023-24 GOLFDIGEST AMERICA’S 100 GREATEST GOLF COURSES - #91

2023-24 GOLFDIGEST BEST IN STATE - #12

2023-24 GOLFWEEKTOP 200 RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSE COMMUNITIES - #15

1994 - BEST NEW COURSE - GOLFDIGEST-#3

Golf Course Architect Fazio Golf Course Designers

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THE QUARRY (LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, USA)

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WWHISTLING ROCK COUNTRY CLUB

Chuncheon, South Korea

histling Rock is a 27-hole private club built in the mountains about an hour from Seoul. Pinnacle Design Company was hired for our extensive experience and reputation for recreating natural environments on mass-graded sites. The aggressive grading plan called for about 5.5 million cubic meters of rock and dirt to be moved within a 175 hectare site. We played a key role in master planning the entire property which included 27 holes of golf, clubhouse, entry drive, and villas. We directed the salvaging of all the native plant material that would be re-used in our landscape designs. Our ﬁnal designs included using 11,000+ native trees and an additional 8,000+ trees and 60,000+ shrubs. The golf course scope included designing more than 6.5 km of streams, 15 lakes, and about 45 hectares of revegetated landscape on the golf course. In addition, PDC also designed landscapes and hardscapes for the clubhouse (including interior gardens), entry, gate house, starter house and tea houses.

Golf Course Architect Ted Robinson, Jr. (2012), Renaissance Golf Design (2017)

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WHISTLING ROCK CC (CHUNCHEON, SOUTH KOREA)

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ATWIN DOLPHIN

Cabo San Lucas, Baja Sur, Mexico

t Twin Dolphin, Pinnacle Design led the recreation of 62 acres of native coastal vegetation to complement an awardwinning Todd Eckenrode golf course. PDC’s scope included the golf course landscape, entry road, gate houses, halfway houses, and clubhouse landscape.

The Twin Dolphin development team stressed the importance of presenting a most beautiful and stunning golf course possible for their members and guests, and they understood the landscape was a vital part of that presentation. PDC walked each hole with the landscape contractor and physically tagged 20 different species of cacti, shrubs, and trees to be removed and held in a nursery for re-planting after grading. The salvaging process was a 3-step process, moving from the centerline of the hole outward in phases and meeting with the golf architect during the final 2 stages to ensure he achieved what he wanted for his playable space. During the revegation process, Pinnacle focused on following the randomness of the existing vegetation on the site, using only native materials. Each planting area had it’s own micro-environment - different sun angles, wind factors, all affecting minimum and maximum temperatures - so a plant that worked on one golf hole might not have worked on another.

The project was a great example of a true team effort - between contractor, golf architect, and landscape architect - to create and environment for golf where the tuf areas seem to have just dropped right into a pristine native site.

Golf Course Architect Origins Golf Design

TTHE BRIDGES AT RANCHO SANTA FE

Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA

he Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe is a golf course community in San Diego County that began construction of the golf course in 1998 and continues to develop homes into the 2020’s. Pinnacle Design’s scope of work on this project to date includes full design packages and implementationofdesignsforan18-holegolfcourse,entryandclubhouse, streetscape, swim/ﬁtness center, tennis center, and over 140 custom residences. Onthegolfcourse,werevegetated90acresofenhancednative landscape, and designed a water feature system that included 6 lakes and about 3/4 mile of stream. The Bridges occupies a landscape that brings to mind the Italian hill country of Tuscany with its citrus orchards, olive groves and stands of cypress and eucalyptus trees, but it also blends nicely in with the southern California native hillside landscape because its large expanses of landscape areas used mostly native plantings. The Bridges is a perfect example of Pinnacle’s expertise of blending nonnative ornamental landscaping with native vegetation in a seamless fashion. The Bridges custom home designs received multiple Golden Nugget awards shortly after their opening and the entire development receives golf development accolades year after year.

Golf Course Architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Golf Course Architects

SSHADY CANYON GOLF CLUB

Irvine, California, USA

hady Canyon Golf Club is an 18-hole private golf course that was built through the canyons and rolling hills at the northern edge of the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park in Irvine. The holes run through big stands of sycamore trees, native coastal sage scrub community, and alongside large rock outcroppings. Pinnacle Design worked with Tom Fazio on the original design to re-vegetate all of the disturbed areas with native plant material. As part of envirnomental approval for the project, we were required to create 45 acres of CSS (coastal sage scrub) community within the golf course property. PDC also designed the water features that had to fit naturally into the site as well as handle required drainage flows.

Golf Course Architect Fazio Golf Course Designers

AWARDS:

2023 GOLFDIGEST BEST IN STATE (CA), #30

TVINTAGE CLUB MOUNTAIN

& DESERT COURSES

Indian Wells, California, USA

he Vintage is a presitigous and ultra-private golf community tucked into a natural cove at the base of the Eisenhower mountain in Indian Wells, California. Pinnacle Design has been the Vintage’s exclusive golf course landscape architect since the mid 1990’s on multiple remodel projects on both the Desert and Mountain courses (36 holes). PDC helped the Vintage develop specifically different landscape concepts and palettes for both courses, the desert course being more native to the regional palette and the mountain course having a more lush palette with mass planting beds. Overall, Pinnacle has designed and oversaw construction on 120 acres of landscape at the Vintage, including 13 lakes and 200 lf of streams.

Golf Course Architect Fazio Golf Course Designers

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BBOOT RANCH GOLF CLUB

Fredricksberg, Texas, USA

oot Ranch, a golf course community located in Texas hill country, hired Pinnacle Design to help them design a village as their central community center. Along side clubhouse architect Marsh & Associates, PDC developed landscape plans for a new clubhouse, restaurants, event spaces, villas, swimming pools, sports courts, and a trail system that ran througout their property. (More detail of our work on this community center is in our ‘Golf Clubhouses and Amenities’ brochure). On the golf course, PDC worked with Hal Sutton to define grasslands and wildflowers zones outside of golf turf areas. PDC also designed and provided construction observation services for several water features throughout the course, including waterfalls made with natural and artificial rock and seasonal stream channels.

AWARDS:

2023 GOLFWEEK BEST RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSES, USA, #29 2023-24 GOLFDIGEST BEST IN STATE (TX), #18

Golf Course Architect Hal Sutton Golf Design

TTRADITION GOLF CLUB

La Quinta, California, USA

heTradition golf course was designed to meander through two distinct zones of the property. Lush wildflowers and large waterfeatures enhance the lower elevations of the course while the upper portion of the course runs parallel to the Santa Rosa Cove Mountains where we introduced a rocky slope, enhanced desert-scape emulating the natural surroundings. The contrasting designs gives a wonderful and distinctive feel between the front 9 and back 8 holes with the final hole transitioning from the desert-scape back to the lush beautiful lakes and wildflowers of the front 9 golf holes.

Golf Course Architect Arnold Palmer Golf Design

AWARDS:

2023 GOLFWEEK BEST RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSES, USA, #28

2023-24 BEST IN STATE, GOLFDIGEST - #21

PPELICAN HILL GOLF CLUB

Newport Coast, California, USA

elican Hill Golf Club and Resort, which has two 18-hole Tom Fazio courses, is one of the finest resort courses in the United States & overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Pinnacle Design has been their golf course landscape architect since 2003 and have helped renovate or design over 28 acres of landscape ($23 million in total renovation projects) on their golf course and surrounding amenities. During the major golf course renovation project in 2004, we recreated 15+ acres of native CSS (coastal sage scrub) plant communities while removing irrigated turf & non native landscape beds on the existing golf course. These new native areas that were required partially to expand the nesting grounds for the endangered Gnatcatcher bird species received environmental credits and allowed our client to expand their resort hotel footprint.

Golf Course Architect Fazio Golf Course Designers

MMONTEREY PENINSULA CC - DUNES COURSE

Pebble Beach, California, USA

onterey Peninsula Country Club is a 36-hole golf development along the Monterey coastline in northern California. The Dunes course was a historic Seth Raynor design that over decades of remodel work by various other architects was transformed into a very average parkland-style golf course. From 2013 to 2017, PDC worked with Jackson/Kahn Design andTom Fazio

Golf Course Designers to change this historic course back to linksstyle seaside gem, that would soon garner US top 100 accolades. PDC helped remove 22 acres of turf area – drastically reducing the total water usage – and recreated seaside dunes by vegetating the sandy areas with native dune shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers. PDC also addressed eroded historic drainage channels that had been neglected and not part of the golf aesthetic, and upgraded them into elegant streams that now accent the golf hole aesthetically and strategically.

Golf Course Architect Jackson/Kahn Golf Design w/Tom Fazio

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AESTANCIA

Scottsdale Arizona, USA

t Estancia, Fazio Golf Course Designers routed an 18-hole championahip golf course gently through and amongst the foothills of Pinnacle Peak in north Scottsdale. The desert re-vegetation was a primary component of the golf design and an especially arduous task considering the level of grading detail that was performed at the edges of disturbance, against the rocky mountainsides. Pinnacle Design laid out 42 acres of re-vegetation areas adjacent to the golf holes and working closely with the Fazio design group, field-located desert trees, shrubs, and cacti and worked closely with the golf course architect on a weekly basis to ensure that a seamless edge was achieved between the new and old nature.

Golf Course Architect Fazio Golf Course Designers

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2023-24

RRAMS HILL

Borrego Springs, California, USA

ams Hill is an award-winning 18-hole golf community located in the desert community of Borrego Springs, California. Pinnacle Design helped to resurrect this course, along with the Tom Fazio and Jackson/ Kahn design team, and it has risen from the ashes to become a popular destination for day trips or stay-and-play trips for golfers throughout southern California. PDC was responsible for the golf course landscape design, clubhouse and entry road landscape design. The plant palette is a mixture of grasslands and drip-irrigated desert landscape.

Golf Course Architect Fazio Golf Course Designers

AWARDS:

2023 GOLFWEEK BEST RESORT GOLF COURSE, USA, #53

2023-24 GOLFDIGEST BEST IN STATE (CA), #46

OHILLCREST GOLF CLUB

ne of the most prominent clubs in the Los Angeles area, Hillcrest Country Club hired Pinnacle Design in 2001 to assist the late John Harbottle on a restoration project. From 2001 until 2019, Pinnacle consulted on various landscape projects on the golf course. In 2019, the club hired Kyle Phillips to embark on a major remodel. The objectives of the project were to modernize the course with a new irrigation system, new grasses, and a more open layout. Pinnacle assisted Phillips with the tree removal and transplant project. Trees were removed from the interior of the course,openingupviewsoftheCityskylinefromseveralgolfholes, and some of these trees - along with new trees - were re-planted on the outer boundaries of the golf course to screen undesirable views and enclose and frame golf holes. New landscape zones and open areas of mulch were added to reduce turf and overall water costs. Pinnacle also designed a new outdoor event space for the club as well provided landscape designs for their tennis facilities, cart staging areas, and new teaching facility.

Golf Course Architect Kyle Phillips Golf Course Design

PANNADALE GOLF CLUB

Pasadena, California, USA

innacle Design began work for Annandale GC in 2015 during a major drought period in California. Working with the course superintendent, PDC proposed to transform about 20 acres of turf into low, medium, and high density landscape planting zones, as well as a low-water use meadow grasslands zone. At this time, the water districts in southern California were offering rebates to golf courses using domestic water. PDC was the liason between the water district and Annandale to ensure they would qualify for the rebate, making the affordability of the turf reduction palatable for the club. All landscape zones were drip-irrigated, and all zones were field-located to ensure playability of the golf course was not negatively impacted. The turf reduction project was a great success and Pinnacle Design remains as Annandale’s landscape architect to this day, helping them with thier future course renovations.

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Golf Course Architect Origins Golf Design

ELDORADO COUNTRY CLUB

Indian Wells, California, USA

Eldorado is one of the oldest clubs in the Coachella valley, opening in 1957. In 2002, Pinnacle worked with Tom Fazio and his team to ressurect this classic course, which had seen a decrease in membership in the 1990’s. The golf course in 2002 was mostly flat with a few lakes and virtually no landscape component. The goal of the major re-imagination project was to modernize the features of the golf course and bring undulation, more interest and beauty to the golf corridors. Pinnacle designed three major stream systems as well as 12 acres of new ornamental landscape. Occupying only 120 acres, the golf course had narrow corridors to begin with, so the new landscape areas needed to be strategically and carefully placed so as not to hinder the playability of the golf course. The course re-opened in 2003 and today they are regarded as one of the top 100 residential golf course memberships in the country. ECC went from 145 members before the project to an ‘invitation only’ membership with a waiting list in 2022. From 2003 to present day, PDC has continued to design and consult with the club on their golf course and various amenities around their property.

Golf Course Architect Fazio Golf Course Designers

QQUAIL LODGE & GOLF CLUB

USA

uail Lodge and Golf Club hired PDC in 2013 to review their existing lakes and provide recommendations for functional and aesthetic improvement. Following that work, Pinnacle was hired to review the entire property for opportunities to reduce turf envelope and add low-water use landscape areas to reduce their overall water costs and improve their landscape aesthetics.

At the same time,Todd Eckenrode with Origins Design was hired to do a renovation of the golf course. PDC worked with Todd to develop a masterplanfortheturfreduction/landscapeimprovementprojectthat fit with his goals on the golf renovation project. In the end, Pinnacle designed 22 acres of new landscape areas, screening the undesirable perimeters with high density plantings and opening up the interior of the course with rustic low density plantings in a mulch groundcover.

AWARDS:

2023 BEST RESORT COURSES, GOLFWEEK - #128 (TIED) Carmel, California,

Golf Course Architect Origins Golf Design

ILos Cabos, Baja Sur, Mexico CHILENO BAY

n 2004, Pinnacle Design was hired alongside Fazio Golf Designers to create a most unique golf product in Cabo San Lucas. The goal of the project was to create a golf course that would appear as if it had been laid ontop of the natural terrain and within the natural vegetation. Bunkers would be rugged, the landscapewouldbe100%native,andtherewouldbenorough(verydifferentthan typical Fazio projects at that time). However, to achieve an 18 hole golf course on the site given to them, Fazio was required to move a large amount of earthwork.

As a result, Pinnacle Design was tasked with a major native revegetation project. Prior to grading and clearing operations, PDC walked the hole centerlines with Fazio’s design team and local contractors during to field locate specimen plants, cacti, and trees to salvage and store in an on-site nursery. After grading was complete and turflines were established, we first laid out the large specimen trees with the golf architect and then continued to fieldlocate all smaller cacti, trees, and native plants in the native re-vegetation zones. The project stalled due to the economic downturn in 2006, but was ressurected and opened for play in 2009 under new ownership. Today, Chileno Bay is regarded as one of the best value’s for golf in the Cabo San Lucas region.

Golf Course Architect Fazio Golf Course Designers

DDIAMANTE CABO SAN LUCAS

Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico

iamante is a beach resort club and golf community that includes 2 golf courses, hotels, clubhouses, recreational lakes, villas, estate homes, condominiums, fitness centers, beach clubs, trails, and short game areas. PInnacle Design started master plans and design with ownership in 2006. Masterplanprogramelementsincludedthemainentry,a3-mileentry drive, the clubhouse site, residential villas, private residential communities, future hotel sites, 2 golf courses, and a swim fitness center. As master plans were approved, PDC provided full landscape design packages and on-site construction observation for the entry drive, clubhouse/hotel, swim/fitness center, driving range, and villas. Diamante has grown into one of the world top 100 best golf courses and has cornered the exclusive golf course community market in Cabo San Lucas with attractive time share and resort living options.

Golf Course Architect Davis Love III, TGR Design by Tiger Woods

TCASCATA

Boulder City, Nevada, USA

he Cascata golf course property in the foothills outside Las Vegas is simalar to the proposed mountain course at Triple Bay. The 400 acre site had no trees & minimal scrub vegitation. PDC worked closely with Rees Jones to create this desert oasis gem for the ultra high rollers visiting the LasVegas area. Since all the golf holes were mass graded & dynamited to smithereens, PDC had to revegitate 92 acres of disturbance with a mix of native & enhanced desert flora & thousands of desert trees. To create additional drama to many of the golf holes, PDC designed streams, lakes and waterfalls. Cascata is the only clubhouse i know of where we designed a strean running through the building, so when you pick up your golf cart insidetheatriumyouareinstantlyingagedinthenaturalbeautyofCascata.

AWARDS

2023-24

Golf Course Architect Rees Jones Golf Design

PPINE ROCK BEACH GOLF CLUB

Beidaihe, China

innacle Design was brought on board to design the landscape of the golf course, entry, and clubhouse and to oversee the installation of this unique parkland style golf course. The golf course is situated on the outskirts of Bei Dai He City and the design of the course took advantage of many views toward the city skylne and distant ocean views.The Pine Rock Golf Course site presents a mix of unique rock outcrops, gently rolling hills with stands of mature pine trees. The golf course landscape has been designed to fit beautifully into the natural feel of the golf topography and complement the views and natural rock formations. Pinnacle Design extended the natural landscape feel found throughout the property from the entry gate to the iconic clubhouse.

Golf Course Architect IMG Golf Course Design

AWARDS:

2014 GOLFMAGAZINECHINA - TOP 10 NEW GOLF CLUB IN CHINA

BBROOK HOLLOW GOLF CLUB

Dallas, Texas, USA

rook Hollow is a high profile private club built in the golden age of golf architecture by one of the most prolific architects of that time period, AW Tillinghast. In 2019, Keith Foster Golf Architect was hired to restore the golf course back to its golden age design.

As is common with all golden age resoration projects, trees had been allowed to crowd the golf holes, so many trees needed to be cleared out of the interior of the property in order for Keith to re-create theTillinghast design concepts and turf playing conditions. Pinnacle was hired to assist Keith with the landscape design associated with the restoration. PDC designed about 9 acres of new landscape beds, both on the perimeter for screening undesirable views, and on the interior in the form of open sandy grasslands. Many trees from the interior were transplanted to the perimeters. PDC also helped the club to upgrade their clubhouse exterior landscape and hardscape areas, including cart staging areas, outdoor dining areas, new circulation pathways, and a firepit feature.

Golf Course Architect Keith Foster Golf Architect

FEL NIGEUL COUNTRY CLUB

Laguna Niguel, California, USA

ounded in 1963, El Nigeul CC is an invitation only, top-tier country club in the coastal region of Orange County, California. In 2015, the club was in a position to modernize their golf course at the same time local water district agencies were giving subsidies to clubs that were willing to reduce turf on their golf courses. The club hired Pinnacle Design to come up with a turf reduction master plan (totaling about 40 acres) that the club could implement in multiple phases. The club implemented phase I of the turf reduction plan and soon after they hired Todd Eckenrode with Origins Golf Design to modernize the golf course in both length, playability and aesthetics. PDC and Eckenrode worked together to implement the 2nd phase of the turf reduction plan in a 2018 major remodel project on the golf course. In the end, El Nigeul reduced their turf footprint by roughly 30%, created a much more visually stunning golf course and maintained good playability for all levels of golfer, while creating a much more visually stunning golf experience.

Golf Course Architect Origins Golf Design

TEAM INFORMATION PINNACLE DESIGN COMPANY

KEN ALPERSTEIN

President (Founder/Partner)

University of Arizona, UCLA, B.A.

ASLA (CA)

Years experience: 35 years

Notable projects as lead or co-lead:

The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe,The Quarry,TheTradition,TheVintage,The Classic Club, Monterey Peninsula CC Dunes Course, and Ladera Golf Club

DAVID

FISHER

Senior Landscape Architect (Partner)

M.L.A. Landscape Architecture, University of Florida,

ASLA (CA)

Years experience: 28 (18 with PDC)

Notable projects as lead or co-lead;

Whistling Rock CC (Korea), Chileno Bay (Cabo San Lucas, MX), Indian Canyons (CA), Escena Golf Club (CA), Pelican Hill Golf Resort (CA), Ladera Golf Club (CA), Simapo Golf Club (China).

BRIAN MOORE

Landscape Designer

B.L.A. Landscape Architecture, Mississippi State University

Years experience: 23 (2 with PDC)

DOUGLAS ENROTH

Vice President (Partner)

B.S. Landscape Architecture, Arizona State University

ASLA (CA, OR), CLARB

Years experience: 26 years

Notable projects as lead or co-lead:

Scottsdale NationalTOC (AZ), Marrasi (Egypt),TheValley Club (Idaho), Imperial Springs (China), Pine Rock Beach (China), and Diamante (Cabo San Lucas, MX).

RYAN MUNSEY

Senior Project Manager

B.L.A. Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon

Years experience: 29 years (20 with PDC)

Notable projects as lead or co-lead:

Twin Dolphin GC (Cabo San Lucas, MX), Montecito Club, SilverRock GC, Andalusia CC (CA), Anaheim Hills (CA) “The Other Course”&“The Bad Little 9”at Scottsdale National (AZ), and Imperial Springs International Summit (China).

AWARDS

PINNACLE DESIGN COMPANY

GOLF DIGEST’S “BEST NEW PRIVATE U.S. 2023“

#1 Ladera Golf Club,Thermal, CA

GOLF DIGEST’S AMERICA’S 100 GREATEST GOLF COURSES 2023

#27 Shadow Creek, North LasVegas, NV

#70 The Estancia Club, Scottsdale, AZ

#79 Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Dunes, Pebble Beach, CA #91 The Quarry at La Quinta, La Quinta, CA

GOLF MAGAZINE TOP 100 GOLF COURSES IN THE U.S. 2023

#76 Shadow Creek, North LasVegas, NV

#78 Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Dunes, Pebble Beach, CA

GOLF WEEK “TOP 200 RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSES 2023“

#3 The Estancia Club, Scottsdale, AZ

#13

The Country Club Castle Pines, Castle Pines, CO

#16 The Quarry at La Quinta, La Quinta, CA

#28 Tradition Golf Club, La Quinta, CA

#29 Boot Ranch Golf Club, Fredericksburg,TX

#49 The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe, Rancho Santa Fe, CA

#50 TheVintage Club (Mountain Course, IndianWells, CA

#58T Sherwood Country Club,Thousand Oaks, CA

#68 Eldorado Country Club, IndianWells, CA

#77 The Silverleaf Club, Scottsdale, AZ

#103T Hideaway Golf Club (Clive Clark Course), La Quinta, CA

#106T The Farms Golf Club, Rancho Santa Fe, CA

GOLF DIGEST’S “BEST IN STATE 2023-2024”

ARIZONA

#1 The Estancia Club, Scottsdale, AZ

#5 Scottsdale National Golf Club (The Other Course), Scottsdale, AZ

#11 The Silverleaf Club (minor remodel), Scottsdale, AZ

CALIFORNIA

#4 Riviera Country Club (master plan), Pacific Palisades, CA

#10 TheValley Club of Montecito, Montecito, CA

#11 Monterey Peninsula Country Club - Dunes, Pebble Beach, CA

#12 The Quarry at La Quinta, La Quinta, CA

#15 The Madison Club (minor remodel), La Quinta, CA

#18 Bel Air Country Club (remodel 1990), Bel Air, CA

#20 Sherwood Country Club (master plan/remodels),Thousand Oaks, CA

#21 Tradition Golf Club, La Quinta, CA

#22 TheVintage Club (Mountain Course), IndianWells, CA

#24 The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe, Rancho Santa Fe, CA

#30 Shady Canyon Golf Club, Irvine, CA

#34 Lakeside Country Club (minor remodels), Burbank, CA

#35 Hillcrest Country Club, Los Angeles, CA

#36 Hideaway Golf Club, La Quinta, CA

#37 Eldorado Country Club, IndianWells, CA

#38 Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, CA

#46 Rams Hill Golf Club, Borrego Springs, CA

#48 Pelican Hill Golf Club (North), Newport Coast, CA

#57 Pelican Hill Golf Club (South), Newport Coast, CA

#58 Rolling Hills Country Club, Rolling Hills Estates, CA COLORADO

#2 Castle Pines Golf Club (major renovation), Castle Rock, CO NEVADA

#1 Shadow Creek (major renovation), North LasVegas, NV

#6 Cascata Golf Club, Boulder City, NV

#8 Wynn Golf Club (major renovation), LasVegas, NV

#10 EdgewoodTahoe Golf Course (major renovation), Stateside, NV TEXAS

#6 Brook Hollow Golf Club Dallas,TX

#18 Boot Ranch Golf Club Fredericksburg,TX

GOLF WEEK’S 2023 “BEST RESORT GOLF COURSES 2023”

#8 Shadow Creek Golf Club, North LasVegas, NV

#42 Cascata Golf Club, Boulder City, NV

#53 Rams Hill Golf Club, Borrego Springs, CA

#103T Pelican Hill (Ocean South), Newport Coast, CA

#113 Pelican Hill (Ocean North), Newport Coast, CA

#117T Wynn Golf Club, LasVegas, NV

#128T Quail Lodge and Golf Resort, Carmel, CA

GOLF DIGEST 2023 “TOP 100 PUBLIC GOLF COURSES”

#5 Shadow Creek Golf Club, North LasVegas, NV

#61 Cascata Golf Club, Boulder City, NV

#66 Wynn Golf Club, LasVegas, NV

#89 EdgewoodTahoe Golf Course Stateline, NV

#91 Rams Hill Golf Club, Borrego Springs, CA

2023 GOLF MAGAZINE TOP 100 ASIA-PACIFIC

#37 Whistling Rock CC, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea